Description
In Japan, Lanzhou strictly implies soup 'Beef Noodles'. But locally, when Lanzhou residents want something summery or heavily flavored, they frantically order this 'Gan Ban' (Dry Mixed) style. Hand-pulled noodles are aggressively tossed in a special sauce braised from beef, tomatoes, and vegetables.
Restaurants serving Lanzhou Dry Mixed Noodles
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Hand-pulled wheat noodles
- Beef
- Ripe tomatoes
- Celery
- Onion
- Chili oil
- Coriander
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Special Sauce) Finely chop lean beef and fry aromatically in a wok. Add minced onion, celery, bell pepper, and carrots.
- [The Ultimate Umami]: Dump in roughly chopped ripe tomatoes. Braise until the tomatoes break down entirely into a thick, messy paste.
- Season with soy, salt, and a touch of Five-Spice. This creates a rich 'Special Meat Sauce' (Zha Jiang) where beef umami and tomato tartness fuse completely.
- (Noodle Pulling) Upon order, the chef hand-pulls the lye (Peng Hui) dough in the air. Slightly wider flat noodles (Jiu Ye or Kuan Mian) are preferred as they hold the sauce best.
- Drain the boiling hot noodles thoroughly and plate.
- Drench the noodles heavily with the hot tomato-beef sauce.
- Garnish with sliced radish, cilantro, and homemade bright red chili oil.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Rich tomato umami/tartness、Violent chew of hand-pulled noodles
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Top Udon or flat pasta with Chinese-style meat sauce)
Pairing
Clear beef bone broth (served on the side) / Lamb Skewers
Trivia
[Trivia] Every Lanzhou beef noodle shop inevitably has a 'Gan Ban' menu. It tastes like the Chinese version of Italian Bolognese (meat sauce pasta). Even Japanese who dislike heavy spices become instantly addicted to this hidden masterpiece of Lanzhou.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Use chopsticks to violently mix from the bottom of the bowl until the hand-pulled noodles and the thick tomato-beef sauce are completely unified. Lacking soup, your jaw directly experiences the 'violent, bouncy, sticky' elasticity unique to freshly pulled noodles.
Allergen
Wheat, Beef