This kind of dough was originally named "Jade Crystal Powder", which, as the name implies, was related to the emperor. Daoxiao Noodles, also known as Shaanxi cold rice noodles and stuffed skin. Among them, Hanzhong dough has the longest history. Daoxiao Noodles Handicraft Hanzhong Rice Noodle is a home-cooked snack in the streets and lanes of Hanzhong area, and it has been rated as one of the top ten classic local breakfasts in China. Hanzhong, located at the southern foot of Qinling Mountains, is rich in rice, and its living customs are similar to those of Sichuan. Hanzhong rice noodles have a long history, unique flavor and soft taste. Chili oil is not as strong as Qin Zhen cold rice noodles, and it is soft and delicate, with Bashu style.
Another kind of Qin Zhen is located in Chang 'an County, adjacent to Xi 'an. Qin Zhen has been rich in high-quality japonica rice since ancient times. It is said that Qin Shihuang was a royal tribute when he was emperor. A year of drought will never yield a harvest, and no one will pay for rice. The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very strict, and the villagers were afraid of being punished, so they asked a squire for advice. The next day, the squire figured it out. Qin Zhen cold rice noodles are made by soaking old rice overnight, grinding into slurry, precipitating, skimming the supernatant, steaming in a cage, and adding various seasonings. Qin Shihuang tasted it. It was soft and smooth, sour and delicious, and it was very pleasant. Therefore, it was exempted from tax in that year, and Qin Zhen cold rice noodles were designated as royal food. Qin Zhen rice noodles and Chili oil are well-made. Pepper, pepper, fennel and other spices are ground into fine powder, added to oil, and boiled repeatedly on fire. Bright red color, spicy and attractive.
The cold rice noodles of Qishan people are very special. Rice noodles and stuffed skins in other places are made into paste and steamed in special iron cages. Qishan's handmade noodles are first rolled into noodles, then steamed, and then cut into strips slightly wider than cold rice noodles. Eating is basically the same as rice noodles. Different from rice noodles, handmade noodles are hard in taste, high in toughness and full of vigor. People around Baoji like to eat, and they are also very popular in Xi in recent years.
In recent years, some dough merchants have added some colored foods to their dough to develop colored dough, such as adding carrot juice to make red dough and adding local Yangxian black rice to make black dough. This enriches the original single variety of dough and greatly increases people's appetite.
2. Chenggu rice noodles
This is my hometown, Hanzhong Basin, a place with Wan Li Orange Sea. Here, Zhong Ling is beautiful, outstanding, warm and rich in products. This is the famous hometown of citrus in China-Chenggu.
It's a pity to come to Chenggu in autumn without tasting the oranges here. Chenggu has the most oranges in Shengxian Village. Its oranges are fresh in taste, thin and juicy in skin, early and sweet, delicate in color, white inside and round in fruit. Peel off the orange peel of the orange tooth and expose it with gauze. Put it in your mouth, take a bite and feel the penetration of orange juice scattered in your mouth ... Walking between orange orchards and wandering in the green tide with orange light, you will feel so close to nature. It would be even more interesting if we could catch up with the local annual Citrus Festival.
The food in Chenggu is not only oranges, but also special snacks such as noodles, vegetable tofu and red tofu.
Steam the milky white rice paste into crystal clear rice skin (dough) with moderate thickness, add seasoning and pour the secret Chili oil, and then enjoy it slowly. While eating dough, drinking dishes made of salt water, soybean milk, etc., there is tofu in the dishes, and then taste the smelly and delicious Shangyuanguan tofu, which will ensure that you will fall in love with Chenggu, a unique snack.
Up and down for 5,000 years, since the county was established in Qin Dynasty for 3,000 years. Chenggu is also a place with a long history. When it comes to the history of Chenggu, we have to talk about Zhang Qian, a historical and cultural celebrity of Chenggu.
Zhang Qian was born in Chenggu and buried in Chenggu. 2 100 years ago, he went to the western regions 17 years ago and finally opened up the world-famous silk road. He is the first person to go to the world! Today, Zhang Qian's tomb is a national key cultural relics protection unit.
