Lanzhou Beef Noodle, also known as Lanzhou Beef Noodle in Clear Soup, is one of the Ten Great Noodles of China, and is a flavorful snack in Lanzhou, Gansu Province.

It has a unique flavor of "clear soup, fragrant meat, and fine noodles" and "clear soup, white, red, green, and yellow", which are clear soup, white radish, red chili oil, green cilantro and garlic green, and yellow noodles. Noodles yellow bright), won the praise of customers at home and even all over the world. It has been honored as one of the top three Chinese fast food by the China Cuisine Association, and has gained the reputation of "China's First Noodle".

Lore has it that Lanzhou beef noodles originated in the Tang Dynasty. At present, there are historical records that Lanzhou beef noodles began in the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period, the founder: Chen Wei Jing.

Improved by the descendants, the standard of Lanzhou beef noodles is unified by "one clear (soup), two white (radish), three red (chili), four green (parsley and garlic), and five yellow (yellow noodles)". The five major steps of its production, whether from the selection of ingredients, mixing and molasses, or slipping and pulling the noodles, skillfully utilize the physical properties of the ingredients contained, namely the extensibility and elasticity of the gluten proteins.

Lanzhou beef noodles are the most characteristic mass economic snack in Lanzhou.

On January 25, 2019, the Lanzhou government gave incentives ranging from 50,000 yuan to 1 million yuan to encourage ramen noodle companies to "go global."

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Historical Origin

Lanzhou beef ramen in clear soup was originally a flavorful food for entertaining high-class guests in the northwest. Because of its delicious flavor and affordability, it not only abounds in Lanzhou, but also in all provinces of the country and even many countries and regions of the world, there are Lanzhou beef noodle restaurants. Lanzhou locals generally call Lanzhou Beef Noodle "Beef Noodle". Young people also call it "Niu Da" or "Niu Da Bowl", taking the meaning of "big bowl of beef noodles".

Lanzhou Ramen has a history of 200 years, and its founder, Chen Weijing, was a student at the Imperial College of the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period. The two brothers, Chen Weiling, Chen Honsheng and Chen Hesheng, played a key role in the improvement and standardization of Lanzhou beef noodles (one clear, two white, three red, four green, five yellow), turning this street food into a delicacy for mass consumption.

Hot pot noodles, is Ma Baozi started in 1915, when Ma Baozi poor family, for the sake of life, he made a hot pot beef noodles at home, shoulder to shoulder in the city along the street selling. Later, he also boiled beef and sheep liver soup into the beef noodles, the fragrance of its nose, everyone loves his beef noodles.

Then he opened his own store, no need to sell along the street, thinking of launching a free "store a bowl of soup", guests into the door, the guys immediately served a bowl of hot beef soup guests drink, cool, wake up the stomach.

Ma Baozi's clear soup beef noodle fame, Ma Baozi operated until 1925, by his son Ma Jie San took over the operation, Ma Jie San continue to work on the word clear, and continue to improve the beef noodle, until later the name of all parties, was given the "smell of the horse, know the taste of the parking lot," the reputation.

Recognize the authenticity of Lanzhou ramen or not, to see if there is a free bowl of soup into the store, authentic soup will be given, the soup of beef and sheep's liver is the purpose of the West, more than the eyes of the people like a torch, obviously with the drink of this soup; look at the soup of beef ramen is clear, soup turbid is not authentic. Perhaps the gift of soup link has long been omitted.

1919 he opened his own store, do not have to sell along the street. Mabaozi's clear soup beef noodle store fame has also been greatly revitalized, widely spread in the northwest Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and other ethnic groups. Lanzhou beef ramen to a bowl of noodles and renowned in the world, to meat rotten soup fresh, fine noodles and famous at home and abroad, which cohesion of Chen Ma and later countless specializing in clear soup beef noodle chef's wisdom and hard work.

In 1925, his son Ma Jie San took over the operation, Ma Jie San continued to work on the word "clear", and constantly improve the beef ramen, until later the name of all parties, was presented with the "smell of horse, know the taste of parking" reputation.