Lao You Vermicelli is a famous food in Nanning with a long history, and it has a symbolic
significance in the two regions of Guangdong and Guangxi where the food culture is quite prosperous. At present, in Nanning City, the production of old friends of the powder can be described as a variety of different, almost every powder store to do old friends of the powder, but
is the taste of the difference is very big. So, what is the real (authentic) Lao You flour like?
One, first of all, Lao You flour must be cut flour. There has never been a version with round noodles. The ones made with round flour are definitely imposters.
Two, Lao You flour must put garlic. A lot of people in the field are not accustomed to eating old friends, a big reason is because there is garlic inside, there
choking flavor. In fact, a bit of garlic choking flavor is very normal, but also the authentic Lao You flour should have the flavor, but if it is cooked
very raw, it is also very unorthodox. The real Laoyou flour in the beginning of cooking to put garlic to fry, so the garlic inside
should be very ripe, choking flavor greatly reduced, and even in the mouth when chewing will not chew out the garlic flavor, which is Laoyou flour is a very significant
characteristics.
Three, Lao You Vermicelli must have tempeh and pickled bamboo shoots. And the tempeh should be relatively crumbly and the bamboo shoots cut into strips, not
huge chunks. Another distinctive feature of Lao You Vermicelli is the sourness and spiciness of the flavor. Part of the saltiness comes
from the tempeh, which, in good quality, not only gives the noodle a rich color, but also tastes fresh and tangy, with a slightly
salty flavor. Sour bamboo shoots are very spicy, so the noodles can taste sour and spicy!
Fourth, the meat of the old friend noodles should be raw boiled pork. I have seen a lot of places in the old friend noodles meat is the kind of minced meat
(in many student canteens the kind of early has been cut into minced paste soaked boiled meat), eaten especially heart. Note that one
is pork, other beef brisket and so on, not to mention; two is must be raw boiled, and not any barbecued pork
type. So you should put the meat in the stir-fry right away, and when the meat changes color (when it's slightly cooked) you start putting in the
water and flour, and when the flour is cooked, the pork is also cooked. If it is too ripe, the color will become very white, and if it is too raw, how can I eat it?
So the color should be a little pale. So the color should be a little pinkish to be qualified.
Fifth, the authentic LaoYou flour is no green, know the classic LaoYou flour is its hot and sour, and green
is the most most can absorb the flavor, especially spicy, so LaoYou flour flavor will be seriously diluted! So if you see any bok choy in the
top, needless to say, it's another pirated version. Also those of you who asked for some bok choy in your old friend's noodle, ugh, why bother.
Sixth, the soup of the old friend powder is also very delicate. The main problem is the oil. In fact, it is not divided into what animal and vegetable oil, are
line. The key lies in the degree of maturity of the oil is very delicate. The authentic Laoyou noodle soup has a layer of thick dark-colored oil on top, but eat up and
feel not greasy that kind of. This is because the oil is well-cooked and flavorful. This way, the noodles don't look like they're steaming hot,
but they are. This is where a lot of the flavor comes from
!
Seven, the fire problem. Authentic Lao You flour, needless to say, are cooked with a fierce fire, eat up a little
point of smoke and fire flavor, or a smoky flavor. If it is boiled on a slow fire, the powder is not tender, the material is not cooked enough, the whole bowl of powder looks
very clean, but eat up: poor!
Eight, cooking order. Cooking, pay attention to, garlic, bamboo shoots, pork and other materials to be put first (so Lao You powder to eat the most
After are a lot of slag), look at the color, only began to put the powder and water, and finally put the tempeh.