Small ground sesame oil is mostly used for plain noodles. Zhenjiang people like "Fuyu" sesame oil, which is also used under handmade rapeseed oil. Soup stock is also a vegetarian treasure, and there is an appetizing aroma floating in the noodle bowl.
It is not difficult to make a good bowl of Yangchun noodles. I prefer the tight but not loose noodles, which are slippery in my mouth. And to do this, you have to pay attention to the fire and water below.
First of all, the top of the lower noodles should be large, so that noodles can be cooked quickly. If you slow down a little, the noodles will absorb water and loosen the bones. For this reason, I prefer Longxu Noodles or fine noodles. It is best to spread out the wet noodles rolled on the same day two hours in advance, and dry them in the shade slightly to reduce the water on the wet noodles, so that the pot will be cooked when cooking.
The amount of water in the noodle pot is inversely proportional to the time it takes to cook noodles.
The more water in the pot, the shorter the cooking time of noodles; The shorter the noodles are in the water, the less water they absorb, and the tighter the noodles, the smoother the entrance.
Specifically, the water at the bottom of the hot pot is bubbling and the water temperature will reach 80℃. At this time, the noodles can be cooked. After the noodles are put into the pot, gently push the noodles away with long chopsticks so that the noodles can be evenly and neatly dispersed in the water; If you add some salt to the water in the noodle pot, you can accelerate the heat transfer of the water and make the noodle pot boil faster. Another advantage is that you can keep the boiled noodle water from boiling.
If only soy sauce and monosodium glutamate are used for seasoning, it is the simplest and quickest way. Add some oil and onions or garlic, and you can cope with a meal. It's a little simpler at home. Cook soup with cooked meat and vegetable soup as the base material, commonly known as red noodle soup.
Pay attention. Seasoning requires a variety of spices to cook, such as soy sauce, shrimp soy sauce (or oyster sauce), salt, sugar, cooking oil, onion, ginger, garlic and so on. After boiling, let it bubble and store it for later use.
The soup stock is much more delicate, which shows the chef's painstaking efforts.
The predecessors were thrifty at home and often used leftovers in cooking soup, such as eel bones, chicken rack shells, duck rack shells (for flavor), fish scales (for umami flavor) and pig bones (for bone oil).
When cooking, first wash and soak for 2 hours, then boil over high fire, skim off the floating foam, remove the floating water, then take it out and wash it, then put it in the pot, and add onion, ginger, garlic, sugar, cooking wine and spice bags (star anise, cinnamon, Amomum tsaoko, etc. ), drop a little white vinegar, add a little white pepper, boil over medium heat to make a white soup, and let it stand for use.
The clear soup of broth is the most exquisite, and it needs local real hens, ducks and pork legs to be cooked with big fire. After removing the foam, add seasoning and simmer for several hours. After thorough cooling, only clear soup with no oil and residue in the middle layer is taken for later use.
When cooking noodle soup, as soon as the noodle pot is opened, you should pick up the noodles neatly and throw them into the noodle soup immediately. A bowl of fresh, tidy, steaming and delicious sesame oil and onion will definitely arouse your appetite.
The quality of dry mixed noodles is also related to the kung fu of "splashing water".
As soon as the water in the noodle pot boils, you should pick up the long chopsticks, screw the noodles into the U-shaped colander in an orderly way, then shake off the soup in the colander and spread it all over the bowl ... To say that the pavement is neat and beautiful, there are many names such as "Guanyin Head" and "Carp Back".
Dry mixed noodles need heavy oil, two wet noodles, not less than one or two meat oils. The oil in the dry mixed noodles is the lubricant between each noodle, which makes the noodles firm and smooth. As soon as the noodles are served, they must be stirred quickly and repeatedly. In the process of stirring, it not only accelerates the heating of noodles, but also makes noodles absorb oil and seasoning evenly.
If you feel that the dry mixed noodles are heavy in oil, you can choose to fish noodles, and the oil and seasoning can be just right.
The name "dry-mixed" was recorded earlier in the novel "Yangzhou Dream" by Zhou Boyi, a writer from Zhenjiang in Qing Dynasty: "People in our county cherish their expenses, sit in a teahouse early and spend tens of dollars to let the waiter buy good sauce, vinegar and sesame oil to dry-mix under the noodle restaurant. This is called" love cleanliness ".
You see, a bowl of Yangchun noodles reveals not only the taste, but also the deep human touch.
In the Imperial Chef of Emperor Zhao Kuangyin in the Song Dynasty, there was a chef named Wang Baojiu who specialized in making noodles. Wang Baojiu's ancestors opened a noodle restaurant. In his hometown of Luoyang, as long as the noodle restaurant of Wang is mentioned, everyone calls it a must in Luoyang.
