Kneading skills of Guo kui

Ingredients: flour 10 kg, water 4 kg (the water temperature should be controlled according to the season), yeast 5 kg in summer, 7 kg in spring, winter 1 kg, and alkaline flour 0.5- 1 kg according to the season.

Operating steps:

Ferment noodles with water, cover with alkaline noodles, and mix noodles;

Put it on the box and fold it with a wooden pole. In the process of pressing, add about 2 kg of flour;

Directly press until the surface is smooth and flat, and when the yeast surface is uniform, divide it into small pieces of one catty and three catties;

Then press and rotate one by one with wooden poles to make chrysanthemum round cakes with a round diameter of eight inches and a thickness of six points;

Roast, roast.

Shaanxi Guokui (English: Guokui), also known as Guokui, Guokui steamed bread and dried steamed bread, is a local traditional pasta snack that urban and rural residents in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province like to eat. Guo Kui originated as a gift from grandma to grandson He, and later developed into a flavor convenience food. The whole helmet is round, with a diameter of about 10 foot, a thickness of 1 inch and a weight of 5 kg. Take wheat flour, press in straw and flour, and bake in a shallow pot with slow fire. Yellow appearance, white incision, crisp and palatable, and can be carried for a long time. There is a phrase in the jingle "Top Ten Monsters in Shaanxi" compiled by foreigners in the province that "steamed bread is like a pot cover", which means a pot helmet. The famous ones in Guanzhong are Ganzhou Guokui, Jingyang Guokui, Wugong Guokui, Changwu Guokui, Qishan Guokui, Fufeng Guokui and Fengxiang Guokui.