Da Lu Mian (Beijing Gravy Noodles)
The prototype of Cantonese noodles! Beijing Dorodoro Noodles with Mushroom and Pork Flavors
Description
One of the roots of Japanese Ankake Ramen. A traditional Beijing dish. A highly dense, soy-based gravy (Lu) brewed from pork belly, dried shiitake, wood ears, and daylily buds, poured heavily over boiled noodles.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Thick Chinese noodles
- Pork belly
- Dried shiitake
- Wood ears
- Daylily
- Egg
- Soy sauce
- Sichuan pepper(for hot oil)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe & Differences]
- (Broth Base) Rehydrate dried shiitake, wood ears, and the essential 'Daylily buds (Jin Zhen Cai)'. NEVER discard the soaking water; it is pure umami broth.
- Slice pork belly, fry with scallion and ginger to render fat.
- Add the rehydrated mushrooms/daylilies, pour in the mushroom water and chicken broth.
- Season heavily with soy, dark soy (for color), and salt. Simmer to meld flavors.
- (Thickening: Da Lu) Add massive starch slurry until the soup becomes an 'extreme, slime-like thick gravy'.
- Drizzle in beaten egg to bloom fluffy egg flowers.
- [The Ultimate Pro Move]: Heat Sichuan peppercorns in oil in a tiny pan until smoking. Violently splash this hot oil over the finished gravy to detonate the aroma.
- Pour the massive gravy over boiled thick hand-pulled noodles.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense dried shiitake broth、Finishing Sichuan pepper oil
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Kanton-men (but thickness and mushroom umami differ)
Pairing
Raw garlic (bitten alternately) / Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Lu' means thickened rich gravy. For Beijingers' birthdays or celebrations, eating long noodles symbolizes 'longevity', and Da Lu Mian is absolutely mandatory as the star of the feast.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] It is NOT a noodle soup; it's a mixed noodle dish. Use chopsticks to thoroughly mix the thick gravy from top to bottom until every noodle is coated, then slurp loudly.
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Soybeans, Eggs