Different places, different customs, and different food styles. Our Baoji area has been fond of "strong" foods such as sour, spicy and fragrant since ancient times. As a result, dough, noodles with minced meat and Guo Kui have become the three local specialties of Baoji. Among them, the dough is a must for every family and is deeply loved by people every New Year.
The making of dough is not complicated. The raw materials only need flour, salt, water, gauze and gong. When making dough, water is used to make it into a soft dough, and then water is poured out again and again to wash the gluten. The washed gluten is steamed and chopped. The washed white soup is the raw material for making dough. Put a spoonful in a gong and steam it on a big fire for three minutes. Take out the dough, put the dough and gluten in a bowl, add some shredded cucumber and cooked bean sprouts, and add seasoning.
Baoji dough is characterized by thinness, toughness, luster, acidity, spiciness and fragrance. The first is thin. Pick it up with chopsticks, crystal clear as paper, and tremble endlessly. Followed by tendons. Put it in your mouth with a chew. The third is light. The dough looks like a layer of oil, and the entrance feels slippery and refreshing.
When eating dough, it must be accompanied by special Qishan vinegar. This kind of vinegar is made entirely of grain, sour and fragrant, and has a moderate taste. With oil and spicy seeds. This chili pepper oil is a secret made in Shaanxi. It tastes very spicy, but it still makes you want to eat it every time. With monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, garlic juice and other seasonings, a bowl of exquisite, bright red and fragrant dough is prepared. You can make your mouth water at a glance [Note:
Saliva: saliva. I'm so greedy that my mouth is dripping. Describe the appearance of extreme greed. Also described as very jealous. ], appetite is greatly increased. Especially in summer, eating dough is the favorite of Shaanxi people. It's comfortable to take a bite! Soft, slippery, stiff, spicy and fragrant, so intoxicating. The dough can also be called genuine homesick dough. Many overseas wanderers from Baoji want to eat the dough from their hometown in their valuable books. They said, whenever the moon is full, you can enjoy the wine, eat the dough sent by your hometown and taste it carefully, which will remind you of your hometown and your motherland.
Friend, if you have the opportunity to visit Baoji, don't forget to taste the authentic Baoji dough.
Zhou boyan