Basic Chinese style homemade (handmade) Chinese noodles recipe. If you are searching for some idea about how to make yummy Chinese style noodle dishes, check Chinese noodle recipes.
It is really interesting when you make noodles at home. Chinese people especially people from the Northern provinces think this is just a routine for daily life. Homemade noodles usually provide a more chewy taste than store bought ones. If you visits Chinese friends, and they treat you with fresh handmade noodles, then I would love to congratulate you for a real friendship.
The basic steps are easy but there are lots of details for the perfect outcome.
Firstly about the basic ingredients:
For noodles, high gluten flour will be highly recommended for a chewy taste. But if you really do not care about the taste that much, all-purpose flour is quite Ok too.
About how much water;
Usually the dough for noodles should be tougher than steamed buns so for 250g flour, I would use around 120g of water. The ratio is slightly less than 2:1. However this is not a actuate number since different flours have different water-absorbing capacity. Usually high gluten flour has a higher water-absorbing capacity. So the rule is to add the water little by little and make some adjustment if necessary.
The toughness of the dough should be harder than steamed buns. You may feel difficult in kneading the dough at the very beginning. If you are not skilled in dealing with tough dough, rest it for around 10 minutes and then continue kneading until the dough is smooth.
If you use egg liquid to replace water partly or completely, then this will be homemade egg noodles.
Now let’s begin
Add flour, (egg) pinch of salt in a deep bowl. Pour in water step by step. Stir the flour with a tool. Stop pouring water when you see there is no dry flour in your bowl.
Grasp everything together and begin kneading the dough until your hand is clean, your bowl is clean and the dough has a smooth surface. Then keep kneading for another 10 minutes. Cover with a wet cloth and rest for around 30 minutes. After that, the dough will become slightly softer.
Transfer the dough to a floured operating board, should be large enough in picture 1. Roll it into a thick wrapper firstly as picture 2.
Roll the dough into rectangle or round wrapper with around 0.5 cm in thick, keeping remaining dough covered with flour (picture 3 and 4).
Fold the large dough wrapper around 5cm wide(picture 5) . Each time after folding up, spread the surface with flour. Cut the remaining part off.
Cut the folded dough into thin strips with a sharp and dry knife. (picture 6)
Spread flour on the surface before picking the noodle strips.
Unfold the strips one by one and then shake the extra flour off.
Here we are.
How to cook: cook the noodles in boiling water for around 4 minutes. Each time when the water is boiling in your pot, add around 1/4 cup of cold water, wait boiling again. Repeat the process once.
Ingredients
- 250 g high gluten flour , around 1 cup+2/3 cup
- 120 g water , around 120ml, can be replaced by egg liquid partly or completely
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Add flour, pinch of salt in a deep bowl. Pour in water slowly. Stir the flour with a tool. Stop pouring water when there is no dry flour in the mixing bowl (depending on the flour you are using, the water absorption might be different. )
- Knead the dough until your hand is clean, your bowl is clean and the dough is smooth. Then keep kneading for another 10 minutes.
- Cover with a wet cloth and rest for around 30 minutes.
- Transfer the dough to a large floured operating board. Roll it into a thick wrapper firstly.
- Roll the dough into paper-thin rectangle or round wrapper, keeping remaining dough covered with flour.
- Roll the dough into rectangle or round wrapper with around 0.5 cm in thick, keeping remaining dough covered with flour.
- Fold the large dough wrapper around 5cm wide. Each time after folding up, spread the surface with flour. Cut any irregular part if necessary.
- Cut the folded dough into thin strips with a sharp and dry knife.
- Spread flour on the surface before picking the noodle strips.
- Unfold the strips one by one and then shake the extra flour off.
- Cook them directly or refrigerated up to 7 days in air--tight bags.
Nutrition
Cooked ! It tastes really good!
Wow! This looks beautiful. What a great recipe…I would love to try to make this one day. Pinning.
Thanks Thao. Go ahead and make it at home. It is so funny and comes out great.
THE PICTURES LOOKS GOOD. I WOULD LOVE TO TRY ONCE. BUT I DON’T HAVE IDEA ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF NOODLES AM GONNA PREPARE, SINCE I CANNOT ESTIMATE HOW MUCH NOODLE GONNA FORM FROM THE DOUGH I PREPARE.
Hi Sounav,
Thanks for your kind words and great suggestion. Actually we will get around 380g fresh noodles, which can yield 2-3 servings. Of course, you can make a larger batch once. Happy cooking ahead.
I dont have a scale in my house, How much is that is cups ? Table or teaspoons.
Hi Brena,
I have already updated the recipe giving a rough cup measurement.
they’re looking good! I can’t wait to try this one, it looks so healthy ^^
Thanks Lee. Yes, homemade noodles surely are healthy versions. What’s better is that you can add some vegetable juice in the dough for coloring the noodles.
Would love this in 雪菜肉絲湯麵. Beautiful photography!
Thanks Harvry,
That’s correct. I am using the fresh made noodles in 雪菜肉丝面. And it really tastes super chewy and good. If you get a time, try this too.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! This looks awesome! 😉 I’m gonna try, definitely! Can I suggest also that you try rice noodles?! 😀 I’m really curious about how it’s made… Thanks Elaine for your amazingly deliciously looking good recipes! Thanks to you my expectations in Chinese cuisine have raised a lot 🙂 Xiexie
Hi Margarida,
Thanks for your kind words. For rice noodles, I am not sure which type you are referring because there indeed are lots of rice noodles in different cuisines of China. We have Shan’xi rice noodle and Cantonese rice noodle, Yunnan rice noodle etc. I will definitely love to try new adventure in kitchen. Thanks for your lovely suggestion. I do love feed backs like that.
Sorry but I really don’t know which kind of rice noodle type to recommend because I’m not informed to say that! I only now rice noodles from very recently! But I’ll search for them 🙂
Haha Margarida. I can understand that rice noodle is not an accurate name because there are really so many types. But it does not matter, we can master them one by one in future days.
Hahahahaha! Good choice! I look forward to see them 😀
Beautifully done noodles!!!! I really need to learn how to make noodles from scratch. Thanks for sharing. I want a bowl of soup noodles now! 😉
Lokness,
Homemade noodle is really fun and I hope you can try it one day. Happy cooking ahead.
Wow! This looks so delicious! I could literally eat fresh noodles every single day and it’s one of my most favorite things to make! – I think it’s so therapeutic! I will definitely make this next time I make noodles! Btw, beautiful photography!
You should try this definitely Kathleen, making fresh noodles are so much fun in fact.
This looks good! can I add egg on this recipe to make egg noodles?
Hi Tess,
Of course. You can use egg to replace water partly or completely to make egg noodles.
Hi Elaine!
I’m going to be making these noodles this week. Do you think I can freeze them? I want to make a big batch!
Thanks,
Your ninja pal
Hi Amanda,
You can freeze them. But remember to divide into small batches and spread more flour on the surface to avoid sticking together.
Followed this recipe to the letter and wow. So simple, so good. Made these on a cold, rainy day in the hour it takes for my toddler to nap. He woke up to warm soup with fresh noodles!
I can imagine how warm a soup noodle is on a rainy day. Thanks so much for the feedback.
I love your food blog! I am so inspired by how beautifully you cook and want to make these noodles at home. The problem is every time I remember I want to try it…I am starving so I can’t go through the process. One day!
Hi Venora,
Homemade noodles sometimes is time-consuming. But I believe you can find some time in certain day to try it in your kitchen!!
And thanks very much for the sweet words.
Yuuummmmyyyy lovely,