If you know me, you know I love soup. I often crave dan dan noodles, but sometimes wish it were soup! The Japanese have a solution for that: tan tan ramen. This is my quick fix for a delicious bowl of spicy noodle soup ready in 15 min as long as you have a couple specialty items on hand: asian sesame paste (made with toasted sesame instead of raw like tahini), doubanjiang (spicy bean paste), and zhacai.