Wuhan Mianwo

Name: Wuhan Mianwo
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 100g Glutinous rice; 40g soy; Some ginger; Some Chopped shallots; Some White sesame; Some salt

by Scarlett WH

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

2h

Serving

2

Noodle nests may sound unfamiliar to some people, but like Wuhan hot dried noodles and tofu, it is one of the breakfasts that are very popular among Wuhan people. It is usually only served during breakfast time (called "premature" in Wuhan). Because it is thick on the sides and thin in the middle, it becomes a small hole, which is concave. People in Wuhan are not used to calling it "face concave" but "face nest". It is economical and simple to make. It will be found on breakfast stalls in the streets and alleys of Wuhan's three towns.

The noodle nest is unique to Wuhan. The legend was founded in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, there was a vendor named Chang Zhiren near Jijiazui, Hanzheng Street, Hankou. Seeing that the biscuits business was sluggish, he tried to create a new early variety. After repeated deliberation, he designed a round iron nest spoon with a convex center, poured in rice milk mixed with rice and soybeans, sprinkled with black sesame seeds, and deep-fried in a frying pan. He quickly made a hollow with thick sides. , Round rice crackers with yellow, crisp and fragrant color. People smelled the fragrance and rushed to try this new variety earlier. When it tasted soft in the thick part of the mouth, and crispy in the thin part, it was very delicious, so what's the name? Chang Zhiren replied casually: "Let's call it the noodle nest!" Since then, the noodle nest has been circulating since then. "

Ingredients

300g Rice
100g Glutinous Rice
40g Soy
Some Ginger
Some Chopped Shallots
Some White Sesame
Some Salt

Wuhan Mianwo

1. Soak rice, glutinous rice and soybeans overnight;

2. Prepare chopped ginger, chopped shallots and white sesame seeds;

3. Add a small amount of water to soaked rice, glutinous rice and soybeans and grind into rice milk;

4. Add appropriate amount of salt, chopped shallots and ginger to the rice milk, stir well and set aside;

5. Boil the pan with oil. After the oil is hot, put the noodle tools in the oil and moisten it;

6. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on the bottom;

7. Put a spoonful of rice milk into it, and sprinkle some sesame seeds on the surface;

8. Put it in the pan and fry it, and use a spoon to open the hole in the middle;

9. Fry both sides into golden brown, remove and put on a plate;

10. Coupled with a bowl of "egg rice wine", this is the most common breakfast for people in Wuhan.

Tips:
1. The main raw material of the noodle nest is rice ginger. The glutinous rice is added for better taste; the soybeans are added to enhance the aroma; the rice, glutinous rice and soybeans must be fully soaked and ground into fine rice milk; the rice milk is added with a proper amount of salt, Season with chopped shallots and chopped ginger, stir well and let stand for ten minutes;

2. The deep-fried noodle nest is a special tool, first put it in the oil pan, sprinkle some sesame seeds, and put in the prepared rice milk; then sprinkle some sesame seeds on the surface; Dial it to make a hole in the middle (I am alone, I really can’t take pictures), fry it until golden on both sides and fish it out;

3. The traditional way of eating in Wuhan is to pair it with a bowl of egg-flower rice wine, which is very delicious.