China

Liangpi

Name: Liangpi
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 300 g Wheat starch (or ready liangpi); 3 tbsp Chilli oil; 3 tbsp Black rice vinegar; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 Cucumber; 1 handful Bean sprouts; 1 tbsp each Soy sauce & sesame paste

Cold wheat noodles from Shaanxi

Liangpi - “cold skin” - are steamed, slippery noodles of wheat or rice starch, a summer speciality of Xi'an in Shaanxi province.

They are dressed cold with a punchy sauce of chilli oil, vinegar and garlic and served with chunks of wheat gluten (mianjin).

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Wheat starch (or ready liangpi)300 g
Chilli oil3 tbsp
Black rice vinegar3 tbsp
Garlic3 cloves
Cucumber1
Bean sprouts1 handful
Soy sauce & sesame paste1 tbsp each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Steam the starch batter thinly in a tray into sheets.
Let cool and cut into wide strips.
Julienne the cucumber, blanch the bean sprouts briefly.
Whisk chilli oil, vinegar, garlic, soy sauce and sesame paste.
Toss the noodles with vegetables and sauce, serve cold.

Make it original

Chilli oil and black rice vinegar for liangpi are in the Asia Boutique.

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