Recipe: Chinese Egg Noodles (GF)

Chinese Egg Noodles (GF)

FROM THE KITCHEN OF: alex
SERVES: 3
TOTAL TIME: 75 minutes
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INGREDIENTS

Ingredient	Quantity	Unit
Flour, Gluten-Free (Bob's Red Mill)	195	g
Xanthum Gum	1/2	tsp
Tapioca Starch of Flour	5	tsp
Eggs, large	3	eggs
Olive Oil	1/2	tsp
Vegetable Oil
Sesame Oil
Shaohsing Wine
Soy Sauce
Green Onions	2	stalks
Salt
Pepper, Black

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS

Things To Try

* Add salt to noodle flour
* Add chili to chow mein
* Cook chow mein in seasoned wok instead of pan/dutch oven
* Add scrambled eggs and peas and carrots to chow mein

Directions

Making the Dough

1. Mix GF flour and tapioca starch and xanthum gum together in a bowl

2. Beat the eggs in separate bowl, then incorporate into flour bowl, little by little, with fork

3. As dough comes together, add olive oil

4. Knead with hands until dough is smooth and crack-free; dough should be a bit sticky/gummy (not dry), but not to the point of being unmanageable

5. Wrap dough tightly with cling wrap so it doesn't dry up

6. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes at room temperature (don't skip this step, as this is important for texture; it gives the flour time to absorb the liquid properly); dough will be stickier after this rest, don't add more flour

7. Divide dough into 4 equal portions with a knife, and cover portions with cling wrap when not working with them

8. Sprinkle flour over work surface, and roll out dough portion to a rough rectangular shape

9. Make sure dough isn't sticking to work surface; add more flour to surface if necessary

10. Trim the rugged edges

11. Cut noodles with pizza roller, pasta cutter, or knife

12. Toss noodles with flour and form a little nest

13. Repeat with other 3 dough portions

14. Let the noodles rest/dry for 15 minutes in air

Cooking the Noodles

1. Boil water with generous portion of salt

2. Add noodles during rolling boil and gently stir

3. Cook noodles for 1 min 45 sec to 2 min (for stir fried noodles) or 3-4 minutes (for boiled noodles)

4. Fish out with strainer or drain in colander

Basic Chow Mein

1. Chop green onions, separate white from green

2. Mince garlic, store with white portion of green onions

3. Heat vegetable oil in pan, and stir fry white portion of green onions and garlic

4. Add a splash of sesame oil

5. With heat on high, add egg noodles, and fry for a couple minutes, constantly shaking the pan (or moving the noodles) to keep the noodles from sticking

6. Add a "good splash" of shaohsing wine and soy sauce (to taste), add pepper and some green onion greens, and cook another couple of minutes

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