In the twelfth lunar month, with the permission of the emperor, Wang Baojiu returned to his hometown to visit relatives. On his way home, he passed a small town in an eight-liter sedan chair. From the curtain of the sedan chair, he saw a noodle restaurant in the street. The frontispiece is not big, but the signboard at the door is very eye-catching, with two bronze characters: noodle king. Wang Baojiu thought: I am not a king who makes noodles. How dare you hang up the signboard of this abandoned shop? So he ordered him to stop the sedan chair and swaggered into the noodle restaurant with a group of followers to show them something.
Because it's not time to eat, there are no guests in the noodle restaurant. Wang Baojiu called the waiter and said, "Give me a bowl of Longxu Noodles and a bowl of mutton Huimian Noodles. The thickness of each face should be even, otherwise, I won't take off your ace card! " The man glanced at Wang Baojiu and thought, this guest officer is really picky. However, the store has been open for several years. What kind of guests haven't seen it? So, the clerk disagreed and shouted at the back hall: "Longxu Noodles, a bowl of mutton Huimian Noodles!"
After a while, the man brought the noodles. Wang Baojiu picked up chopsticks and stirred them in the noodle bowl. He threw them on the table and shouted to the waiter, "Call your chef for me!" " The man didn't dare to neglect, so he went to the backyard and invited the chef out.
The chef is a young man with fine features. He bowed respectfully to Wang Baojiu and said, "My guest, what can I do for you?" Wang Baojiu curled his lips and sneered, "Do you deserve to be called the king of noodles?" With a wave of his hand, he waved to his entourage: "Take that sign off for me, it's smashed!" "
As soon as Wang Baojiu's words were exported, his entourage rushed out of the door. When the young man saw it, he quickly dissuaded him and said, "Please calm down. This signboard was given to my father by the villagers in the town. It's been hanging for decades. The word "noodle king" is a joke. The guest officer had better not take it seriously. "
Wang Baojiu listened to a face of anger: "Since the brand is for your father, well, you go and call him, and I'll have a competition with him. He is going to win, and I will not only smash your brand; I have to beat gongs and drums to change you into a pure gold signboard, but if you lose, well, don't blame me for being rude! " Seeing that Wang Baojiu didn't look like a joke, the boy was afraid that his father wouldn't come and the signboard would really be smashed. He nodded and said, "Please wait a moment, guest. I will call my father. "
After a while, the young man came in from the door with a wrinkled old man. Lao Zhang glanced at Wang Baojiu and said, "Is this guest officer not pleasing to the eye when he looks at the signboard of that store? But it is really a little friendship between the villagers and the elderly. I can't squat! "
"So, are you willing to compete with me?" Wang Baojiu swaggered and asked.
"Well," the old man sighed, "what can I compare? In my early years, I was soaked in Lamian Noodles all day, and my arm was overloaded. I haven't touched the panel since I handed it over to the children! "
"What do you mean?" Wang Baojiu sneered. "You are not afraid to compete with me, so you deliberately speak so pitifully?"
"That's not true, old man. I've been interacting with faces all my life. As long as I work hard, every part of my body can be Lamian Noodles. " Lao Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Although my hands are useless, I still have a pair of feet. If I open the door to do business, it is disrespectful to step on Lamian Noodles with my foot, but this is just a game, isn't it just as well? "
Wang Baojiu almost didn't get angry when he heard that the old man wanted to compete with his heel, but according to the old man now, how can he compete without feet? So he took off his coat and went to the backyard kitchen to compete with Lao Zhang. Than what? Be a "face".
The belt surface is characterized by thin and tough surface, strong mouth feeling and strong chewing feeling. To make this kind of noodles, the exquisite technique is kneading, rolling and Lamian Noodles, and repeatedly processing until a piece of dough is stretched as thin as brocade and elastic as a belt, then cut into thin strips, boiled in boiling water for three times, and poured with fermented soup, which is a complete success. Wang Baojiu and Lao Zhang face to face, each with a big pot and a panel. The firewood in the stove is burning, and the boiling water in the noodle pot is tumbling.
Needless to say, Wang Baojiu is an expert. Let's take that old man as an example. He was shivering like a doddering old man just now, but as soon as he entered the backyard, he immediately came to his senses. I saw him sitting on the bench unhurriedly, taking off his shoes and letting the man roll up his trouser legs and wash his feet. Then he spread a thin layer of flour on his feet, picked up a piece of dough from the basin and rubbed it up quickly, sometimes stepping on it with his feet and sometimes pulling it with a tiger step. In an instant, a piece of dough was pulled into a strip-shaped noodle by his feet.
