Description
Loved alongside Lanzhou ramen in the Northwest. Instead of hand-pulling (La Mian), dough is placed inside a massive 'perforated metal cylinder (He Le Chuang Zi)'. Using a giant lever and body weight, the thick, round noodles are 'extruded' directly into a boiling pot. The ancestor of the pasta machine.
Restaurants serving He Le Mian (Extruded Thick Noodle Soup)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Wheat flour
- Buckwheat flour(dash)
- Mutton bone broth
- Mutton
- Radish
- Coriander
- Homemade chili oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Dough Secret) Blend wheat flour with a little buckwheat or sorghum flour. Knead with salt water into an extremely stiff dough. Blending gives it a unique roasted aroma and dark color.
- (The Extrusion Ritual) Set up the massive lever-action noodle press 'He Le Chuang Zi' directly over a giant boiling pot.
- Place dough inside the cylinder. The chef applies their entire body weight to the long lever, pressing down violently ('SQUEEZE!').
- Thick, round, spaghetti-like noodles extrude seamlessly from the perforated bottom directly into the boiling water.
- Boil for minutes and plate.
- (Soup) Flood the bowl with boiling-hot, clear 'Mutton Bone Broth' brewed for hours with radish and spices.
- Top with sliced mutton, cilantro, scallions, and bright red homemade chili oil (Yang You La Jiao).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Pure mutton bone broth、Rustic aroma of buckwheat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Substitute with thick Japanese Soba or round Udon)
Pairing
Rou Jia Mo (Chinese Burger) / Raw garlic(bitten)
Trivia
[Trivia] Considered one of the oldest noodle-making techniques in Chinese history. Some theories claim this traveled to Italy and became the prototype for the pasta machine. In Northwest weddings, eating this noodle is a traditional event celebrating longevity.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Unlike the 'stretchy' chew of hand-pulled Lanzhou noodles, extruded noodles possess a distinct 'snapping, dense' bite. The greasiness of the mutton soup is flawlessly reset by the radish and chili oil.
Allergen
Wheat, Mutton, Buckwheat