Introduction to Daoxiao Noodles:
Daoxiao Noodles, a traditional pasta with local characteristics in Datong City, Shanxi Province, is one of the "Top Ten Noodles in China", which is named because it is all cut with a knife. Its entrance is soft and non-sticky, the more chewy it is, the more fragrant it is. It contains protein, fat and carbohydrate, which is easy to digest and absorb. Together with Zhajiang Noodles in Beijing, Huimian Noodles in Henan, Regan Noodles in Hubei and Dandan Noodles in Sichuan, they are called "China's top five pasta".
Flavor characteristics:
Shanxi is the hometown of pasta, and there are many kinds of pasta. Among them, Daoxiao Noodles in Datong, Shanxi Province is the most famous, which can be described as the "king of pasta". It is soft, smooth and easy to digest, and it is known as the five famous pasta in China along with Zhajiang Noodles in Beijing, Huimian Noodles in Henan, Regan Noodles in Hubei and Dandan Noodles in Sichuan.
Daoxiao Noodles is the daily favorite pasta of Shanxi people, and it is well-known at home and abroad because of its unique flavor. Daoxiao Noodles got its name because it was all cut with a knife. The leaves cut with a knife are thick in the middle and thin in the edge. Sharp edges, shaped like willow leaves; The entrance is soft but not sticky, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, which is very popular among pasta lovers.
Daoxiao Noodles's Food Culture and Its Making Tips;
Food culture:
Daoxiao Noodles, which originated in the Yuan Dynasty, is the most famous and influential pasta in Shanxi, and is well-known at home and abroad because of its unique flavor. Daoxiao Noodles is named after his knife cutting, and is called "flying to Daoxiao Noodles" because of his excellent knife skills and cutting skills. The noodles cut by skillful chefs are "a drop in the soup pot, a floating in the air, a fresh knife, and a fish jumping at the root".
Daoxiao Noodles is thick and thin, angular, and looks like willow leaves. The entrance is soft but not sticky. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it is. It is very delicious and popular with consumers. It is one of the five famous pasta products in China, which is widely popular in the north.
Making tips:
Daoxiao Noodles, together with pulled noodles, fish-poking and knife-poking noodles, are called the four major pasta in Shanxi. A Brief Introduction to Vegetarianism has been published in the late Qing Dynasty. The traditional operation method is to hold the noodles in one hand and the knife in the other, and directly cut them into the boiling water pot.
The technical key to making Daoxiao Noodles summarized by Daoxiao Noodles Li-shou is: "The knife does not leave the face, the face does not leave the knife, the arm is straight and hard, the hand is flat, the hand-eye is a line, and one edge drives one edge. When the knife is flat, it is flat, and the machete is triangular." To say that eating Daoxiao Noodles is full of luck to eat, then watching Daoxiao Noodles is full of pleasure.