SECRETS & Techniques for Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles - REVEALED!

[@danwoodard9308]

Fantastic video William. My wife and I are friends of your Dad. He came over yesterday with your noodles for all of us. Absolutely delicious! We've got an extra serving that we're looking forward to eating this evening.

[@mayasujchcha2702]

Exact measurement of ingredients and techniques for pulling. Best video I have ever come across.Great job William and keep it up!

[@williamdo3318]

Thank you, Maya!

[@thegreatshtick5934]

Like seriously thank you from me as well! It’s oddly difficult to find a video where someone just says the recipe, like it’s some secret. 🥹

[@akulakrishnachaitanya3530]

@@williamdo3318 6month like store noodle how to make

[@pakyip9267]

Many thanks for this amazing POV tutorial, it makes a lot of difference compared to other videos out there. By showing the hands from how we see it, learning it gotten easier and better for anyone to grasp the pulling technique.

[@monahnd3425]

Amazing video, the only video on internet that shows the real way of making noodles , thank youuu!!

[@krislai6273]

Yoo I appreciate you & this video! Especially the step by step details with the pull technique. Happy New Year!

[@AnTran-ff2nm]

Most informative video on KZbin. Thanks so much!!!🙇🏻‍♂️

[@Johnny-dangerously-s5n]

Congratulations! 您are the FIRST totally honest hand pulled noodle person on KZbin! And your illustrations are perfect! It makes me so MAD at all the pretenders saying that using cake flour...or kneading the dough for 333 days etc....I worked and lived in Beijing for several years and even attended a culinary school in Beijing to learn hand pulled noodles.....I’m curious to know how you acquire the 蓬灰powder in SF...cheers!!!干杯🍻

[@williamdo3318]

I simply ordered the penghui directly from Lanzhou

[@Johnny-dangerously-s5n]

@@williamdo3318 I attended a small culinary school in Beijing to learn how to do the noodles and lived in China for several years....it was very refreshing to see your honest videos...I personally like a good biang biang mian over hand stretched noodles....but that said I’d love to try yours made with all those various types of flour.....

[@dendiikomang5938]

Hello from bali. This is the Best hand noodle video..thank you William.

[@williamdo3318]

You’re very welcome! Let us know how it works out for you.

[@garychan8888]

We need more of your awesome videos, please thank you🎉🎉 great job

[@inoraitno7109]

While watching,i've been practicing to make this noodlle....thank you

[@gustercc]

The best video about technique and explanation about hand pulled noodles. Great job.

[@lanettedelbridge5509]

Best video ever. Thank you! ❤

[@alejandropoon462]

great video! there are any different between kansui and penghui?

[@krizyltan1630]

The best tutorial of hand pulled noodle

[@AnwarShaikh-pv6zl]

Really you are great how nicely explained we have to salute

[@batatak108]

Thank you, Thanking for sharing. I will try.🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

[@crookedcakecrookedcake177]

I thank you so much your video is the most pertinent., I hopefully wish my restaurant work 🙏🏾❤️with love from northeast. 🇫🇷

[@xdacunha]

this is for sure the best video about hand pulled noodles on youtube so far, thank you so much! Definetely gonna have to find an alternative to penghui though... :(

[@williamdo3318]

You're very welcome! Yeah, penghui is arguably the best option. Let me know if you manage to find it. If not, I may have a packet or 2 I may be willing to part with (if you live in the states).

[@xdacunha]

@@williamdo3318 thank you so much but i live in brazil hahhaha. I`ll try to find some kind of alkali here. I`ve made some attempts without the alkali and made quite a good progress, got them to be "pullable", but it never gets thaaat stretchy.

[@axellmedeiros9811]

@@xdacunha eu tbm estou tentando aqui do Brasil estou usando no lugar do alkaline bicarbonato de sódio assado por 1 hora, fiz varias tentativas com a farinha comum algumas deram melhores resultados mas nenhuma que virasse macarrao

[@davidlinetski82]

William Do hey william, i live in the states if you’re still willing to part with the packets if you have them. where did you get them too

[@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb]

@@davidlinetski82 i found some on ali express. I recommend not splurging unless you want to make a loving out of it. Rest the dough overnight on the countertop instead

[@wanderer4701]

It is nice to see how the noodles are made by hand. I would love to try at home. The questions I have are 1. how long would it take to make noodles(not including the time let the dough rest) 2. Is peng hui available in the U.S. and 3. is it safe to use peng hui when it is so alcaline? 4. what happens if you don't use peng hui?

