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Shaanxi Saozi Mian (陕西臊子面)

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Unlike other Chinese noodles, Shanxi noodles are rolled and cut, giving them a broad shape that picks up the flavour. Learn how to roll the perfect chewy strands of noodles and make the accompanying fragrant sauces to go with them.
Shanxi noodles are made of strong wheat flour produced in the golden wheat-growing area of 36°N latitude. Processed by advanced low-temperature drying technique, our noodles are resistant to boiling but not easy to become pasty. The strong flavor of wheat makes them ideal foods for home life.
This Shan noodles recipe is a simple dish: flat rice noodle, chicken soup, chicken, tomatoes, peanuts, young vine of mangetout and sour mustard greens (mon hin chin).
Laghman (Uyghur: لەغمەن, leghmen, ләғмән; Kazakh: лағман, lağman; Uzbek: lagʻmon; Tajik: лағмон, lağmon; Kyrgyz: лагман, lagman) is a dish of meat, vegetables and pulled noodles from Uyghur cuisine and Central Asian cuisine. In Chinese, the noodle is known as latiaozi (Chinese: 拉条子) or bànmiàn (Chinese: 拌面).
The taste of Shaanxi cuisine can be quite spicy; however, this can be diluted by adding soy sauce.