Biang-Biang (or Hand-Ripped) Noodles

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  • Makes

    2 to 3

    servings (2 if you’re feeling particularly hungry)
    • 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

The name biang-biang refers to the sound of the noodle hitting the counter as it’s being pulled, but you might also notice that there isn’t a Chinese title to this recipe. This is because the onomatopoeia isn’t technically in the Chinese dictionary. The character, biang, with fifty-six strokes, is more of a picture made up of several other words, all jammed into one. There are a lot of stories around this character, and one story is actually an old poem, written specifically so peopl

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