Fungose noodles is a product that has appeared on the shelves of Russian stores with the development of the popularity of Asian cuisine. It is often used in the preparation of oriental dishes, giving them special taste and nutritional qualities. What is the essence of this product? What are its positive and negative properties? And most importantly - how to cook it? About it further.
What it is?
Chinese funchose noodles are a product that, according to ancient Eastern traditions, was sent by the samurai themselves. In eastern culture, it is perceived as a path to longevity and health. Asians are sure that funchose has only beneficial properties. And this is true, but only if the product was made without violating the technology and from the right, natural ingredients.
Many people call funchoza rice noodles, however, this formulation is not entirely correct. The thing is that for the preparation of the original product, oriental culinary specialists use a mixture of a combination of rhizomes of canna, quinoa, cassava, as well as beans and some other plants in which there is a high content of starch. Some manufacturers make potato and rice products with a small amount of aluminum and zinc.
Rice noodles and fungoza: what is the difference?
Often on the shelves of Russian stores they try to sell ordinary rice noodles under the guise of funchose. How to distinguish between these two products? Almost all connoisseurs of this ingredient answer in one way: no way! Externally, these products are very similar to each other, and the main difference can be found after the cooking process. So, if after heat treatment the cooked noodles retained their transparent appearance, this means that the client was not mistaken and acquired a real funchose. But in the event that, in the end, it acquired a white tint, this suggests that the package contains the real rice noodles.
What is the difference between these two products? It consists of the ingredients from which they were made. So, rice noodles are prepared from a combination of cheaper and less healthy ingredients: corn starch and rice. In the case of funchose, in the composition you can find useful ingredients that contribute to the normal development of the body and improve some of its functions.
Benefit
Real funchose noodles are a very useful product, by using which you can improve the functioning of your body and prevent some diseases. So, people who often eat dishes, in which funchose is present, rarely experience nervous breakdowns, they practically do not know what a bad mood is. The components that make up this product have an antioxidant effect on the body, preventing its aging and cell fading.
Many nutritionists consider the fact that gluten is absent in the composition of such noodles. Due to this fact, the product cannot cause allergies. Regular consumption of funchose contributes to the removal of cholesterol from the body, due to which the circulatory system normalizes, the walls of blood vessels become stronger, and the blood composition is cleaned of harmful components.
Fans of this product, who consume it for breakfast, never experience a breakdown during the working day. This is due to the fact that the components that make up funchose noodles enrich the human body with useful energy, which is enough for the whole day.
Useful ingredients in the product
Noodles has in its composition a large number of useful components that have a beneficial effect on the human body. So, in its structure there is a high content of carbohydrates, which are 84 per 100 g of product. Proteins and fats in the composition are negligible amounts - 0.7 and 0.5 g, respectively. In boiled form, it is a very low-calorie product - in 100 g it contains only 90 calories.
In addition to carbohydrates, fats and proteins, fungicose noodles contain a high content of vitamins E and B, as well as PP, which is very rare in everyday foods. Among micronutrients, nutritionists very often distinguish sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, selenium, as well as manganese and copper, useful for the body.
However, the manufacturers of this product assure that such a useful composition of minerals and vitamins can be found exclusively in a quality product, and not in rice noodles or in other substitutes.
Harm
It would seem that with so many useful components in a product, it simply cannot be harmful. However, this is not quite true. In its original form, funchose is a low-calorie product that can be eaten in large quantities. That is why often there are facts of overeating, as a result of which there is a negative effect on the pancreas, and on the intestinal tract as a whole. In order to avoid such a phenomenon, you should clearly dose out a daily portion for yourself.
Manufacturers of funchose caution buyers against acquiring low-quality noodles, as in this case, the client can face a lot of problems. Most of them are usually associated with a difference in the composition of the components.
How to cook noodles
Properly prepared funchose is the key to a delicious and nutritious dish. Culinary experts recommend not digesting the product, since in this case it loses not only an attractive appearance, but also some of the nutrients.
In order to properly cook the noodles, you should determine the time for its preparation - it should not exceed five minutes. Lay the noodles in boiling water. In the process of cooking, noodles are not recommended to be salted - traditionally, taste is given to it with the help of sauces and various additives that are served with it.
