【Reproducing Ryuji's Recipe】Recreating the generic "Supreme Mongolian Tanmen"! Also a taste comparison with 7-Eleven

Enjoy a store-like flavor with Ryuji's recipe using accessible ingredients. This time, I tried making a cup of "Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto," known for its super spicy ramen. Additionally, there's a taste comparison with the actual Mongolian Tanmen cup noodles sold in stores! How does the reproduction measure up?

The flavor of Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto at home with ingredients!? The rich spicy miso soup is addictive.

Main ingredients for generic Mongolian Tanmen.

【Ingredients】
Lard 1 tablespoon
Ground pork 70g
Cabbage 60g
Carrot 30g
Tofu 75g (silken tofu is used this time)
Garlic 10g
Doubanjiang 1 teaspoon
Water 350cc
Miso 2 and 1/2 tablespoons
Soy sauce 1 teaspoon
Sugar 1/2 teaspoon
Ajinomoto 1/2 teaspoon
Ichimi pepper 2/3 teaspoon
Potato starch 1 teaspoon
Sake 1 tablespoon
Ramen 1 serving (medium-thick noodles are used this time)
Chili oil to taste
★Change of flavor with natto

【Instructions】

1. Cut the ingredients
Mince the garlic, cut the cabbage into bite-sized pieces, julienne the carrot, and cube the tofu.
*This time, the author used pre-cut vegetables for a quicker meal.

2. Sauté the ground pork and garlic
Add lard, ground pork, and garlic to the frying pan and sauté until slightly browned.

3. Sauté the vegetables
Once the ground pork is browned, add the vegetables to the frying pan and sauté until they become tender.

4. Season with doubanjiang
Once the vegetables are cooked and tender, season with doubanjiang.

5. Make the soup
Add water, sugar, soy sauce, MSG, miso, and chili pepper to the frying pan with the ingredients and bring to a boil.

7. Thicken the soup
Dissolve katakuriko in sake to make "sake-dissolved katakuriko." Using sake-dissolved katakuriko is said to enhance the flavor of the soup.

8. Boiling the noodles
Boil the Chinese noodles, drain them, and transfer them to a bowl.

8. Pouring the soup over the noodles to finish
Warm up the soup a little, pour it over the noodles, and it's ready to go. Adding sesame oil enhances the authentic taste of "Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto"!

Ryuji's "Generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto" How does it taste?

Ryuji's "Generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto" is complete. First, take a sip of the soup. I couldn't help but exclaim, "Delicious!" It's a hearty bowl, and the thickness of the soup allows it to cling well to the noodles, creating a pleasant texture. It's not extremely spicy, but it does have a decent level of heat, so those who are sensitive to spiciness might want to limit the use of doubanjiang or shichimi pepper to make it easier to eat.

【Follow-up】Comparison with the cup noodle version of Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto.

Mr. Ryuji's generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto this time was developed with respect to the cup noodle version of Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto currently on sale at Seven-Eleven. So, I purchased the Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto cup noodles at Seven-Eleven!

The author was eager to do a taste comparison on the same day. However, Mr. Ryuji's "generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto" was so delicious that I ended up forgetting to compare and conducted the taste test the next day based on the previous day's memory.

The noodles in the cup noodle version of Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto are flat noodles. The previous day’s generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto used easily available medium-thick Chinese noodles, and while I simply prefer medium-thick noodles, I enjoyed the dish without any sense of discomfort.

Next, the soup. I thought immediately upon tasting it that the flavor of the cup noodle version of Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto's soup might be closer to the store's soup flavor. Personally, the soup of the cup noodle version leaves an impression of having a sharper taste rather than creaminess, so when comparing it to this generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto, the rich spicy miso of the latter is authentic in its depth and spiciness, leading to the conclusion that the cup noodles might be closer to the store’s flavor~?

The generic Mongolian Tanmen Nakamoto created by Mr. Ryuji seems to have a complicated recipe at first glance, but you can challenge it with just about any seasonings you have at home, and you can adjust the spiciness to your own liking, so why not give it a try?

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