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Regional Chinese Noodle Collection
$60
A Tour of Chinese Noodles
We tasked our Chengdu team with finding the best of the best of each of our favorite noodle styles representing Western and Southern China, including specialties from Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guangdong. After much testing and tasting, we settled on these brands of wheat, rice and sweet potato noodles direct from the regions that made them famous and renowned factories that focus solely on noodle-making.
These five noodle types will make literally dozens of different Chinese noodle dishes—recipes for many of which you can find on our recipe site.
While the five small factories that make these classic noodles have mechanized some of the production, it still takes hands-on effort and decades of expertise to make a high-quality dried noodle. All of these noodles are made simply of flour/starch, water and, sometimes, salt, and include no dyes, additives or preservatives.
In China, 100 grams is the most common serving size of noodles; at that serving size, this collection will make 29 servings (though servings for some dishes are far smaller than that).
What's Included
The five products in this Regional Chinese Noodle Collection include two wheat noodles, two rice noodles and one sweet potato noodle.
Alkaline Wheat Noodles (Jianshui Wenzhou Mian), 454g
These are the ideal dried noodles for dan dan mian, Chongqing xiao mian and other Sichuan noodles because like fresh Sichuan noodles—and unlike most Chinese dried wheat noodles—they include jianshui/kansui, an alkaline lye water that lends them body and bounce (as well as a yellow color). Medium-weight and round, as preferred in Chengdu, they are equally at home as soup noodles, dry noodles or cold noodles. (Note that they are also relatively high in sodium.)
Wide Knife-Cut Noodles (Sun-dried Dao Xiao Mian), 450g
Dao xiao mian, which means knife-cut or knife-shaved noodles, is a specialty of Shanxi province, but these ruffled, wide wheat noodles are popular throughout North and West China. This particular dao xiao mian is made by a specialty noodle company in Chengdu that obsesses over the details, creating a noodle with a chewy bite and ruffly, irregular edges that hold into sauce. Use them anywhere you'd like a substantial wheat noodle, including as a stand-in for Xi'an's hand-ripped, biang biang noodles or in Xinjiang's "big plate chicken."
Chongqing Sweet Potato Noodles (Hongshu Fen, Fentiao), 400g
These medium-weight, round, sweet potato noodles are a favorite of Sichuan natives, true noodle connoisseurs, and those looking for interesting gluten-free noodles. They have a springy, chewy texture that stands up to liquid, which makes them quite distinct from rice or wheat noodles. Also called glass noodles in English, they don't get sticky or gooey or fall apart but retain their bite and heft. We've sourced these to be the star of soups such as suanla fen (sour and spicy noodle soup) and the best choice for Sichuan hot pot, since they release much less starch than other noodles. Also good braised or stir-fried. (Note that the wide sweet potato noodles shown in the second photo are no longer included.)
Yunnan Rice Noodles (Mixian, Mifen), 500g
As a general rule, Yunnan and the rest of southern China opt for fresh rice noodles when they can, with the caveat that they must be made by the factory and consumed by the eater within the same 24 hours. Otherwise, cooks opt for dried noodles like these. The Nanhuyuan brand makes nothing but fresh and dried rice noodles, honing its expertise over the decades. Try these wonderfully bouncy round noodles in Yunnan's famed mixian noodle soups or cold noodles as well as Guangxi and Guizhou dishes.
Guangdong Wide Rice Noodles (Ho Fun, He Fen), 1,100g—yes, this is a very large bag!
Is there a better stir-fried noodle than Cantonese chow fun? We think not! But few of us live close enough to someone making freshly steamed rice noodles to use them the same day they're made, which is a must. While fresh is always best for chow fun, these wide, flat dried noodles make a convincing stand-in, meaning you can have chow fun any time and any place you want.
See individual product pages for a complete listing of ingredients and nutrition facts.
Allergens
Products in this collection include wheat.
They have no dyes, additives or preservatives.
See individual product pages for a complete listing of ingredients and nutrition facts.
