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Fancy ways to enjoy yunnan rice noodles

云南 的

花式吃法

By staff correspondents □ 本刊综合

Rice noodles, a representative of Yunnan’s local culinary culture, have
evolved into various types over the past centuries. There are crossing-the-
bridge rice noodles, tofu pudding rice noodles, casserole rice noodles, eel
rice noodles, marinated chicken rice noodles, to name just a few. Actually,
Yunnan’s rice noodles can be enjoyed in numerous ways.

米线是云南小吃的一张饮食文化名片，它串联起本土美食文化的变迁。过桥米线、
豆花米线、小锅米线、鳝鱼米线、卤鸡米线……本期，一起来解锁云南米线的 N 种吃法。

The list of Yunnan’s delicacies can go on and bright red hot pepper sauce will complement
on, but rice noodles are almost the favorite of all with one another. The soft, silky rice noodles taste
locals. Simple as they may look, rice noodles can wonderful with the aromatic leeks, and the sour
be made special? Kunming people are ingenuous preserved vegetables will make the rice noodles
at doing exactly that. taste even better. All ingredients conspire to
Many tourists to Yunnan are deeply impressed enrich your gustatory experience, making your
by the rice noodles they eat there. In particular, mouth water affluently. Then you will remember
the Mengzi crossing-the-bridge rice noodles from the rice noodles all your life.
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, a The casserole rice noodles are cooked in a 7
national intangible cultural heritage item and cm high earthen pot. First, put rice noodles, stock,
a time-honored Chinese snack, has a history of mint, and preserved tofu in the pot. Second, move
more than 300 years. the pot onto the stove to be boil. In the process,
It takes a professional chef to serve a good add hot pepper, table salt, and other seasonings.
bowl of crossing-the-bridge rice noodles. The The casserole rice noodles are richly flavored
rice noodles are served in a large bowl for each and especially suit lovers of spicy food. The rice
person. With a thick layer of oil on the surface, the noodles cooked in this way are crisp and silky and
rice noodles do not look hot at all but are actually provide chewing pleasure. The earthen pot allows
boiling hot. All sorts of raw meat such as squid, the rice noodles to stay warm for a longer time.
loin, ham, and pork kidney are cut into paper-thin The small pot rice noodles are cooked in a
slices. Other ingredients include grass sprouts, special copper pot. First, put fresh meat and
tofu skin, leeks, pea sprouts and fine snow-white pickled vegetables into a stock to achieve a
rice noodles. Put all these things into the soup one refreshing and appetizing flavor. Second, add
by one, and they will be instantly ready to serve. sauce, and soy sauce, and cabbage in turn.
Wherever you go in Yunnan, you will see Third, pour in rice noodles and add fried hot
rice noodles served with tofu pudding. The rice pepper and minced leeks. Finally, add minced
noodles are scalded before they are placed in scallions and coriander, and the rice noodles will
a bowl. When all ingredients such as preserved be ready to serve. To sum up, the small pot rice
vegetables, soy sauce, minced leeks, peanuts, and noodles feature a richly flavored stock, a variety
tastebud-arousing hot pepper sauce are added, of ingredients, a refreshing aroma, and a multi-
pour a big ladle of toufu pudding over the rice faceted taste. It is hardly imaginable for a Yunnan
noodles. The snow-white tofu pudding and the native to go without them for a few days on end!