China

Luosifen

Name: Luosifen
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 200 g Rice noodles (thick); 300 g River snails (for the broth); 100 g Fermented bamboo (suan sun); some Dried chili; some of each Peanuts & pickled vegetables; some Crisp tofu skin

River snail rice noodles from Liuzhou

Luosifen is the famous, pungently fragrant rice-noodle soup from Liuzhou in Guangxi - known for its broth of river snails and fermented bamboo.

The hot-and-sour broth is poured over springy rice noodles and topped with peanuts, pickled vegetables and crisp tofu skin.

Servings2

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice noodles (thick)200 g
River snails (for the broth)300 g
Fermented bamboo (suan sun)100 g
Dried chilisome
Peanuts & pickled vegetablessome of each
Crisp tofu skinsome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Simmer the snails with spices into a strong broth, strain.
Season the broth hot and sour, add fermented bamboo.
Cook the rice noodles separately.
Put noodles in the bowl, pour over the broth.
Top with peanuts, vegetables and tofu skin.

Make it original

Rice noodles and fermented bamboo for luosifen are in the Asia Boutique.

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