{"id":2689,"date":"2015-10-28T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gandgmag.wpengine.com\/articles\/uncategorized\/how-to-make-yakamein\/"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:05:11","slug":"how-to-make-yakamein","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/recipe\/how-to-make-yakamein\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Yakamein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yakamein, most likely brought to New Orleans by Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century, consists of noodles and strips of beef in a hearty, Cajun-spiced broth, topped with hard-boiled egg and scallions. You can find both upscale versions made with expensive meats and homemade noodles and corner-store bowls of stew meat with beef bouillon and cheap spaghetti\u2014far more common and, many would argue, just as tasty. The master of this nourishing form is Linda Green, a frequent vendor at parades and festivals, who calls herself \u201cthe Ya-Ka-Mein Lady.\u201d Green learned how to make yakamein from her mother and grandmother. While she has never written down the family recipe, she did agree to share a version with us.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32SH3UN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><strong>Order Your Copy of <em>The Southerner\u2019s Cookbook<\/em> Here<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recipe for the noodles-and-beef staple of New Orleans, from <i>Garden &#038; Gun<\/i>\u2019s <i>The Southerner&#8217;s Cookbook<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45448,"template":"","categories":[1780,2391],"tags":[292,36,50],"authors":[],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[2504],"class_list":["post-2689","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-recipes","tag-louisiana","tag-new-orleans","tag-recipes","location-louisiana","recipe-type-mains"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Make Yakamein &#8211; 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