How to determine that the noodles are ready? Easy! It is necessary to check it, so to speak, for strength. If it is slightly springy on the teeth, but no longer sticks together, this suggests that it is time to drain the water and throw the funchose into a colander. After cooking, it is advisable to rinse the noodles in cold water - so it will acquire its attractive transparent appearance.
Chicken and Chicken Salad
You can surprise your household with an original funchose rice noodle salad. It will take a small amount of time to prepare it, as well as a minimum of ingredients and culinary experience.
You should start cooking with boiling noodles (500 g) and washing it. After it is ready, you need to make the sauce. It is prepared from three tablespoons of olive oil, 0.5 teaspoon of sugar, 150 ml of wine vinegar, and spices to taste (you can use salt, black and red pepper). All of these ingredients should be mixed and set aside for a certain time.
250 g of chicken breast should be washed well, dried with a towel and cut into medium-sized cubes. After this, you need to fry it in a hot pan, poured 1 tbsp. l olive oil, until the fillet is covered with a golden crust.
In a separate bowl, combine five cherry tomatoes cut into 4 parts, tear a couple of lettuce leaves and cut the onion head in half rings. To these ingredients, you need to attach the fried meat, salt, pepper, mix. On top of the whole mass, you need to put the noodles and pour all this sauce. The funchose noodle salad is ready - you can serve it to the table!
Noodles with vegetables
This product goes well with various vegetables. The fungoza noodles according to the recipe below are prepared very simply and quickly. To do this, boil it (300 g) and put aside for a while. While it will cool, you should do vegetables. It is necessary to chop the bell peppers and a couple of cucumbers, and peel a couple of tomatoes and chop them into cubes. 100 g of cauliflower also needs to be chopped.
After all the vegetables are ready, they should be combined, add noodles to them, salt, pepper, mix thoroughly, pour a small amount of soy sauce, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Fungose noodles with vegetables are ready - it can be served.
With chicken
This product goes well with different types of meat. That is why funkoza noodles cooked in haste will not leave anyone indifferent.
To do this, boil 300 g of chicken and cut it into small cubes. 300 g of cucumbers and 150 g of carrots should be chopped into strips, the same should be done with 400 g of bell pepper (it is best to take red).
In a separate pan, boil 200 g of noodles and, throwing it in a colander, mix with chicken. After that, all the vegetables should be added to the components and, pouring all the sauce, mix thoroughly.
The sauce for such a dish is prepared from three crushed cloves of garlic, finely chopped pod of chili pepper, 60 ml of soy sauce and the same amount of olive oil. All components need to grind and mix well.
With chicken and mushrooms
Mushrooms and chicken can be used as additional ingredients - this is another way of making funchose noodles.
In order to make the dish most delicious, it is important to observe all the proportions indicated here. Creating a culinary masterpiece should begin with cooking noodles, which should be taken 100 g. After it is folded into a colander, you can start preparing other components.
200 g of chicken should be boiled in slightly salted water, then cool and cut into small slices. 100 g of onions should be chopped with a thin straw, the same thing should be done with 400 g of bell pepper and 300 g of carrots. 200 g of mushrooms should be cut into thin slices.
After all the ingredients are ready, you need to fry mushrooms and onions in a hot pan using 60 ml of olive oil. The degree of readiness of the ingredients is determined by whether mushroom juice is present in the pan - when it is gone, then chicken fillet can be added to the mass. After five minutes of heat treatment, the remaining vegetables must be added to the components and, stirring, simmer in this composition for 10-15 minutes.
When everything is ready, the vegetables should be mixed with noodles and mixed.
With shrimps
Shrimp noodles cooked according to this recipe with shrimp will definitely not leave indifferent any seafood lover.
Start creating such a dish should be with the preparation of vegetables. To do this, you need to heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and fry vegetables chopped in straws on it: half the bell pepper and the same amount of carrots. After a couple of minutes, you need to add 10 peeled and boiled shrimp to the vegetables, stew in this composition for a minute and pour in a sauce made from crushed garlic clove, chopped green onions (3-4 feathers), as well as a couple of tablespoons of sesame oil. After this, remove the pan from the heat.
While the vegetables are cooling, it is necessary to boil funchose. Once the noodles are ready, it must be combined with vegetables, mix well and sprinkle on top of 0.5 tsp. sesame seeds and finely chopped parsley.
Serving such an original dish can be both cold and hot.