Handmade Noodle Topped with Soybean Paste Chicken

When I shot this picture, I had to work fast, really fast. One reason was that I was so hungry and the other reason was it was much tasty to eat hot noodle. If I waited longer and all the noodle would have become sticky together, then all the efforts to make the noodle would go wasted.

My mother made the noodle, and she is a big believer that everything is tastier if made by hand. But I think she is just enjoying the process as much as eating them.

Handmade Noodle Topped with Soybean Paste Chicken

Rolling the dough with a long rolling pin

Roll the dough till this thick

Cut the dough into noodles

Ingredients:

For the noodle:
2 cups of Flour
1/2 cup of Water
1 small bunch of bok choy

For the soybean paste chicken
1 lb ground chicken
3 tablespoon soybean paste
1 tablespoon minced ginger
4 tablespoon chopped green onions

Steps:

To make the soybean paste chicken

1. Heat the oil in the pan, and drop 2 tablespoon of green onion and ginger to bring out the flavor. Then add ground chicken, stir till cooked.
   
2. Add the soybean paste and cook for 1 minute.
   
3. Drop 2 table spoon of water into the pan. Simmer for about 5 minutes till the sauce is thick.
4. Throw the rest of the green onions into the pan and then turn off the heat.
   

To make the noodle

1. Bring a big pot of water to boil.
   
2. Mix the water and flour, and make a very hard dough. Let it rest for about an hour.
3. Use a very long rolling pin to roll the dough to a flat sheet. Use dry flour to dust on the dough surface whenever is necessary.
4. Cut the dough into thin noodle.
5. Drop about one cup of the noodle into the boiling water at a time. Boil the noodle for 3-4 minutes till it is cooked.
6. Before take out the noodle, drop some green bok choy into the pot.
   
7. Take out the noodle with greens.
8. Serve with the soybean paste chicken
   

Enjoy!