[@williamdo3318]

Making the dough depends on how long you knead it. Great Wall Supermarket in Rockville, Maryland has penghui. It's safe to use. If you don't use penghui, you'd have to knead it for a long time until the dough becomes plastic.

[@l26wang]

Excellent technical discussion. One area of improvement is the focus on alkali aspect of penghui. Other commenters are failing because they are trying with kansui or sodium carbonate. In fact, it's not the alkali in penghui that's making the dough soft and stretchy, but reducers. So trying to replace with pure alkali will lead to failure as that makes dough actually harder to pull.

[@williamdo3318]

You're absolutely right. Thanks for chiming in and sharing that info!

[@tommy.0910]

I think it's true, because I already tried, as much as I add that "penghui" , my dough getting harder and when I tried to pull the dough always broke.

[@majestic6303]

Best demonstration! - Can you freeze the noodles? - Do you really need to create that alkaline solution?

[@padambchuwan2405]

Thanks William, you described the alkaline addition which most videos do not. Could you name commonly available alkaline we can use?

[@chandrashekhartodarmal7079]

You're great teacher 👌 thanks

[@davidfoxrn]

Great video. Thank you so much!!

[@heymanheyguys7821]

This is really awesome.

[@tereseemmanuel1675]

Awesome technique ❤❤👍👍👍🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@Askmebro-bh3jj]

nice bro !!! it let me understand how to make noodle 👍👍👍

[@clydechan7391]

Can you make a video about how to make a hand pulled noodle with only water salt and flour and no (Peng hui)

[@headlightking]

Can’t happen. Sorry

[@williamdo3318]

It's possible for sure. Will work on one!

[@breakaway7017]

@@headlightkingit literally can? Takes a hell a lot more of technique but it’s possible

[@seanblend]

Do you have any alternatives to penghui? I can't seem to find it in my local Asian grocery store, and I have always wanted to hand-pull noodles. A measurement would be helpful as well. Thanks for this great tutorial!

[@martino8114]

Thank you! You made it easy, and to the point…. The other videos…. They try too hard with too much info or fly by the important details…. You have what’s needed

[@shogokondo9953]

Thank you for this great video. It really helpful for me.

[@MyChef75]

Very clear instructions thank you chef for sharing your ideas.i want to learn on how to make hand pulled noodlles♥️♥️

[@hannabix]

Thank you soooooooooo much! I've been watching lots of videos, researching many recipes and you're really the best! So generous and kind of you showing in so perfect details, so patientelly everything. Greetings from São Paulo Brazil (I'm looking up for Peng Hui and I found the one produced by SIDun. Do you know any other mark?)

[@williamdo3318]

Ana Teixeira Greetings and happy to hear you found the video useful!! SiDun is the brand that I use (it’s the main penghui brand in China). If for some reason you have difficulty locating it, you can consider making a non-alkaline dough with similar results: 2:1 ratio flour:water, 1% of flour weight in salt. Knead dough until smooth, wrap and leave outside overnight for 12 hours. Then knead like how I do at part 6:07 until the dough begins to stick to the counter. This may take 10+ minutes depending on how fast you knead. Good luck!!

[@hannabix]

✨🙏🙏🙏✨ Thanks again! Stay safe and take care.

[@dilipjog1234]

How much attempt are needed to be experts like you 😊🙏

[@mommyscusina3840]

Thank you for your sharing this video😉

[@user-dreamyjc..]

Do you have any other channel where I can see ur other tutorials.. This was so perfect😘💕

[@x蘇]

is it possible replace machine to do the kneading part? and can you still pull with the left pulled dough?

[@jademarks4469]

Bro this is the best by far video i have ever seen..I have been trying to make pulled noodles for 2 years now and can not get it to stretch..I have a full asian markets 20 Minutes from where im from..what would be safe for me to use to add to dough instead of penghui ..can you please help me

[@anonymousduck1906]

Can I used baked baking soda instead of the penghui?

[@williamdo3318]

Sodium carbonate unfortunately won't work; penghui is the best bet. You could consider trying kansui/jianshui, too.

