Chinese noodle dough breaking when pulled

How can I make the dough for Chinese ramen noodles stretchy? It keeps breaking when I pull just a little bit.

I used wheat flour, water, and baking soda. What else am I missing?

EDIT: 400g flour 200g water 1 teaspoon baking soda.

I mixed everything together and started to knead the dough for about 5minutes then i saw it just breaks, so i knead it for about another 10min or more.

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Best Answer

Baking soda, being alkaline, makes the dough unstretchable. The hand-pulled noodles recipes I see on the internet do not contain baking soda. But even if you use a noodle maker, you need to add wheat gluten if you want to include baking soda.

More info here : Use high gluten (bread) flour for hand pulled noodles

also: What flour and technique do I need for hand pulled noodles?

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Quick Answer about "Chinese noodle dough breaking when pulled"

Make a soft dough.
Don't over salt.
Make sure you rest the dough!

How do you pull ramen noodles?

The basic workflow

Make a smooth, fairly firm dough using flour, salt & water.

Divide then flatten the dough. Coat with oil then leave to rest.

Bring a pot of water to boil. Cut the dough pieces into strips.

Pull the strips into long noodles one at a time. Drop into the water.

Cook for 1-2 minutes then dish out.

How do you stretch dough for noodles?

Use bread flour (i.e. \u201cstrong flour\u201d or high gluten flour): The way to get a good chew in your noodles is to develop the gluten in the dough. Using flour with high gluten content (known to U.S. consumers as bread flour or strong flour in the U.K.) makes a big difference.

How do I make my noodles more chewy?

Store the noodles in an airtight container or a ziplock bag in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. For frozen/refrigerated dough; let the frozen dough thaw in the fridge overnight. Transfer the refrigerated dough to room temperature.

HOW TO MAKE HAND PULLED NOODLES (UPDATED - See Description For Full Recipe)

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