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Tsukemen Ramen Recipe (Dipping Ramen)

I am very excited to publish my Tsukemen Ramen Recipe (Dipping Ramen) today. Tsukemen consists of cold noodles and a rich broth (dipping sauce). You dip your noodles into the broth and eat them just like you eat Zaru Soba. My dipping sauce is made with pork mince and has a rich sesame flavour with a hint of miso and chilli.

The word ‘tsukemen’ (つけ麺) means dipping noodles, which in theory should include any types of noodles that you eat by dipping them in a bowl of sauce or broth. Cold soba noodles eaten with a dipping sauce is a kind of tsukemen. Sōmen is also a tsukemen….

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