Cat's ear has a long history and is similar to the "hoto" mentioned in the Northern Wei Dynasty's "Essentials of the Qimin Art", which is made in the shape of a cat's ear and is small, delicate, smooth and flavorful, making it a popular noodle dish that has been passed down over the years.
Cat's ears are made in a simple way: After making a moderately soft dough, roll it out into a slightly thicker sheet (about two or three centimeters), cut it into half-centimeter pieces, sprinkle flour on them, and press the pieces forward with both thumbs to form cat's ears. It is also possible to roll the noodles into strips as thick as your index finger, pinch small pieces with your right hand, and grind them into cat ears in your left palm. The noodles are then cooked in a pot of boiling water and served with various kinds of marinades and toppings. In addition to white noodles, but also with soybean noodles, buckwheat noodles, oat noodles, sorghum noodles and other raw materials, can also be stewed, can be steamed, can be fried. [2]
Chinese name
Cat's ear
English name
cat ear
Main ingredients
Wheat, buckwheat, oat, sorghum
Classification
Noodle, jin cuisine
Flavor
Noodle
First, make the noodles and add a pinch of salt to the water. Add a pinch of salt to it. You must do three light, that is, hand light, basin light, surface light, have time to knead more, kneading good put aside with a wet gauze cover the dough, "wake up" for 30 minutes. Then cut into strips and then into knuckle-sized pellets. With the belly of the thumb to press a forward push twist, a cat's ear is made, let go of the water to cook a little, fish out of the cold river, water control; according to personal taste add vinegar and hot pepper, a bowl of fragrant cat's ear on the table. [4]
**2 sheets
Merged Album
Shanxi Cat Ears
Practice one
White flour: use one pound of refined flour and five taels of water. First, pour the flour into the basin, winter with warm water, spring, summer and fall with cold water and start the surface, Zaguang kneading good. Put on the case, sprinkle flour, with a rolling pin into two or three centimeters thick sheet, cut into more than half a centimeter the size of the dosage, and then sprinkle the flour once more, roll evenly. Then, press the thumbs of both hands against each other and push the dough piece forward one by one, and then push it into the shape of a cat's ear. When the pot is open, shake off the flour into the pot to cook and fish up, pouring a variety of meat and pork to hit the brine and other toppings, seasoned with Shanxi old vinegar, flavorful and beautiful shape, you can enjoy the mouth.
Soba: buckwheat noodles: buckwheat a catty, water about five taels (except in summer, generally use warm water and noodles) and up, and tie even tie light, a little wake up rolled into a finger thick round bar, sprinkled with flour, with the left forefinger and the middle finger to clamp the round bar, with the right hand to cut into a nail-covered agent, and then with the right hand, the thumb in the palm of the left, pushed into a one a small roll, the shape of a general with the cat's ears. When the pot boils, shake off the flour and cook. The more you eat it, the more flavorful it becomes.
Oat noodles: oat noodles a catty, hot water seven two, splash up and good, with a wet cloth to cover the dough, to be made while hot. Methods with buckwheat. Because oat noodles are smooth and soft, can also be used with the right hand index finger, thumb to push and grind into the shape of the pattern, the shape is more beautiful. Push the good steamed in a cage, down the cage after mixing with toppings, and can be eaten.