As a Henanese, I naturally have a unique love for mutton braised noodles.

Now I will share with my friends how to make Henan mutton braised noodles.

Prepare ingredients: 500 grams of high-gluten flour, 500 grams of mutton, kelp, tofu skin, quail eggs, mushrooms, coriander, garlic sprouts, sesame paste.

First add 10 grams of salt and 240 grams of warm water to the flour. Use chopsticks to stir while adding. Stir into large flocs and knead by hand into a smooth dough. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for half an hour. After half an hour, take out the dough and knead it again until the surface is smooth, roll it into a long strip, divide it into equal-sized dough balls, flatten it with your hands, apply oil on it, and roll it into a shape of beef tongue. Take a rectangular plate and grease the center with oil, put the dough in, brush oil on the dough again to prevent it from drying out, roll it out one by one and cover it with plastic wrap to rest for two hours.

Then start stewing the mutton, cut the cleaned mutton into large pieces, put the pot under cold water to boil over high heat, skim off the foam, wash the mutton with warm water and put it into the pot, add cooking wine, cumin, and Bring anise, peppercorns, bay leaves, cinnamon to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for an hour. Use chopsticks to gently poke the meat if it can be easily poked, then turn off the heat (no need to add salt throughout the process, in order to maintain the original flavor of the mutton soup) ) Let cool and cut into finger-thick slices of mutton.

Then prepare the side dishes. Wash the quail eggs and boil them in cold water for three minutes. Take them out, let them cool and peel them (do not cook them for too long, as the taste will not be good). Shred the tofu skin, shred the kelp, and slice the mushrooms. Finely mince coriander and garlic sprouts.

Now that the dough has woken up, prepare a pot of water to boil, take out a piece of dough, slowly stretch your hands toward both ends, pull it to shoulder width, and shake it up and down until the dough is When it is three fingers wide, tear it from the middle, put it into the pot and cook it. Take a larger wide-mouthed bowl, add mutton soup, salt, chicken essence and pepper to taste, add the cooked dough, and then put it in order Add shredded tofu, shredded kelp, quail eggs, mushroom slices, mutton slices (you can add the amount according to your preference) garlic sprouts, coriander, two tablespoons of sesame paste, and one tablespoon of chili oil.

At this time, a bowl of braised noodles with white soup, fragrant meat, green vegetables and gluten is ready. It is beautiful, nutritious and delicious. If you like it, please follow the steps. Thank you everyone!

A bowl of braised noodles, a half-life fate

Sit quietly and think about your own mistakes. Whenever we encounter difficulties, we should not complain about the unfairness of fate or the cruelty of this society. , but reflect on your own behavior, why you have fallen to this point, and what you did wrong that led to such a bad result. Because those who do not know how to reflect will not be enterprising. Recalling that more than ten years ago, I gave up my studies early and came to work in one of the most famous noodle shops in Zhengzhou. Although I was young at that time, I was still honest and honest. I worked in the kitchen as a handyman because It's a big hotel, and there are just a few people working in the kitchen. The division of labor is clear. There are people who make dough, people who cut vegetables, and people who wash vegetables. Among these unskilled jobs, what I'm asked to do is really... It was boring. Although it was boring, I worked for two years. Maybe it was because of my age, or maybe it was my need for money. It made me feel that it would be very difficult to do a job like this that everyone can do without any technical content. Qian Tu, at that time, the chefs had the most authority and the highest salary in the kitchen, because they could cook and stir-fry. So I made up my mind to talk to my boss. I remember it was when I got off work in the evening. I summoned up the courage to go to my boss and said that I wanted to learn cooking and become a chef. Maybe it was because I was still young? Or do you think I don’t have that talent? I don't know either. But I just didn’t agree. Although I was petite and honest at that time, I was still a bit temperamental. If I was not allowed to learn, I would quit. I originally thought that I would find a restaurant to learn at the worst possible outcome. Later, maybe the boss saw that I was very determined, or maybe because the store was short of manpower, he asked me to stay, because one of his relatives' children didn't like this kind of life, so he chose another industry and left. Just let me go and work for a while, and then let me learn how to cook when a suitable person comes. When I heard that my boss agreed that I should learn to cook, I happily agreed. But I didn’t know that this really made me know the soul of braised noodles. The boss actually asked me to weigh various spices and seasonings alone in a room. Then grind it into powder, mix it according to the proportion taught by the boss, and mix it together. Because I didn’t understand what those spices were at the time, but later I found out that their braised noodles were so delicious and their business was so booming.

