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Hiroshima Tsukemen — traditional dish from Hiroshima, Japan
Main course Fish & Seafood

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Nutritional Values

🔥450kcal
💪20gProtein
🌾60gCarbs
🥑15gFat
🌿3gFibre
⚖️250 gServing

* Per serving · 250 g. May vary.

Allergens

🌾 Gluten 🐟 Fish 🫘 Soy

Hiroshima Tsukemen

How to order / say it
Say it 広島つけ麺 — [Hee-ro-shee-mah Tsoo-keh-mehn]
Order I'd like Hiroshima Tsukemen, please.
Locally 広島つけ麺をお願いします。
Say locally

Spicy cold noodles served with a dipping sauce.

Why try it?

Hiroshima Tsukemen reflects the city's love for spicy flavors and provides a cooling contrast with its cold noodles, a perfect delicacy for summer days.

How it tastes

The noodles offer a refreshing and chewy texture, complemented by a spicy, vinegar-infused dipping sauce that tantalizes the palate.

Origin & History — first documented: 1980

Introduced in the late 20th century, Hiroshima Tsukemen gained popularity due to its simplicity and distinctive spicy kick, rapidly becoming a local favorite in the 1980s.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 🌾 200 g ramen noodles
  • 🫒 20 g chili oil
  • 🥣 30 ml soy sauce
  • 🥣 20 ml rice vinegar
  • 🐟 100 ml fish stock
  • 🧄 30 g negi (green onions)
  • 🐟 10 g bonito flakes

Method

  1. 1 Cook the noodles, then chill them in cold water.
  2. 2 Prepare the dipping sauce by mixing chili oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and fish stock.
  3. 3 Serve noodles alongside a small bowl of the dipping sauce.
  4. 4 Garnish noodles with chopped green onions.
  5. 5 Enjoy by dipping noodles into the sauce before each bite.

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