Stretching Noodles with Green Onions and Chili Pepper

When my mother came to visit us from China, she brought all the recipes with her. The stretching noodle is one of her signature dishes. My parents have been eating this for all their lifes, and they never get tired of it. The noodle makes my father happy no matter what. He can have this noodle every single day.

Stretching Noodles with Green Onions and Chili Pepper

Stretching Noodles with Green Onions and Chili Pepper

Ingredients:
All-purpose flour, water, green onions, dry chili pepper flake, bok choy，soy sauce and vinegar.

Steps:

1. All-purpose flour and water to make a soft dough.
2. let the dough rest for about an hour
3. Use a rolling pin to flat the dough till 1/8 inch thick. Rest the dough again for 30 minutes. In the mean time, bring a big pot of water to boil.
4. Cut the dough into half inch stripes, and stretch the stripes as thin as you can, then drop it into the boiling water.
5. Boil the noodles for about 3-5 minutes. Add some bok choy the very last moment.
   
6. Put the boiled noodle and bok choy into a bowl. Drop some chopped green onions, dry chili pepper flakes and salt.
   
7. Pour the very hot oil onto the green onions to bring out the flavor. Season with soy sauce and vinegar.
   

My mother loves working with flour. I guess she enjoys feeling the dough between her hands. The texture, softness, and flexibility. Once the dough is ready, it can be turned into anything by my mother's hands.

Steamed Swirl Buns

Ingredients:
All-purpose flour, yeast, water, oil and salt.

Steps:

1. All-purpose flour, water and yeast make a medium soft dough. Rest for an hour.
2. Use a rolling pin to flat the dough as thin as you can.
   
3. Drizzle the oil and evenly distribute the salt on the surface.
   
4. Roll up the dough and cut into one and half inches buns.
5. Rest the buns for another half hour.
6. Steam for 20-25 minutes.