[@StarcryDB]

Hi! Great video. I wanna start making noodles and I don't know what I can use instead of the penghui, cuz I can't find it in Venezuela and I don't know if I'll screw it if I don't add it

[@sharky-j3i]

Is there a UK alternative to penghui

[@giacomoromagnoli320]

Amazing tutorial thank you so much!

[@williamdo3318]

You're welcome! Let me know if you have any questions.

[@weilongdew]

Using this method, I have successfully done a perfect dough and turned into hand-pulled noodles. I just wonder if we could use sodium carbonate instead of penghui （蓬灰）here

[@williamdo3318]

You'd have to knead it longer since penghui has dough softener.

[@HungsPame999]

What is that powder for the nice stretch

[@yurdagulakaln2068]

What do you add to the dough later with water?

[@williamdo3318]

Penghui

[@lauboy1910]

The question is where to find the Penghui, it is almost impossible to find it out of China.

[@SouBuuS]

My friend, where can I buy pengui at? can't find any here in the US :(

[@jeshuavega4287]

Felicidades por tu canal

[@trex70]

Finaly i got this Peng Hui Powder from a friends friend in China 🙂. Now i can try your recipe. Greetings from Germany.

[@williamdo3318]

Thank you! Hope the process works out for you.

[@trex70]

@@williamdo3318 will use german flour 812 with 12 + % of Gluten if IT not work i try 00 Italien flour.

[@williamdo3318]

@@trex70 Any wheat flour should work with penghui :)

[@trex70]

@@williamdo3318 🙂👍

[@DapurAnokPokmat]

Nice video with awesome skills

[@williamdo3318]

Thanks for the kind words, Dapur.

[@DapurAnokPokmat]

@@williamdo3318 You're welcome

[@HCabuk]

Very good Video! But i think the most important thing is the speed of pulling the noodles! Many people are scared by pulling, that's their own trap! The faster you pull, the more the noodles get.

[@dominictonutti3218]

Thankyou👍🏼

[@tjbroussard3524]

Where are you getting the penghui?

[@susanmccormick4627]

Just exactly what I was looking for, thank you 🥰

[@habilmp8115]

did you use all 15 grams of Penghui water, or only use some until the dough starts to become elastic?

[@GeorgeCrowley-i3r]

Quick question I have kansui Will this would for these noodles?

[@lucasperdigaopereira707]

Good afternoon, my name is Lucas, I was very happy to see this video. It’s been a while since I want to learn this technique. I did not get good results. would you like to know what ratio kansui use in mass?

[@williamdo3318]

Hey Lucas, for every 500g of doigh, use 5g of penghui mixed with 15g water. Good luck!

[@michaelkhanyo8211]

Where will I get phongoi

[@miltonfriedman2226]

Can i do this with only sodium carbonate in replacement of penghui? (Baked baking soda)

[@williamdo3318]

You could try using sodium carbonate while letting the dough rest longer overnight outside for at least 12 hours.

[@headlightking]

I did it and they came out PERFECT!!!!!

[@williamdo3318]

awesome!!

[@hamzasalman1645]

what is the penghui

[@jaydourden]

Thank you very much for the recipe, i have to look for but apparently the penghui is inevitable. If you have another solution I am interested. Great vidéo.

[@williamdo3318]

Knead the dough for a while until it sticks to your counter. This may take at least half an hour.

[@user-zy9xj3ew9z]

Hello! Can the dough be kneaded using a mixer or does the recipe reuire the kneading to be hand done as opposed to just the pulling part?

[@JS-ot4ki]

Wow I’ve been looking for a straight video from start to finish in the classic style. This is incredible. Do you know which asian grocer in SF will have penghui?

[@williamdo3318]

J S Happy to hear you find this tutorial useful! I don’t know of any grocers who offer penghui in SF, but if you have trouble finding it, feel free to send me a message on IG; I may have an extra packet.

[@mjejis1655]

Good day chef Im from Philippines been looking for penghui for 4 years i was a handpuller but it just hard to look here for penghui how can i order penghui do you have a site thank you

[@DrBrunoRecipes]

Lovely 👌🏻

[@mglayerfurniturerenovation7496]

Hi William, thank you so much for this great video. I had tried baking soda and kansui solution but unfortunately failed..

[@yesudeyerdene4483]

Superb! May alkaline be added from the beginning (with water)?

[@weilongdew]

+1 Curious too

[@williamdo3318]

I would add it after making the dough to maintain the proper pH.

