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Tsukemen Recipe
Japanese Dipping Ramen Noodles

Tsukemen (Japanese dipping ramen) is a Japanese ramen style served with noodles and a concentrated dipping broth in separate dishes. This easy tsukemen recipe shows you how to make it at home using a Yamachan ramen pack.

Choose from shoyu, miso, or tonkotsu ramen, then prepare the noodles and soup differently from a regular bowl of ramen to turn the pack into flavorful dipping ramen. It’s an easy way to enjoy tsukemen at home without making the ramen broth from scratch.

What Is Tsukemen? (Japanese Dipping Ramen)

Tsukemen is a Japanese dipping ramen style that originated in Tokyo. Unlike traditional ramen, where the noodles and soup are served together in one bowl, tsukemen serves the noodles separately alongside a concentrated dipping broth. The noodles are dipped into the broth one bite at a time before eating.

Tsukemen noodles are commonly served chilled or at room temperature, creating a noticeable contrast with the warm, concentrated broth and allowing the texture of the noodles to stand out.

After the noodles are finished, the remaining dipping broth can be diluted with hot water or soup stock in a practice known as soup-wari, turning the concentrated broth into a lighter finishing soup.

How to Enjoy Tsukemen at Home
Serving Tips, Toppings & Soup-Wari

• Choose shoyu, miso, or tonkotsu as the base for your dipping broth.
• Serve the noodles chilled or at room temperature for the classic tsukemen experience.
• Add toppings such as sliced pork (chashu), soft-boiled egg (ajitama), bamboo shoots (menma), green onions, and nori seaweed.
• After finishing the noodles, add hot broth or hot water to the remaining dipping broth for soup-wari, a lighter finishing soup.