Hello this is Amanda
Today I am making a authentic Wuhan noodles
I picked this dish because
I had a friend in Shanghai who was from Wuhan
And she couldn't go home due to COVID19
And she couldn't visit her hometown ever since
And she asked me if I had tried the noodles in Shanghai
And I said no, I haven't had anything particularly good
And she asked me how to make it
And let's film how we did it
So I will try to teach my friend how to make one
And share this delicious recipe
I think this noodle is like a religion to Wuhan people
So I couldn't be sloppy about it
To make it delicious,
We need to learn a lot of things first
For example, the noodles, and the sesame paste,
And the sides
I will share how to homemake all that
There is actually one this that cannot be seen but very important in this noodle
It is the pickled raddish
Other parts incorporate different type of pickled veggie
But the original one has this raddish
It is red, sweet, and spicy
And it is hard to get these days
So we made it ourselves
It is very easy
600g of raddish
Get rid of the skin and finely chop them
Mix it with 10g of salt and 15g of sugar
Let it sit in the fridge for a day
50g of spicy chili
And one table spoon of chili powder
And 3 spicy chilies
One table spoon of sugar
And blend it with a blender
Or you can use a knife
Take out the raddish from the fridge
Look at the water
You have to rinse it well
With all the strength
Add the paste
And put it into a jar
Let it sit in the fridge for one or two days and it will taste better
The next important ingredient for the noodle is the sesame paste
It is easy to make it at home
All you need is 200g of sesame seeds
Stir it in a pan with low heat
Until you hear the tak tak sound
You will see it turn to brown
Be careful with the heat because when it burn it will taste bad
And put it in a blender
And blend it until it becomes a powder
And you will see the oil coming out
Blend it until it doesn't get blend anymore
You have to handle the sound
More you blend, more balanced it will get
Blend until it gets soft
Put it in a jar and you can leave them in the fridge
And I will move on to the noodles
I will make noodles with backing power
400g of flour, 3g of baking powder, and 4g of salt
Mix it well
Put 150 to 160 ml of water depending on the dough
The dough has to be dry and firm
With strength
It might be hard because
The dough is pretty dry
This is how it suppose to be
Normally we have to throw it in a machine
You cannot do it with just the force of a human
Wrap it up for about 15 minutes
If you don't have the machine,
Try my other video about the rice noodles
If you want to make the baking power noodle that sells at the morning market,
You need a machine
We can always control these kind of machines
First with the thickest one
Try it with little bits first
The first one always has a weird shape
Fold it and one more time
I think this will do
Fold it and one more
I did it two times, but if you want to make it prettier, you can do it more
This would do
And move it to the second thinnest one
And make it even thinner
Next do the 4th thinnest one
To make it even thinner
Make it thinner as it goes
Change it to cutting blade
In
And you will see a well balanced ramen noodles
The ramen made with the machine is firmer than the handmade noodles
They will not stick and it is easy to preserve
Wrap it up and put it in the freezer
You don't need to defrost it
And let's make the Wuhan noodles shall we?
First put the noodle inside a boiling pot
About 40 seconds
When the noodle is 70% done take them out
Don't overcook
It is like pasta
It is better to make it aldante
I will tell this to the people who live abroad
You can do it with a pasta noodle too
Put it in a big bowl
And add some sesame oil
And mix it fast with a chopstick
Mix it until we lose some heat
You can use a mini fan to do this
This has to be fast
You only need 5 minutes for the noodle to cool down
This is a must for morning noodle vendors
This is how you make your noodle chewy
And you can serve it fast to the customers
Chop your garlic
One cloves of garlic with a teaspoon of water
This is the garlic sauce
Chop up the raddish
This is all we need for the Wuhna noodle
You can add whatever you like
We are looking for this much consistency
The one in the supermarket,
You hace to add some more oil to reach this consistency
And the beef stock
If you have it at home you are free to add this
It is not necessary though
A bowl
One table spoon of soy sauce
And one teaspoon of thick soy sauce
Two teaspoon of garlic sauce
One teaspoon of vinegar
One sprinkle of white sake
Boil the water
One proportion is about 150g
Leave it in the water for 10 seconds
And take it out and put it in the bowl
And one spoon of beef stock
Two spoon of sesame paste
And raddish to taste
And also spring onion to taste
Mix it fast
You don't need to be perfect
I never mixed it perfectly
You should dig in right away
Mix it fast and eat it while it is still warm
That is how the noodles are soft and tender
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