It all depends on the perfect combination and proportion of these seasonings. So in my spare time, I showed the spices to the chefs again and again and asked them to teach me the names of these spices. So, I wrote down the names and proportions of all the spices without others knowing. In this way, I got the signature staple food recipe of this noodle shop. So at that time, I was very grateful that I was lucky and worked harder to learn to be a chef. I thought that with this recipe, I could open a noodle shop in the future. But fate plays tricks. It has been more than ten years since I entered this industry, learned how to cook, and worked as a chef. I thought I had the famous Zhengzhou noodle recipe and worked as a chef for several years. I can cook a few home-cooked dishes in my hand. I just decided to have a big fight and my life would not be in vain. That's it, just do it. Find a store, decorate it, and start business. It took one month to complete. In order to open the business as soon as possible, the location of the store was not good, so starting the business was not ideal. Fortunately, our braised noodles tasted good, and many customers praised them endlessly. This also gave me a lot of confidence. Slowly accumulate repeat customers, and then old customers will drive new customers. Just when business was about to pick up and there was a bright future, the new coronavirus came. I was unprepared when it came, and it caught me off guard. I originally thought that if the business improved, I would be able to earn back my capital, but I ended up losing money and now I can’t even open the store. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, I had to give up, completely give up. I have been dealing with braised noodles for nearly twenty years, and I don’t want to mention it anymore. And because of this epidemic, it made me think about life. What is the purpose of life? Is it just to make money? No matter how much money you make, it is nothing more than eating, clothing, and sleeping. No matter how much money you make, there will still be worries about having too much money. No, there should be more to life than this. We should have other things to do. Yes, spiritual liberation. Accumulate spiritual wealth. How to get rid of it? What about accumulating spiritual wealth? Perhaps it is what Buddha said to do more good deeds, help others more, and do things that are beneficial to others. Thinking of this, I suddenly thought, now that I have decided not to do catering, what should I do with the noodle recipes and soup-making skills I have? Will it die in my hands? Tell all this to the people who open a noodle shop, will they believe it? Experience tells me that they only believe in the words of franchise stores and people with physical stores. You won't believe what the polished commander says. But reality tells me that there must still be people who need these. There must be people who want to get a good noodle recipe, but don’t have the funds to join, and they have always dreamed of opening a noodle shop. But I asked myself, would these people believe me? I'm not sure, so how can I help them? I have no choice but to wait until people are in need and teach them the noodle making technique for free. Just let it happen!

Braised noodles, one of the top ten noodles in China.

Braised noodles are a traditional snack that combines meat, vegetables, soup, vegetables and staple food (noodles).

In Henan, every city has its own local noodle restaurant, and many families can make it. It is also one of the noodles that people often eat on the table.

If you want to make delicious braised noodles, you must mix the noodles yourself and make the braised noodles.

Put an appropriate amount of flour into a large bowl, pour warm water into it, and add a little salt and stir until the salt is fully dissolved;

Put the flour in the bowl into the bowl. Dig a nest in the middle, slowly pour in the salt water, stir the flour around the salt water into a fluffy shape with your hands, add water, and stir the flour in the basin into a fluffy shape. Pour the fluffy flour in the basin onto the chopping board. , start kneading the dough, and knead the flocculent dough until the surface is even;

Then place the dough on the chopping board, flip the large basin on top, and start to rest for about 30 minutes;

After waking up, knead the dough for another 5-10 minutes until the dough has a smooth surface. The kneaded dough is softer than the dough made by hand and harder than the dough for making dumplings. Punch the dough into balls the size of duck eggs;

Roll the dough into ovals, with both sides After applying cooking oil, place each piece flat on a large plate. After everything is done, cover it with a clean plastic tape to prevent the skin from drying out;

Because the surface is edible oil, so no need to worry about adhesion.

At this point, the "braised noodle embryo" is ready.

To eat mutton braised noodles, use mutton and mutton bones to cook a pot of mutton soup, with shredded kelp, Qianzhang shreds (tofu skin), vermicelli, quail eggs, coriander, candied garlic, chili, etc.

To eat beef stewed noodles, use beef and beef bones to cook a pot of beef soup, with leeks, garlic, some vermicelli, kelp, chili, etc. Some places like to add a little "pepper" to the beef stewed noodles.

I am from Henan and grew up eating braised noodles.

Braised noodles include soup, meat, noodles and vegetables.

Braised noodles are one of the indispensable delicacies on our daily dining table in Henan.

Not only can you make braised noodles with soup, but you can also make "braised noodles with noodles", "stewed noodles with oil" and so on!

How to make Henan braised noodles, let me tell you gently!

The first step is to simmer the noodle oil. Butter is the first choice. If there is no butter, mutton fat will also work. Heat the oil in a pot, pour in a spoonful of soybean oil, and add the chopped butter. , then add all the spices, onions, ginger, garlic, onions, carrots, celery, and dried chili peppers, cook until golden, add coriander, turn off the heat, wait 300 seconds and remove the impurities, and the noodle oil is done.

The second step is to simmer the noodle bone soup, beef bone, mutton bone, smash open, mutton spine, soak in water overnight, then put a pot of water, open the water and add the bones, beef, Wait until it boils again, skim off the foam, add some butter, take out the beef when it is cooked, and simmer until the soup is thick and white, OK.

The third step is to start cooking. Put a little salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, white pepper, beef floss, butter, dried shrimps, seaweed, shredded beans, vermicelli, fungus, white fungus, etc. in a bowl. Pour in the bone soup, put the braised noodles into a bowl, add beef, coriander, sesame oil, wolfberry, quail eggs, OK!

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Introduction to Braised Noodles: Braised noodles are a specialty delicacy in Henan and have a long history. It is a traditional snack with meat, vegetables, soup, vegetables and rice. It is delicious, economical and famous in the Central Plains and spread all over the country. It's so delicious and chewy that it's hard not to eat a second bowl. According to different ingredients, braised noodles can be divided into: mutton braised noodles, beef braised noodles, three fresh noodles braised noodles, five fresh braised noodles and so on.

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