Fool's Dry Noodles
Ingredients are only green onions! Stupid noodles that are completed by mixing black vinegar and ray oil by yourself
Description
Originating from Fuzhou, served as just boiled ultra-thin noodles topped with scallions. The customer vigorously adds tabletop condiments (black vinegar, chili oil, pepper) to season it themselves.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Ultra-thin Chinese noodles
- Green scallions
- Black vinegar(Wu Cu)
- Chili oil
- Chili powder
- Lard
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Prepare ultra-thin white straight noodles (Fuzhou noodles).
- At the bottom of a bowl, prep just a tiny amount of lard (or scallion oil), soy sauce, and salt as a hidden flavor.
- Boil noodles briefly (~
- min) al dente, drain, and put in the bowl.
- Scatter fresh chopped green scallions on top. The shop's cooking ends here. Zero toppings (like meat) are added.
- [Customer's Cooking] On the served noodles, pour your preferred amount of tabletop 'Wu Cu (Taiwanese sweet black vinegar)', 'homemade chili oil', and 'coarse chili flakes' (recommendation:
- circles of black vinegar,
- of chili oil).
- Stir vigorously until dyed red and black, then slurp instantly.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Black vinegar acidity and Chili oil heat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Somen (boiled firm), Japanese black vinegar and chili oil
Pairing
Fuzhou Fishball Soup(Fishballs with meat inside)
Trivia
[Trend] 'Shagua' means 'fool' in Chinese. Origin said to be 'Only a fool eats topless noodles' or 'So easy a fool can make it'. The joy of customization is a huge hit with youth.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Halfway through, 'top up' with more black vinegar and chili flakes to concentrate the flavor to the limit, eating without stopping chopsticks even if you choke!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy