Fideos de ramen caseros

Ingredientes

• 100 g Bread flour (*1)
• 40 ml water
• 1 g bicarb soda
• 1 g salt

Preparación

1. 1

   Make bicarb water: Combine water, bicarb soda and salt in a small mixing bowl. Let the bicarb soda and salt dissolve completely.

2. 2

   Combine flour and bicarb water: Place the flour in a large mixing bowl and add 1 tsp of the bicarb soda water and stir with a pair of chopsticks or your hand. *2

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   Repeat the process to use all bicarb water: Repeat the process 2 till all bicarb water is added and stirred into the flour. *3

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   make crumble: When all water is added, the flour and water should create a crumble.

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   rest the dough: Place them into a ziplock bag and rest for 10 minutes to let the flour fully absorb the water.

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   form the dough: Leaving the zip open, fold the bag in half and place the dough at the bottom of the bag.

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   Press the dough to shape an even thickness of rectangular flat dough. Remove air as much as you can.

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   Rest the dough overnight: Rest if in a fridge overnight. *4

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   open the ziplock bag: After rested overnight, take it out of the fridge. Cut the ziplock bag open with scissors.

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    fold the dough into half: Dust a kitchen bench with a generous amount of corn starch, fold the dough in half and press with the bottom part of your palm or a rolling pin to flatten it.

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    Roll out the dough: Dust more over the dough and roll out the dough as thin as you can. *5

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    Cut the dough: Fold the dough into three, and cut it from the edge 0.08 inch (2mm) thick.

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    Massage the cut noodles: If you like a shrinked texture, give a massage the cut noodles with your hands.

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    Cook the noodles: Boil water in a large pot, add freshly made noodles and cook for about 3 minutes. *6

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    Serve with ramen broth and your prefered toppings.