Where is the best and most authentic rice noodle?

Many areas in China have the habit of eating rice noodles, and there has always been controversy about the best and most famous rice noodles. In some areas, rice noodles are not called rice noodles, but rice noodles, so the names of different areas are different. The following small series will give you a brief introduction to the origin of rice noodles.

What are the characteristics of rice noodles?

Rice flour is a strip-shaped and filamentary rice product made of rice through soaking, cooking and layered processing, rather than a powdery material made of rice in a sense.

There are many kinds of rice noodles, which can be divided into row rice noodles, cube rice noodles, corrugated rice noodles, silver rice noodles, wet rice noodles and dry rice noodles.

There are many theories about the origin of rice noodles. It is said that rice noodles were produced by the northern people who fled to the south during the May 4th chaos in ancient China. Another way of saying this is that when Qin Shihuang occupied Guilin, the soldiers in the north were fighting in Guilin, and they couldn't get used to the rice in the south, so people at that time ground rice into flour and made noodles to ease the soldiers' homesickness.

In fact, the development of rice noodles has evolved to this day, and all localities have their own signature rice noodles.

Where is the best rice noodle in China? (The following rankings are in no particular order)

1. Guilin rice noodles

Guilin rice noodles may be more popular than rice noodles themselves. If you have been to a local tourism, you will find rice noodle shops all over the street, and the price is extremely cheap, so you can buy them by the catty. It tastes soft, smooth and refreshing, and looks white and delicate, indicating that it was pointed out by others. The biggest highlight is the production of brine. Different shops have different secret recipes, which makes Guilin rice noodles have hundreds of flavors.

2. Yunnan crossing the bridge noodles

Crossing the bridge rice noodles is a unique snack in southern Yunnan, Yunnan Province, which belongs to Yunnan cuisine. Its broth is made of big bone, old hen and Yunnan Xuanwei ham after a long time. Cross-bridge rice noodles are composed of soup, seasoning, main ingredients and auxiliary materials. The diversity of materials makes it unique in taste.

3. Hunan Shaoyang Rice Noodles

Shaoyang rice flour is made of pure rice without any other materials. The ratio of new rice to old rice makes rice noodles elastic, white and smooth, and easy to pinch off. If you go on, your lips will be stained with oil soup, and it will be full of rice fragrance.

4. Hunan Changde rice noodles

The main raw material of Changde rice noodles is rice. Early indica rice was soaked, pulped and heated in water for more than ten hours to make white, round, slender and elastic vermicelli. Just scald it with boiling water and add seasoning to eat. It tastes smooth and delicious and has a unique flavor.

5. Jiangxi Shangrao Rice Noodles

Shangrao rice flour is a strip-shaped and filamentary rice product made of rice by soaking, cooking and layering, rather than a powdery material made of rice in the real sense. Shangrao rice noodles are flexible and elastic, boiled in water but not in soup, and dry fried is not easy to break.

6. Liuzhou snail powder

Liuzhou snail powder is a staple food made of snail soup and rice flour. It was originally a special rice noodle snack in Liuzhou and Guangxi. With the spread of the Internet recently, it has become a famous celebrity food on the Internet in China. Its taste is sour, spicy, fresh, cool and spicy.