Bangbang is a special noodle in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. It is said that Liu Bang made Hanzhong king, and it was near dusk when he arrived in Hanzhong. In desperation, the chef lacked kitchen utensils, so he rolled noodles with soldiers' spears and made noodles "bang bang bang". When Prime Minister Xiao He saw this, he called him "Bangbangmian".
There is also a saying that in the old days, Hanzhong hawkers peddled sticks and noodles along the street, and they banged the noodles with wooden shuttlecocks, hence the name "sticks and noodles".
Authentic Hanzhong Bangmian is not hand-rolled, but struck with a wooden hammer. It is as thin as a piece of paper, full of luster and toughness. It pays attention to "cutting a piece of paper into strips and turning it into a lotus flower in the pot", and then making the soup base with secret Hanzhong Chili oil, chicken pepper, Chenggu ginger, onion, mushroom soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.
2. Oil-sprinkled noodles
Oil-sprinkled noodles are pasta with local characteristics in Shaanxi, also known as pulled noodles, Lamian Noodles, Lamian Noodles, noodles with strips, noodles with fragrant sticks and so on.
When cooking oil-sprinkled noodles, cook the noodles by hand, take them out and put them in a bowl. Put chopped green onion, pepper powder, salt and a thick layer of Chili noodles on the noodles, pour hot oil to taste, then add a proper amount of soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, supplemented by bacon, tomatoes, eggs and so on. Noodles are bright in color, elastic and delicious. Because the key process is oil splashing, it is called oil splashing noodles.
3. minced meat noodles
Noodles with minced meat is a traditional noodle in Guanzhong Plain of Shaanxi Province, and it is a famous snack in Xifu. It has a long history. According to textual research, minced meat noodles appeared in sacrificial activities as early as the Zhou Dynasty as the "end ceremony" of the corpse sacrificial system.
As a flavor snack in Shaanxi, there are dozens of varieties of noodles with minced meat, which are fine, tender, light, fresh, sour, spicy and fragrant, and the entrance is flexible and smooth, among which Qishan noodles with minced meat are the most famous.
The characteristics of minced meat noodles are that the noodles are slender and uniform in thickness, the minced meat is fresh and fragrant, and the noodle soup is ruddy in luster, fresh and not greasy.
Qishan noodles with minced meat have a strong local flavor and are famous for their sour and spicy taste.
A bowl of qualified Qishan minced meat noodles should have the characteristics of "white, fine, smooth, oily, sour and spicy".
4, gourd head
Hulutou originated from "fried white sausage" in street food in Song Dynasty. Because the pig's large intestine is thick in oil and looks like a gourd, it is called gourd head.
By the 1930s, cucurbit head had developed from meat to many varieties including seafood, and the materials of pork cucurbit head had also changed.
For example, bones and chicken are added to the soup, which makes the soup more mellow and improves the quality, and becomes a flavor snack in autumn and winter.