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.jpg) Luosifen in Liuzhou, its origin | |
| Course | Main dishes |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | Liuzhou, Guangxi |
| Main ingredients | Rice vermicelli, stock made from river snails, pickled bamboo shoots, peanuts, tofu skins, chili pepper |
Luosifen (Chinese: 螺螄粉; pinyin: luósīfěn; lit. 'