China is a big country in gastronomy and a world-famous pasta country, and when it comes to noodles, we have to mention Shanxi, which enjoys the reputation of "the root of the world's pasta". Shanxi noodle culture has a long history, with a history of more than 2,000 years. According to some statistics, there are more than 1,000 kinds of pasta in Shanxi, as long as you want, you can eat for a year without repeating the sample, it sounds really shocking. My mother-in-law is an authentic Shanxi person, usually very good at making a variety of pasta, although I am also a northerner, but after watching the noodles made by my mother-in-law, it is really a long sight, a bowl of ordinary flour can change so many patterns.
Shanxi noodles are famous all over the world, let's share with you 10 bowls of very regional noodles, see if you have eaten? (The ordinal number is independent of ranking)
Knife-sharpened noodles can be regarded as the most popular bowl of noodles, and in all parts of the country, no matter how many tier cities, you can almost see the figure of Shanxi knife-sharpened noodles. Knife-sharpened noodles are one of the "Top Ten Noodles in China" and one of the most representative features of Shanxi's business cards. There is also a name for Shanxi knife noodles, called "Donkey Horse Noodles", which is said to have been founded by Chai Shao, a Tang Dynasty horse.
Knife cutting noodles, as the name suggests, is made of knife cutting out of the noodles, although seemingly simple, but it requires deep knife work and cutting skills to complete, knife cutting noodles in the middle of the slightly thick, slightly thin edges, angular, shaped like willow leaves, chewy to eat, slippery outside and inner tendons, the more chewy the more fragrant. Knife-cut noodles can be cooked with a variety of toppings, sauces, or fried with seasonal vegetables.
As a major noodle province, Shanxi people are not only good at eating wheat flour, but also noodles and soba noodles are also essential flour ingredients for each family. This noodle is made of wheat noodles, and the shape is full of ritual, comparable to works of art.
Among them, quercus is a generic term for plants, and chestnut refers to a container made of bamboo or wicker. In addition, there is a saying that the chestnut is from the "reward", so the noodle chestnut in Shanxi is not only a home-cooked food, but also contains the meaning of treating relatives and friends, every time the old man is born, the child is full moon, and when the marriage is married, this dish is usually made.
It is not only a kind of noodle, but also one of the top ten noodle dishes in Shanxi, and it is also a dish in the local area, so it is also a characteristic representative of "Jin cuisine".
It is also a kind of pasta made from rye noodles, which is made by adding cold water and noodles to the dough, tempering the dough with the strength of the palms and fists, and then rolling it into the shape of a thin noodle fish with a thick edge in the middle. Exquisite production, I have seen my mother-in-law make this kind of noodles, a noodle skillfully shaped in her hands, which has been practiced for decades.
The kneaded noodle fish can be steamed in a pot, eaten with the local favorite boiled vegetables, or fried with seasonal vegetables, which is both a staple food and a dish. The taste of the noodle fish is very strong and smooth.
Every time my husband returns to his hometown, he has to go to the street to eat a snack, which is the bowl dumpling, also known as the bowl tray, which is very famous in Liulin. During the New Year's Festival, the mother-in-law's family will also make this snack by themselves. The so-called bowl holder is to add water and dough to the soba noodles, and then continue to add water to make a batter, then poured into the bowl, steamed on high heat, cooled and formed, and out of the bowl, very similar to the state of cold powder. When eating, mix soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, etc., and spoon it with a special small spoon to eat, it is soft and chewy, refreshing and appetizing.
It is also a kind of food that the mother-in-law often makes, which is both a dish and a rice, and its practice is very similar to wheat rice. It is potatoes, beans, cabbage and other ingredients, chopped, and into the flour, steamed in the pot, steamed directly after steaming can be mixed with the tomato sauce that Shanxi people like very much, you can also go through cooking oil, green onions fried until after eating, eat dry and delicious.
The ingredients used to pluck rotten seeds usually change according to different seasons, wild vegetables, elm money, locust flowers, sweet potato leaves, celery, leeks, etc. can be used, and the rotten seeds are another way to eat vegetables and noodles.
Shanxi steamed noodles are very similar to the braised noodles we often eat now, also known as braised noodles. Steamed noodles are usually made by hand rolling the noodles, which are suitable for making it easier to taste with thin, flat noodles. Steaming noodles is a simple one, steaming the rolled noodles in a pot, then sautéing pork belly, beans and other vegetables and adding the steamed noodles. Steamed noodles, the roots are dry and fragrant, non-sticky and lumpy.
The naming of Shanxi noodles is mostly related to the way it is made, such as this noodle piece, which you know when you hear it, it is pulled out. The mother-in-law also often does it, which is to roll out the reconciled dough into large thin slices, and then cut it into long strips about two centimeters wide, and use the thumb and index finger to pull the long strips into small pieces. The noodles can be made into soup noodles, or after cooking, add dishes to make fried noodles, that is, fried noodles, there are dishes and rice, the noodles can be tendoned, can be soft and slippery, and it is very enjoyable to eat directly with a spoon.
Cat ears, also known as "milled knots", "milled dumplings", etc., is popular in Jinzhong, Jinbei and other areas of a pasta, because of the shape similar to cat ears and named, small Lingling, now in many restaurants have this dish is both a dish and a meal of food.
Cat ears use the method of pressing, the soft and hard dough is rolled into 2-3 cm thick pieces, and then cut into blocks of about half a centimeter, sprinkled with powder to prevent stickiness, with the thumb to press the dough block forward twisting, pressed into the shape of the cat's ears. This shows the diversity of the shanxi people's methods of making noodles, and they can still make such an artistic delicacy without tools such as rolling pins.
The prepared cat ears are cooked, fished out over cold, mixed with favorite toppings, can also be fried to eat, the texture of the tendons is refreshing, eating very satisfied.
The first time I heard the word tip is still from the mouth of her sister, she has traveled to Taiyuan, Shanxi for nearly two months, deeply appreciate the charm of the pasta capital, almost every day is to eat noodles, accidentally found on the menu of this kind of food, thought it was not noodles, with a strong curiosity to click down, after the table they smiled, or noodles.
Pick-up, also known as plucked fish, is a kind of pasta originating from Yuncheng, Shanxi, Jinzhong and other places, and is very representative of Shanxi noodles.
The so-called tip needs to be picked on a special iron plate with special iron chopsticks, which is a very test of technology, which is a craft only possessed by housewives in the land of pasta. The authentic tip is rounded in the middle, and the shape of the two ends is suitable, with the right thickness and moderate softness.
In the streets and alleys of Linfen County, Shanxi Province, beef ball noodle restaurants can be seen everywhere, of which Baijia beef ball noodles are the most famous. Many Linfen people return to their hometowns from other places and eat a bowl of beef ball noodles on the street to comfort their taste buds and homesickness.
Beef ball noodles were founded in the 1970s, pioneered by Mr. Bai Rongxiang, a Muslim, beef balls made of authentic beef, paired with special noodles, accompanied by secret bone broth, plus a few slices of beef, poured with chili oil, and sprinkled with some coriander, the flavor is unique, hot to eat a bowl, great satisfaction.
In addition to the 10 bowls of noodles listed above, shanxi has many more noodles, you have the opportunity to taste locally, of course, not mentioned, you are also welcome to add in the comment area below, food boundless, thank you for your support ~
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