Dragon Beard Noodles

Name: Dragon Beard Noodles
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 150g Cold water; A handful spinach; A teaspoon salt; A teaspoon Soy sauce; A teaspoon Chicken fat; A small amount White pepper; Some chopped green onion; Add as you like Various side dishes

by COUSS

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

3

Introduction "February Two Dragons Raise their Heads" Eat Dragon Beard Noodles!
There are folk legends about the origin of the "dragon raising its head" on the second day of February.
When Wu Zetian usurped the throne, the furious Emperor ordered no rain to the world for three years as a punishment. Si Shui Yulong couldn't bear the people's hungry, and secretly dropped a heavy rain. The Jade Emperor learned that he drove the jade dragon down to the heavens and pressed it under a big mountain, saying that he could save the jade dragon unless the golden beans bloomed.
On the second day of the second day of the next year, the people turned the golden corn seeds, and a wise man suddenly remembered that this corn is like a golden bean. When it is fried, it is blooming. So every family popped corn, and the Jade Emperor really agreed to let the jade dragon return to the heavenly court again, and continue to bring rain to the world.
In fact, the saying that "two dragons rise in February" is more due to the fact that traditional Chinese farming society needs to prepare for farming at this time of the year. The rise of the dragon means that the dragon will act and fulfill its rainfall. Duty. The sacrifice to the dragon is also praying for good weather and good harvest. The so-called "February 2nd, the dragon raises its head, the Okura is full, and the Oakura is full" contains such expectations.
At the same time, the weather gets warmer at this time of the year. Insects, including poisonous insects, start activities. People hold some activities with the meaning of repelling insects. The harvest is in sight and to repel insect pests.
In terms of food customs, ordinary people can eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn, etc. on this day. Different regions have different foods. General food names are added with the title of "Dragon". For example, eating dumplings is called "dragon ear". Spring cake is called "dragon scale", rice is called "dragon son", and wonton is called "longan". In the northern regions, there are more noodles on this day, and there is a good name called "Longxu Noodles".
Now with the help of a chef machine, it is very easy to make noodles. After several times of pressing the noodles, the taste of the noodles is very strong! The noodles have been improved a little, and the dried noodles are also very beautiful after adding bok choy sauce!
Did you eat noodles today?
~~by@镜月之鱼

Ingredients

300g All-purpose Flour
150g Cold Water
A handful Spinach
A teaspoon Salt
A teaspoon Soy Sauce
A teaspoon Chicken Fat
A small amount White Pepper
Some Chopped Green Onion
Add as you like Various Side Dishes

Dragon Beard Noodles

1. Add water to the spinach and put it in a multifunctional food processor, crush it and filter out the spinach juice.

2. Mix the flour with salt, add the spinach juice,

3. Knead it with a chef's machine until it is large and smooth,

4. Put it in the bowl and cover it and let it rise for more than an hour.

5. The awake dough is divided into two. After a little flattening, press it twice with the 8th gear of the dough sheeting accessory, then press it again with the 6th gear, and finally press the 2nd and 1st gears.

6. The dough is pressed and it is very smooth.

7. Replace with thin noodle accessories and wide noodle accessories and press into noodles.

8. Sprinkle the pressed noodles with appropriate amount of dry flour to prevent stickiness, boil them directly or air-dry them.

9. You can also make white noodles directly in the same way as spinach noodles. Use cold water instead of spinach juice.

10. Noodles pressed with noodle accessories

11. Sprinkle some dry powder to prevent sticking.

12. Next, let’s cook the noodles happily.

13. Add the seasoning and side dishes, and enjoy it!

Tips:
1. You can knead the dough at night, and the dough will be woken up overnight and then pressed again in the morning to make the dough better. In addition, the awake noodles will be more tenacious, and there will be basically no broken noodles. Therefore, it can better prevent the broken noodles from entering the noodle pressing accessories. If there are broken noodles, clean them out in time.
2. Dry noodles are very beautiful. Hang the pressed noodles directly on a hanger to dry (in a cool and ventilated place). If you want the dry noodles to be straight, press the noodles as long as possible to dry the noodles. It can be cut into sections and stored in jars.