The so-called outstanding people, Zhang Qian's birthplace will be ordinary? There is a national water conservancy scenic spot-Nansha River, with clear water and blue sky. Bird Mountain where thousands of herons live; There are too many legends here, so many mysterious buildings have been left behind: Wulongguan, the birthplace of Mother Earth; Dongyang Palace, the holy place of Taoism, "one person gets the Tao, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven". From Xiancun to Sendai. Green mountains and green waters line the green screen, and Zhang Qian's hometown dances in spring. In this Qin Balieping, the feng shui treasure house of Han Xu besieged city has not only spread many myths and legends for thousands of years, but also left many precious historical and cultural relics. Not to mention Zhang Qian's tomb, there are more than 60 natural and cultural landscapes, such as Baoshan Shang Dynasty site, Wumen weir in the Western Han Dynasty and Han ancestral hall in the Ming Dynasty Guli tomb.
Nowadays, the Western Han Expressway has turned the natural moat into a thoroughfare, and it is more convenient to come to Chenggu. If you can come to Chenggu, you can enjoy the elegance of the mountain wind in the orange forest in the Everglades twice a day; The lingering of Han Xu's "Nine Songs Flowing East": Zhang Qian's Perseverance in Launching the Silk Road in the Western Regions. Isn't it beautiful to be so comfortable?
3. Chenggu rice noodles
This is my hometown, Hanzhong Basin, a place with Wan Li Orange Sea. Here, Zhong Ling is beautiful, outstanding, warm and rich in products.
There are many delicious foods in Chenggu, including fruits such as oranges, and special snacks such as vegetable tofu and red tofu. But the most famous is Chenggu rice noodles.
Chenggu noodles are made of rice, soaked and ground into rice slurry, diluted with water, steamed in a special cage, cooled and cut into thin strips. It is white, thin, light, tender, thin, soft, tough and fragrant, supplemented by bean sprouts, spinach and shredded carrots, and blended with sesame sauce, Chili sauce, garlic juice, ginger juice, mustard and five-spice powder. After mixing, red and green set each other off, yellow and white set each other off, the color is bright, the food is refreshing, the smell is fragrant, the flavor is unique, and there are other ways to eat it, such as frying and stewing. Now many places have such snacks. Affordable and delicious? The other is Suining, which is made of dough, cucumber and bean sprouts. We like the peppers here? You can also put vinegar and sesame oil, which is delicious and can be eaten in winter or summer.
Step one?
Wash your face
Choose the best flour, add water to form a hard dough, without any additives, and knead until smooth after proofing. Add water to a larger container, put the dough into it, and knead the dough slowly, but don't knead the dough, so that the starch in the dough will gradually separate out and the water will gradually turn milky white. When the water becomes turbid, change the water and wash it again until the gluten is washed out.
the second part
ferment
Add dilute flour water, precipitate, skim off water, add yeast (old flour water is also good), and ferment. It takes about one day and night in summer and three days in winter. When there are bubbles on the surface and the taste is slightly sour, it will be almost the same. You have more experience, so be careful not to overdo it.
the third part
noodles
Heat the pot and wipe the bottom of the pot with cloth and oil, mainly to avoid touching the pot. Pour a proper amount of fermented flour water into the pot and stir with a mallet. When the flour water gelatinizes and becomes sticky, you must wipe it hard and quickly until the dough completely touches the mallet and it is translucent when touched by hand.
finally
Handmade noodles
Take the cooked dough to the chopping block while it is hot, and quickly roll it into a thin and even dough. Take fewer rolls at a time, move quickly, don't burn, the thinner the better. The chopping board can be made of glass, the rolling pin is mostly made of metal, and the stainless steel tube is the best and smooth.
Steamed
Steam the dough on a steamer with a cauldron for 7-9 minutes. Too long is cooked, too short is born. Cool the steamed dough, cut it into strips, and add seasoning.
How to eat it is to steam milky white rice paste into crystal clear rice skin (rice skin) with moderate thickness, add seasoning and drizzle with secret Chili oil, and then enjoy it slowly. While eating the dough, drink the dishes made of brine and soybean milk, which contain tofu and tofu with vegetables, and then taste the stinky and delicious Shangyuanguan tofu to ensure that you will fall in love with this unique Chenggu dough.
If you try it, I believe you will fall in love with this unique snack.