Come Quickly to Support Zhuzhou Rice Noodles: ‘Rice Noodle Big Rumble’ in Lilong
Editor's Note: A genuine bowl of hometown rice noodles is a delicious delight that the people of Zhuzhou cannot put down. Every city has its own culinary memories, it may be a taste, a snack, a shop, or a brand. Facing the full-province 'Rice Noodle Rumble,' Zhuzhou's Yuxiang Rice Noodles and Lilong Rice Noodles have set out for a competition.Red Net Zhuzhou 413th (Reporter Cao Ti and Correspondent Zhu Xian) At the full-province 'Rice Noodle Martial Arts Competition,' Zhuzhou rice noodles and other gourmet foods will also appear on the big stage, 'they' will compete head-to-head, we Zhuzhou's food needs your cheering, come and give a strong call!
On April 14th to 23rd, hosted by the Liaison Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, and co-sponsored by Hunan Catering Industry Association, Red Net and Da Xiang Cai Newspaper, 'Rice Noodle Big Rumble for Hometown Rice Noodles' will be held in Four Number Building West Restaurant of Changsha Jiu Suo Binguan. The event will ultimately be selected through sales and online voting, and 14 award categories will be created for Hunan rice noodles 'to be crowned'.'Hunan Rice Noodle Big Rumble' is divided into 'Flavor,' 'Taste,' 'Appreciate,' and 'Reminiscence' stages. In the 'Flavor' stage, each city and county will select characteristic rice noodles for competition; in the 'Taste' stage, Hunan rice noodle brands will be promoted across the province online and offline; in the 'Appreciate' stage, through comprehensive evaluation, 'Most Popular Rice Noodles' and 'Most Characteristic Rice Noodles' and other 14 award categories will be selected. In the 'Reminiscence' stage, 'Slurping Noodles and Talking about Noodles' Rice Noodle Catering Culture Symposium and Award Ceremony will be held.
Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles: 'Three days without noodles, gods cannot stand'
Lilong people love to eat rice noodles, and there's a saying: 'Three days without noodles, gods cannot stand.' Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is a delicious and popular traditional snack, belonging to the Lilong cuisine category of Hunan cuisine, very similar to the egg fried rice in the movie 'Food God,' the ingredients are simple and the preparation is not complicated, but the taste is all related to the head chef's precise grasp of the temperature, it is the art of oil and fire.
Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is made from dried rice noodles as the main ingredient. It has a processing process before being used as a raw material. Using milled rice as the material, after washing, soaking, grinding, steaming noodles, extruding noodles, re-steaming, cooling, drying, and packaging, many processes are involved. It's named 'Smashed Noodles' because the noodles are 'crushed' by force when they come out of the sieve.
The traditional steps of Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles are first to fry an egg, fry the egg until it's just solidified, then gently move it to one side of the pot's bottom, then immediately add bean sprouts. The bean sprouts need to be heard to make a crisp sound when they're in the pot – this is the right temperature. If there is no sound, it means the temperature in the pot is too low, and the bean sprouts won't be easy to cook, and as time passes, it will be difficult to complete the work.
When the bean sprouts are half cooked, put the soaked rice noodles in, sprinkle with chili powder, oil, salt, flavor essence, and chopped green onions, and stir-fry until the oil coats the entire rice noodle, and then the rice noodles and bean sprouts, eggs are mixed, and Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is ready.
What makes Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles even more wonderful is that it doesn't just stick to bean sprouts; almost any vegetable can be used instead of bean sprouts to make rice noodles. According to the different ingredients, a slight adjustment is made to the cooking method. Cabbage can be cut into threads, white cabbage can be cut into upright strips, red radishes can be cut into shreds – these ingredients are not very moist, so they can withstand the boiling fire, and the cooking method is similar to bean sprouts.
Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is not only a representative of Lilong's chef's superb cooking technique, but also the clever and resourceful spirit of Lilong people who transform mediocrity into wonder. Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is the absolute protagonist of breakfast and evening snacks in the street, and the unique taste of Lilong Smashed Rice Noodles is something that overseas Lilong descendants can't taste anywhere else – it makes them dream of it.
