Ingredients
- 2 pound chinese all-purpose flour
- 1 cup water
Preparation
Baking Directions:
Combine the flour and water in a large bowl.
Chinese flour has more gluten than American flour, which makes it more elastic and helps it stretch more easily.
Pound and knead the flour firmly until it becomes a dough.
This takes about 5 minutes.
Wrap in plastic and refrigerate overnight.
Oil a wood table or plank lightly with vegetable oil.
Stretch the dough into a tube shape.
Fold over and stretch, then take that and pound and shape it onto the wooden surface.
Stretch and twist in your hands, in a loop, several times to release the gluten.
Once it is springy, lay the loop on the wooden table and fold it in two.
Hold it up in your hands, and fold it into two, doubling it.
Then lay this on the table, and repeat, doubling the number of strands again.
While holding up the dough, repeat the motion until you have many strands of what are now noodles in your hands.
Stretch them out, and cut the ends off.
Boil in hot water, and then serve with your choice of traditional sauce or Chinese vegetables.