These followers know nothing about the technology of making noodles, but their flattery skills have reached the peak. They didn't go to see Lao Zhang's unique skill of rolling noodles at all. They just stared at Wang Baojiu and applauded Lao Zhang, saying, "It's shameless of this old fairy to dare to challenge us face to face!"
The old man was calm and absorbed in rolling the dough, but his face changed slightly when he heard the word "rolling pin". When he was nervous, a piece of dough was split in half. Lao Zhang stopped to calm himself down, thought for a while, bent down and put the broken dough aside, pulled a piece of dough out of the basin and began to cook again.
In a short time, the noodles of both of them were ready. When I was cooking, I found that Lao Zhang's dishes were even in thickness, but compared with Wang Baojiu, they seemed a little out of touch. Although the entrance is slippery, it is a bit not chewy. The old man looked sad, shook his head and sighed, "The little old man met an expert today. The little old man picked it himself. "
Wang Baojiu proudly put on his coat and tied his belt, watching the old father-in-law's son take off his signboard. This just got on the sedan chair and hit the road. Not far away, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "Oh, my God, it's really a ghost." It turned out that at the moment, he found that the belt originally tied to his coat hung on one side of the sedan chair curtain. As the sedan chair rises and falls in front of his eyes, that's half of the area that Lao Zhang broke earlier.
Wang Baojiu knew that Lao Zhang must have heard the gang ask him to make noodles in the competition just now, and he deliberately lost to himself for face. Think about what you said before the game. If they lost, they had to beat gongs and drums to give them pure gold signs, and their belts were inexplicably changed. This is not a loss. What is a loss?
Wang Baojiu moved the salt of the earth and ordered his followers to turn around and go back, but when they rushed into the noodle restaurant, there was no one inside, only four poetic phrases remained on the empty wall:
Half a bowl of noodles and half a bowl of soup,
Half a belt is in trouble;
Noodles are made for living,
Why do you have to fight for the king?
Go to the palace restaurant to eat "gluttonous noodles" and dream of returning to the imperial cuisine of Dasong.
Oriental Jinbao 20 13-09-24 04:32
Reporter Chen Bohui Trainee reporter Su
Intern Yuan Hongsen
Dongfang Jinbao Kaifeng News At noon on September 19, the front door of Xinggong Hotel, located on the northwest side of Xinggong Corner, Zhongshan Road, Kaifeng City, was crowded with people who rushed to taste the newly-launched noodles. The reporter walked into the store to find out and experienced dining in the restaurant.
As soon as you enter the gate of Xinggong restaurant, the first thing you see is the orderly arrangement of purple tables and chairs and the spacious and bright dining environment. The walls on the left and right sides are covered with celebrity calligraphy and painting, which makes people feel antique and full of cultural atmosphere. There is a cursive plaque on the western wall, on which is written the only poem written by Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin in their lives, reciting the first day: "The sun is shining in the first day, and Qian Shan is like fire. In an instant, I went to heaven and drove away the stars and the waning moon. " A landscape painting "Two Fairy Faces" hanging on the east wall echoes it symmetrically. This painting depicts two legendary immortals, the ancestor of Chen Tuan and Lv Dongbin, sitting on a boulder under a pine and cypress, enjoying delicious noodles. General Manager Yan Dazhao, the person in charge of the restaurant, told the reporter about the origin of "gluttony and drunkenness".
According to legend, the "gluttonous face" has an unusual origin, which contains the legendary stories of Song Taizu and two famous immortals. According to historical records, when Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin were not in the world, it was already rumored that the army would hold Zhao Kuangyin as emperor. Zhao Kuangyin asked his family, "What should I do?" His sister knew that Zhao Kuangyin usually liked noodles, so she rolled noodles in the kitchen, took out a rolling pin and hit him. She said, "A gentleman should make a quick decision when this great event happens. Do you want to scare the women at home with rumors outside? " Zhao Kuangyin silently walked out of the house and made up his mind. Subsequently, Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added to the body, and Ye Wei of the Great Song Dynasty was established. Chen Tuan's bodhi old zu heard the news and fell to his knees under the donkey, clapping his hands and shouting, "The world will be settled from now on!" After Mao admired his sage demeanor, he was invited to the capital and awarded an official title, but Chen Jian refused to accept it. On the occasion of parting, Taizu gave a farewell dinner with noodles, and Chen Tuan Laozu gave a big banquet and even applauded. Mao was very happy, and he specially named it "greedy face". Chen Deqi's secret recipe is often appreciated. Because it nourishes health and prolongs life, the age of death is 1 18. Chen used this noodle as a treat. He is also a teacher and friend. Luzu was also shocked by the delicious noodles, so he wrote a poem praising: This noodle should only exist in the sky, why did it fall to the world? Royal taste is also extraordinary, and the reputation of gluttony and drunkenness is legendary!
