Perhaps the most unique area for breakfast is Shanxi.
Breakfasts vary across the country. People in Beijing start with a bowl of fried noodles with crispy fried noodles in the morning. People in Hubei have a hard time deciding between noodles and noodles. How to make it too early? Spicy soup is the breakfast world of Henan people.
In Shanxi, the cheap and unknown instant noodles have become the local breakfast treasure. In such a real "noodle empire" in China, instant noodles have defeated many noodles and landed on the map.
Among the most popular breakfast lists among Shanxi people, it has established a "close and intimate" relationship with Shanxi people.
This gap is indeed surprising to outsiders. Shanxi people do not pay attention to the external gaze and regard it as a treasure. After all, delicious food is king.
What is the appeal of ordinary instant noodles, and how do Shanxi people who are good at eating noodles cook it?
Only then can people willingly surrender to its beautiful taste?
Let’s take a look!
Shanghainese meat and paste instant noodles are the only favorite. Shanghainese meat and paste noodles are unknown. After traveling thousands of miles to Taiyuan, they have become so popular that they almost became a "Taiyuan specialty product".
For Taiyuan people, a bag of paper noodles with red background and blue fonts that turn yellow is an important part of life. It basically covers three meals a day for Taiyuan people.
In the morning, Taiyuan people go to a specialty store that cooks instant noodles and order a bowl of simple meat paste noodles to arouse their taste buds.
Compared with other instant noodles, meat paste noodles are more chewy and less greasy. It tastes closer to the stewed noodles in daily life. This is probably one of the reasons why Taiyuan people love meat paste noodles.
There is only a simple bag of powdered condiments in the meat noodles. Although it is not as colorful as other instant noodle packages, the pellets come out and exude a fragrant pork flavor. The light pepper smell behind the aisle will
Gradually it spreads in the mouth, and it tastes quite good.
After the minced meat noodles are cooked, the soup is made of clear gluten, sprinkled with a handful of scallions and coriander, and a small amount of Shanxi mature vinegar, and you can enjoy it.
Some noodle stalls will also carefully add a poached egg, a sausage, soybeans, dried shrimp skin and various pickles as a partner of instant noodles, and the price will naturally be a little more expensive.
People in Taiyuan start their day with boiled pork noodles, and at noon, they are served a bowl of fragrant fried pork noodles and a bottle of Taigang carbonated drink to soothe the hearts of office workers who have been busy all morning.
At night, a group of friends gathered in front of a sizzling hot pot restaurant, and the end of the meal must have been a few packets of meaty noodles. In local hotpot restaurants that don't have meaty noodles, it's almost free.
These three types of noodles are not the only areas where natural meat paste noodles have a presence. Taiyuan people often eat Zhanchuan, Chuanchuanxiang, Chuanchuanxiang, etc., and they will appear in them.
Pork paste noodles can be rooted in the breakfast table of Taiyuan people. It should be that the meat paste noodles just suit the appetite of Taiyuan people. Over time, it has become a taste memory engraved in the heart, like an old friend that will not be abandoned casually.
What people in Taiyuan value most is the meat paste noodles made after traveling thousands of miles, while what people in Jincheng can't escape is the Yuzhu instant noodles made in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.
The unknown Yuzhu Instant Noodles has a limited number of fans, but most of them are Jincheng people.
In the 1990s, the breakfast culture in Jincheng was almost the same. Jiaozuo people, only 40 kilometers away, brought Henan breakfasts such as spicy soup, fried buns, and beef tendon balls to Jincheng. They also brought Yuzhu instant noodles with them.
Mandi Yuzhu has also become a "general" of Jincheng breakfast, and has been grabbing the hearts and stomachs of Jincheng people for decades.
When people in Jincheng eat instant noodles, they no longer only add sausages and boiled poached eggs. Instead, they find a subtle "new partner" - beef tendon balls.
Half of the breakfast shops in Jincheng sell instant noodles with beef tendon balls. It is interesting to have to choose whether to eat instant noodles with beef tendon balls or instant noodles. Eat meatballs in one part and instant noodles in the other part.
The wheat flour used in Yuzhu instant noodles comes from high-quality wheat in Henan. The noodles are lightly drizzled with oil and are just right for cooking. The noodles are "reborn" in the big bone soup boiled in a large iron pot. The roots are round and the channels are smooth.
Refreshing and fragrant.
The meaty aroma of the meatballs also fills up the noodles. If you like, you can add hot pepper or vinegar. You can eat half of the noodles with just one chopstick. It’s so satisfying. Then add some delicious and tough beef tendon balls, plus a tea egg,
A piece of scallion pancake or grilled over fire will make you feel happy!
In Changzhi, not far from Jincheng, everyone is "obsessed" with instant noodles.
Instant noodles appeared on the breakfast list of Changzhi people no later than Taiyuan and Jincheng, but the difference between Changzhi, Taiyuan and Jincheng is that Changzhi’s love for instant noodles does not depend on which brand of instant noodles, no matter which brand of instant noodles they have
like it all.
In the morning, there are many stalls selling instant noodles on the streets of Changzhi, quietly waiting for customers' door-to-door service. As soon as customers enter the door or come to the stall, they can see various brands of instant noodles with various flavors.
, customers can choose at will according to their own needs.
If Taiyuan people have developed meat paste noodles and Jincheng people have developed Yuzhu instant noodles, then Changzhi people have increased the sales of various instant noodle brands.
People in Changzhi can choose instant noodles for breakfast, or they can choose how to eat instant noodles.
Taiyuan's boiled noodles with poached eggs and sausages are also available here, and Jincheng's beef tendon balls with instant noodles are available here. Another specialty is instant noodles cooked in stone pots.