[@thegreatshtick5934]

Hay where do you get your Penghui powder btw? It's kinda hard to find online.

[@aishin8268]

Updated more videos 🌈

[@somerandomdude3476]

Is there a way to get pung huei outside of china in Europe or America? I'm a year late, but maybe you can still help.

[@hamzasalman1645]

what is the penghui sui

[@shadow-bk7wq]

Thanks so chef. But what is the penghui? N AP flour means?

[@kanarie7974]

ap is all purpose i assume

[@dieuhong3078]

I only can find alkaline water. So can I use it and how many gram of alkaline water for this recipe. Thanks

[@jrmint2]

is there a difference in flavor btw kansui and pen ghuei in the noodles? I find ramen has a particular smell, but I've never noticed in the hand pulled noodles? excellent video btw :D

[@lizard4ever]

Thank you so much for this!! This is the best tutorial I've seen here. I can't wait to try it out☺ How do you get penghui in the US though? Can you use any substitutes? Also what percentage gluten is ideal for the flour?

[@williamdo3318]

Hi there! You may be able to find penghui in some Asian supermarkets. You could try using jianshui/kansui, but they may not have a high enough pH, depending on the remaining shelf-life of the product. another nifty trick is to let the the dough rest room temp overnight and then apply kansui; the kneading thereafter will often yield a more plastic dough, ideal for pulling. Either AP (11%) or Bread flour (13-14%) should work (AP will be easier to knead and pull).

[@benjaminchung991]

@@williamdo3318 Based on the Chinese Cooking Demystified video, I think that the key ingredient for the stretchiness in the penghui isn't the alkali so much as the sodium metabisulfite (which is a dough enhancer widely used in biscuit and tortilla making for improving dough stretchiness and plasticity). It, apparently, shows extensibility improvement in treated doughs up to 225ppm concentration (by weight of flour), so adding a metaphorical small pile may be a key step in getting a good dough. It's widely available online for use in wine and beermaking as a sanitizer.

[@williamdo3318]

Benjamin Chung Hey there, thanks for the message. The sulfates and phosphates in penghui certainly contribute heavily to the dough’s plasticity-what’s cool too is that if you actually measure the pH of penghui against the sodium carbonate alone, the pH notches much higher on the former. Have you tried making Lanzhou hand pulled noodles yet with a DIY version penghui?

[@benjaminchung991]

@@williamdo3318 No, I'm still fiddling around with additives, to be honest (trying to optimize a pizza dough recipe that I'm extremely familiar with); I've been trying to source one of the protease enzyme based dough enhancers that are used as substitutes for sodium metabisulfite. It's slightly worrying to add even extremely small quantities of stuff that emits sulfur dioxide when put into solution to food.... Wrt pH, You may be able to compensate for the lower pH of the sodium carbonate by simply using more of it, on that note. It may be worthwhile to try and measure the pH of the final dough with the penghui to serve as a target to aim for with the sodium carbonate. It's hard to measure without a meter, though, and while I have a meter I try to use it exclusively for cheese to avoid cross-contamination...

[@autumnmayo1024]

One option you have for a alkaline solution/ingredient is baking soda.

[@gchow6009]

Thank you for a detailed video. Please do more noodle videos. Do you know 99 Ranch carry penghui powder? I heard it’s impossible to find this secret ingredient in the States? Don’t why that is. Not approved by FDA?

[@williamdo3318]

Hey G Chow! Thanks for your interest and glad you’re attempting this. It’s not easy to find this product in the US because there’s not enough demand for supermarkets to stock penghui. It is fda approved, but most Chinese restaurants in the US buy directly from China. Please check out 99 Ranch; they may or may not have it. You can also consider using the autolyzation method (no alkaline) and just knead a dough and let it rest (wrapped) overnight on the counter, then knead until the dough begins to stick to the counter. Then you can follow the pulling instructions on the video, and you’ll be on your way to making noodles.

[@leonzhang5453]

Excellent video and so helpful! Now I realize that the Penghui is the Key. I have watched a lot of videos, tried with Gold Medal AP flour bread flour, with Kansui(lye water) solution which has the potassium carbonate and I thought which was the main component of the Penghui. But they did not work at all. Will try to find some penghui. Where did you get it? Asian market?, William ?

