Spicy Tan Tan Soup (Tantanmen Or Dan Dan Noodles)

• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons doubanjiang (soy bean paste)
• 1 tablespoon minced shallots
• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
• 6 ounces ground pork
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste)
• 1 tablespoon sake
• 1 tablespoon miso paste
• 1 teaspoon tianmianjiang (sweet bean paste)
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon rayu (chile oil)
• 1/2 cup fresh spinach, or to taste (optional)
• 2 cups ramen noodles, or to taste
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 red Thai chile pepper, sliced

1. Heat sesame oil in a skillet over medium heat; add doubanjiang. Cook and stir shallots, garlic, and ginger until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add ground pork; cook and stir until browned, about 3 minutes.
2. Mix soy sauce, tahini, sake, miso paste, and tianmianjiang into pork mixture until evenly combined. Add chicken stock; bring to a boil. Mix rice vinegar and rayu into pork mixture; add spinach. Simmer soup over low heat for 10 minutes.
3. Put noodles in a bowl of hot water to separate; drain. Mix noodles into soup and garnish with green onions and Thai chile peppers.

sesame oil, soy bean, shallots, clove garlic, ginger, ground pork, soy sauce, tahini, sake, miso paste, tianmianjiang, chicken stock, rice vinegar, rayu, fresh spinach, ramen noodles, green onions, red thai chile pepper

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/245128/spicy-tan-tan-soup-tantanmen-or-dan-dan-noodles/ (may not work)