How to make Anhui Ban Mian

The Anhui Plate originated in Taihe County, Anhui Province, and is also known as the Taihe Plate. Named after being beaten on the chess board. Anhui Ban Mian is usually prepared by mixing flour, salt water and water evenly, kneading the dough into small noodles and coating them with sesame oil. As you pull and tug while making it, the surface of the board gets its name. The cooked dish is white, smooth and crystal clear. Stir vegetables into soup. White noodles, green leaves and red soup increase appetite.

Anhui Ban Mian

1. Anhui Ban Noodles are characterized by their chewy noodles and spicy taste that makes people linger after eating them. Before understanding the method of making Anhui Ban Noodles, let me first share with you that if we want the Ban Noodles to taste chewy, we first use Wudeli high-gluten flour. If some Ban Noodles are not chewy or the noodles are easy to swell, then it is a problem with the flour. Some flour is suitable for making pancakes, some flour is suitable for making buns, and high-gluten flour is suitable for making Ban Noodles.

2. After we choose the high-gluten flour, we need to add appropriate amount of salt and alkali when kneading the dough. Why add salt? If you add salt to the flour, the noodles will be chewy and will not break easily even if you cook them for a long time. Why add alkali? Adding alkali to flour can make the flour cook faster and prevent it from becoming sour. Of course, all the materials we put in have precise grams, and each ingredient must be measured in kilograms. We cannot rely on feelings or experience. So we need to buy an electronic scale and weigh each ingredient with it. In this way, we can ensure that the taste is the same every day. Because of the precise control of ingredients, the taste and texture can be consistent.

3. After weighing all the ingredients for making noodles with an electronic scale, put them into the dough mixer and knead the noodles for 5-10 minutes. What happens if the dough is kneaded for too long? If you knead the dough for too long, it will become soft and taste bad. Then put the kneaded dough into a noodle machine and press it repeatedly until it is smooth. Because of the dough mixer and dough press, the heavy manual work of making noodles is replaced. In this way, it is very easy for a couple to open a flat noodle shop and it is not tiring at all. I had a friend who worked as a breakfast shop owner. He had to get up early every day and was very hard-working. Later, after learning authentic Anhui flat noodle making techniques from me, he started working at the gate of their community. The couple sold more than one bag of noodles a day, without getting up early or going to bed late. At the end of the year, after deducting food and drink, they still had more than 100,000 yuan left. Compared with when they first worked as a breakfast shop owner, they were much happier.

4. To make authentic Anhui Ban Mian, it is not only necessary to make the Ban Mian well, but also the preparation of the Ban Mian sauce is extremely important. In order to make the ban mian sauce well, in addition to having an authentic Anhui ban mian recipe, it is also crucial to pay attention to details when making the sauce. As the saying goes, details determine success or failure, this is the truth. When we are cooking the sauce for flat noodles, we must buy two things, one is an electronic scale and the other is an oil thermometer. What are these two things used for? Every ingredient we use must be accurately weighed with an electronic scale. During the cooking process, we need to use an oil thermometer to accurately control the oil temperature and keep the heat in check.