Chinese Handmade Noodles DIY
Posting to blind to collect insights from a broad group of intellectuals. Anyone have any insights on diying handmade noodles? I'm going to give it a try this week. I eventually wanna do soba too but Chinese handpulled is on the agenda this weekend Inspirational video https://youtu.be/f2kesmAO8VU How to video https://youtu.be/3DWu3lYkMj8
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Make sure your water is not too hard
Hand pulled noodles are easy. We make it once a month on average. 100% buckwheat Soba noodles would be near impossible to make. Google or YouTube soba noodle making. It’s insane because the buckwheat flour has almost no gluten
Wasn’t there a poorly kept secret out there that most shops added borax or something?
I dunno. The 12 year old looking kid on the YouTube video does not suggest Borax for the recipe. It's as simple as cake flour; all purpose flour, salt; water: and vegetable oil
If you’re in New York flushings you can get them there on every corner
I'm in Seattle. This is harder to come by. Plus I figured if I can l learn how to do it, it would be a great party trick for when entertaining guests at the house
Sure this should be fun. Getting the dough right is probably the most important part. Maybe there’s a subreddit on asian cuisine