# Tofu Dan Dan Noodles

A delicious vegan take on dan dan noodles featuring seasoned tofu crumbles and a flavorful sesame-chili sauce.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g medium firm tofu
- 0.5 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp chinese 5 spice powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 pinch msg (optional)
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 spring onion stalk (white bit only)
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 5 tbsp sesame paste
- 2 tbsp chilli crisp
- 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
- 0.5 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp black vinegar (you can skip if you don’t have)
- 4 tbsp noodle water
- 5 tbsp noodle water
- 150 g chinese noodles (uncooked weight)
- 4 broccolini boiled
- 5 broccolini boiled
- spring onion greens
- crushed peanuts
- chili oil

## Instructions

1. Crumble and slightly mash the tofu.
2. Add dark soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, chinese 5 spice powder, sugar, white pepper, and a pinch of msg (optional) to the crumbled tofu.
3. Add the seasoned tofu to a dry pan and spray with a little bit of oil.
4. Cook the tofu for 5 to 7 minutes on medium heat.
5. While the tofu cooks, chop some ginger, garlic, and spring onions (white bit only).
6. Continue cooking the tofu until the chunks dry out and become meaty.
7. Boil the noodles according to package directions.
8. While noodles boil, prepare the sauce by combining sesame paste, chili crisp, sesame oil, light soy sauce, sugar, and black vinegar (optional).
9. Add 4-5 tbsp of the noodle water to the sauce to loosen it.
10. Quickly boil 4-5 broccolini.
11. Mix the sauce and the cooked noodles together until all of the noodles are coated.
12. Assemble by placing the saucy noodles in a bowl.
13. Top with boiled broccolini.
14. Add a generous amount of the cooked tofu crumbles.
15. Garnish with spring onion greens, crushed peanuts, and chili oil.

## Equipment

- dry pan
- pot for boiling noodles
- pot for boiling broccolini

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT5nuU5iPAH/?igsh=cXFkd3c3NXJxeml1
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- Extracted: 2026-02-01

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