[@williamdo3318]

Thank you for the kind words, and happy to hear you find the video helpful. Some supermarkets may occasionally carry penghui, though this can be tricky to find. I may have an extra packet or so, if you can't locate any in your area. Feel free to reach out to me on IG.

[@tommy.0910]

Hi bro, I have a question about the ratio between the flour,water,salt and penghui. If I use 300g flour, so it would be 150g of water, 3g salt and 3g penghui is it right ? I saw a lot of people they use eggs instead of using water to make the noodle have a yellow color. So I wonder the ratio of egg we use to make it. Example if we you 500g flour or 300g flour so how many egg we add into it? Thanks for your help bro.

[@jeonken]

Someone can tell me what is penghui?

[@tulkiyemyem4632]

Love it thank you

[@youssef3assel829]

Can i try with acup of flour like a bigini🙇?

[@AnthonyDay-s1z]

problem is you can't find penghui outside of China that well. Baked baking soda works, but it's the availability of it.

[@akulakrishnachaitanya3530]

Like 6month Store noodles how to make sir

[@jeshuavega4287]

Hola amigo soy de ecuador , seguí tu receta pero la masa no se me hace muy elástica , y estoy intentando agregar un gramo más de sal y 20 gramos más de agua

[@dorea4638]

Thank you so much for the video it is awesome I was looking for a video exactly like this one 😍 but I have a question can I use something else instead of the penghui or is it a must?

[@Raul28153]

you can use nutritional yeast. Ya gotta use a lot.

[@philippnev]

With that knowledge I'm opening a ramen bar tommorow. Thank you very much for your video. One of the best if not DA BEST for lamian!!! 👍👍👌👌🙏🙏💪🥢💪🥢💪🥢💪🥢💪🥢💪🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@pinkmoscato7851]

what is substitute for penghui. thats not so easy to get

[@wucheng3x16]

Is it possible to make a video with a version using kansui? I am able to get kansui but have had a hard time finding penghui (I'm in a pretty big US city but have never seen it in Asian grocery stores). I've tried multiple times with kansui, but the dough never quite gets stretchy enough. I can do ~3 pulls before the dough snaps.

[@williamdo3318]

Hey there! I'm working on a vid that doesn't require an alkaline solution/only uses kansui. The process requires a ton of kneading (this style comes from Beijing). If you have trouble finding penghui in your area, you can consider messaging me on @laowainoodles (instagram) and I'll see if I have an extra bag I can part with.

[@jademarks4469]

Man I keep trying to pull the exact same and it's still breaks on first pull

[@martinaamisano6293]

Hello William! Could you please tell me what kind of flour are you using?

[@williamdo3318]

bread flour or AP flour works

[@EspKamui]

any substitutes to penghui ? Seems to be very hard to find in europe :(

[@SuperZeromag]

How do u determine how much penghui solution to add to the dough

[@williamdo3318]

About 5g of penghui to 15g water for every ~750g of dough. The recipe in the links above delve deeper into details.

[@akan-ts2lo]

I work in such a Chinese restaurant and I know how to make testa well. The name of the restaurant where I work is Lanzhou. I have photos and videos about how I work. I am from Kazakhstan. I want to go to America and work. If you can help me, I want you to write😢

[@zhoujin1006]

How meny grams of panhui we need?

[@knightsren145]

peng hui consists of 50% salt 45% sodium carbonate 4% sodium tripolyphosphate and 1% sodium metabisulfite did you know and where did you buy penghui powder?

[@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb]

It is still processed in an industrial setting. No dice

[@kipsixs]

Rly appreciate:)

[@jomayusa]

A great video 🇩🇪

[@mycroftholmes7003]

so where did you get the "penghui" the blue package stuff is only sold in china. its mostly cysteine monohydrate and sodium carbonate and salt. what is your penghui made of?

[@williamdo3318]

Ali express sells it. Some Chinese supermarkets also sell them. Penghui is typically made of Sodium tripolyphosphate, Sodium metabisulfite, sodium carbonate, and salt

[@twitchface314]

Thank you so much for this video! Quick question, can I halve the recipe, or will that affect how the stretching/tearing works on the smaller dough?

[@williamdo3318]

You’re welcome! You can certainly scale the recipe down-it won’t affect the outcome.

[@twitchface314]

@@williamdo3318 Great to know!

[@mariosok64]

What kind of flour it's the best?

[@williamdo3318]

AP or bread flour work well

[@cecilia5043]

Spettacolo!