Longevity Noodles

长寿面

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  • Makes

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop

By Jason Wang

Published 2020

  • About

Most of our fans know us for biang-biang noodles that are hand-pulled, ripped, and purposefully disheveled, but the goal of longevity noodles is to create a long, slick, uniform strand, gently pulled over and over again until you get the right thickness. Pros will feed the noodle straight into the pot while pulling in quick, seamless motions, but unless you do this a hundred times a day, you’ll end up with an unevenly cooked strand—al dente on one end, mushy on the other. To avoid that, thi

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