The key to whether ramen is authentic or not is the soup. If you go to Lanzhou, you can see that there is a big stove at the door of many ramen shops, with a big pot burning beef in it. This is the cover, telling passers-by and diners that the ramen here is real beef noodle soup. Beef noodles alone are not Lanzhou Ramen just with beef soup. Lanzhou Ramen, which was formed in the northwest region, is essentially a halal food. Our country's halal cuisine is greatly influenced by Sichuan cuisine. In terms of taste, it is often seasoned with five spices. The soup of Lanzhou ramen also contains strong spices, and the recipe is very particular. The spice recipes of some famous ramen shops in Lanzhou are passed down from ancestors and are kept strictly confidential from outsiders. But the different characteristics are: the ramen soup is numb, spicy, fragrant, and salty.

Lanzhou Ramen (soup) recipe:

Ingredients: 500 grams of beef shank

Accessories: 200 grams of coriander, 500 grams of garlic sprouts,

< p>Seasoning: salt, chicken essence, ginger, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili peppers, green onions, grass fruits, pepper

Method:

1. Wash the beef and remove the Remove the blood and blood streaks

2. Put cold water in the pot, cut the beef into ten centimeter cubes, and cook together

3. Boil the water, lower the heat, and skim off the blood Stir the meat pieces at the same time, and then skim the foam, about 5-10 minutes

4. Add condiments: ginger, green onion, grass fruit, aniseed, cinnamon, ginseng, rock sugar, meat, pepper grains, dried red pepper, 3-4 cloves

5. Low heat for 40 minutes. Use chopsticks to try it, the meat is tender, add salt, and cook for another 10 minutes

6. Cut the green radish into slices, put in another pot, put half of the freshly prepared original soup, half of the water, and radish Put the slice in. Add pepper powder, chicken essence, MSG, salt and start cooking. When the soup is boiling, add sesame oil

7. Boil the noodles and remove from the pot, add radish soup, coriander, minced garlic, beef, and chili oil.