Guangzhou Shadongfen: Traditional 8-Step Craft, Thin, Chewy, and Worth Collecting
In Guangzhou, the night food stalls' lights illuminate the city's late night,A series of dishes with steaming smokeis a double comfort for oneself who has been tired for a day, both for the heart and the mouth.
Today, the editor's takeaway is traditional Shadongfen, which is a reward for oneself's workday.
Speaking of Shadongfen, we'd like to talk about its story.
First, Shadongfen is one of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province's popular traditional snacks, the main ingredients are riceAfter making rice paste, it is steamed into thin powder skins, then cut into stripsThe cooking time is 15-30 minutes, the method is simple, the flavor is refreshing, smooth, elastic and chewy, and it is very popular among the public.
The earliest Shadongfen came from Shadong Town, Guangzhou,Originating from a story, in the late Qing Dynasty, Shadong Town had a small shop called 'Yiheju', run by Fan Xiang.
One day, Fan Xiang ate some hot foods, and then ate cold foods, he didn't want to eat. His father was worried, so he wanted to make fresh food for his son to restore his appetite. So Fan Xiang's father steamed rice paste into cakes and made noodles, but they were all coarse and large, and the texture was not good.
So he poured rice paste into a basket layer by layer, and put it in a pot, and steamed it for a minute or two with a strong fire, and the rice paste was cooked, and it became a thin layer of powder skin.
Fan Xiang's father lifted the powder skin, cut it into strips, and added seasonings such as oil, salt, scallions, and fragrant green onions. A fragrant bowl of rice noodles was made.
Fan Xiang tasted it and found it very delicious, and his appetite improved. As he ate, he asked his father, 'What is this noodle called?' Fan Guanxiu said, 'It's made for you when you don't want to eat, and I'm trying to steam it. It doesn't have a name yet.' His wife said, 'This noodle was invented in Shadong, so let's call it Shadongfen.'
How to make authentic Shadongfen?
Below, the editor will share eight steps to make Shadongfen
Ingredients: Mountain spring water and non-harvest rice
Rice Selection
Using rice from Panyu, non-harvest rice, non-harvest rice is stored for 9 months before use, during storage, the moisture content of the rice decreases, making it easier to make 'chewy' texture.
Soaking
Using Whiteyun Mountain Nine Dragon Spring Water to wash rice, soak rice, and grind paste. Since Whiteyun Mountain prohibits private digging of springs, it now uses Hatfeng Mountain, Kunlun Mountain spring water. Rice is washed with spring water and soaked for 1 hour.
Grinding
Currently using machine control stone grinding. When grinding, use a water tap to control the amount of spring water dripped, too much water will make the steamed rice easy to break, too little water will make the steamed rice too sticky.
Spreading
Using coconut shell spoon (iron spoon will change the texture of the rice paste), while stirring the rice paste, add mountain spring water. Using Pomei's relative density gauge to measure the rice paste concentration, the concentration is best between 17 degrees and 18 degrees. Scoop about 8 jin of rice paste onto a bamboo basket, and quickly turn it 2 times, so that the rice paste is thinly spread on it.
Steaming
Put the bamboo basket into the boiling steamer, steam for 50 seconds to 60 seconds, the pot's fire size depends on the speed of turning the bamboo basket, fast, use big fire, otherwise, and so on.
Lifting
Use a bamboo board to rake the edge of the bamboo basket, brush a layer of peanut oil on the powder skin, use hand gently lift part of the powder skin, then use a long wooden board to support the powder skin and pull it out in one go, and a complete circle of powder skin is taken out.
Cooling
Stack the powder skin aside, let it cool to a slight temperature before cutting noodles.
Cut the noodles, stack 2 layers of powder skin, then stack 4-5 layers of stacked powder skin, use a 45cm long knife to cut the noodles into 0.8cm-1cm wide strips, the whole process uses even force.