After long-term excavation and research, Xinggong Restaurant has made innovations on the basis of this noodle. Carefully selected pollution-free, green and organic naked oats flour produced in the northwest of China as the main ingredient of noodles, supplemented by secret recipes such as organic meat, organic vegetables, various traditional seasonings, bone soup, etc., more than a dozen health-care noodles which are scientifically combined with meat and vegetables and are suitable for people's eating habits today are presented to the vast number of food lovers, making positive contributions to the inheritance and development of China's food culture. As the saying goes, "it's better to be famous than to meet each other." After the reporter and many other customers tasted it, they felt particularly fresh and delicious, relaxed and free. "gluttonous face" really lives up to its reputation.
The story of Zhao Kuangyin eating noodles
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Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, was a military commander. Before joining the army, he liked to fight with knives and guns. At that time, he was just a young man His personality is very generous. At that time, many people liked gambling, and Zhao Kuangyin followed suit. He is very lucky and almost always wins money. He is very good. He gave his winnings directly to support others, so everyone had a very good impression of him.
Later, with the passage of time, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to go out and see the world. He doesn't want to stay in a small place all the time. He wanted to go out for an adventure, so he left their small place with a little luggage. He walked alone for a long time, then he went to a small town and saw a stall selling oatmeal noodles. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin walked a long way, so he was naturally hungry. It's natural when he sees food. Let the stall owner make him a noodle to eat. Because he was so hungry, he didn't care about asking the price and began to eat. This noodle is very distinctive, with many ingredients, including mutton and mushrooms, and it tastes good.
Zhao Kuangyin ate this interview and found it delicious. Because he is a strong young man, he can eat it naturally. Soon he finished eating 18 bowl of oatmeal, which shows how hungry Zhao Kuangyin is. At that time, he was startled by the stall owner. This is the first time he has seen such a guest eat. After eating 18 bowl of oat noodle, Zhao Kuangyin thought he could still eat it. Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied after eating, and felt that the oat noodle and soup were delicious, which was simply delicious on earth. After eating well, Zhao Kuangyin asked the store how much it cost. The store said that each bowl of noodles was 3 pence, and each bowl of soup was 1 penny, so it was all 57 pence. After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin was ready to take the money to settle the bill, but when he reached for the money in his bag, he felt very embarrassed. Why is he embarrassed because he has no money?
At this time, the store saw the reluctance on Zhao Kuangyin's face, and he knew that Zhao Kuangyin might not have enough money. The shopkeeper is very nice. He knew that Zhao Kuangyin probably didn't have much money, so he offered to give it to 1 penny. But Zhao Kuangyin was still embarrassed at this moment, because he didn't have any money, so he told the store directly that he really didn't have any money, and the store didn't like the bad guys in Zhao Kuangyin, so he said today's meal.
Later, Zhao Kuangyin joined the army, and then he became the emperor. After becoming emperor, Zhao Kuangyin naturally eats the best food every day, but if he eats well every day, he will definitely get tired of it. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin remembered that he had eaten more than a dozen bowls of oatmeal and soup, so Zhao Kuangyin told two trusted ministers about the kindness in the store at that time, and asked them to find the shopkeeper and invite him to the palace.
In this way, the two ministers set out with their tasks. They went to the area mentioned by Zhao Kuangyin in plain clothes to look for someone, but there must be more than one noodle seller in that area, and there are many, so the two ministers went door to door to inquire, but it seems that they are not the store mentioned by Zhao Kuangyin. They looked for it for nearly a month, but they still couldn't find it. They were a little depressed. At this time, they arrived at a small town. When they saw another booth selling oat noodles, they went up and asked their guests who ate the most noodles how many bowls they could eat. When the shopkeeper asked, he remembered that Zhao Kuangyin had eaten 18 bowl of noodles, and said that he could eat so much when he first met people, and at that time, the guests had no money, so his memory was deep. Isn't this the shopkeeper that Zhao Kuangyin asked them to find?
The two men said that their master likes oatmeal very much, and they are willing to pay a large price to invite him to Beijing to make noodles for him. Besides, they can buy him a noodle stand and let the shop go to Beijing with them. Shopkeepers can't refuse what they say so honestly. So when they got home, they packed their bags, bid farewell to their families and went to Beijing with two officials. When they arrived in Beijing, they took the shopkeeper to the palace and went to see him directly. As soon as the shopkeeper entered the palace, he had never seen such a big scene and was very scared. When he saw Zhao Kuangyin, he immediately knelt down in fear, because even a fool knew it was the emperor. Zhao Kuangyin came to the shopkeeper at that time, which directly showed that he was the one who ate more than a dozen bowls of noodles. The shopkeeper realized this, and later Zhao Kuangyin gave the shopkeeper a big reward.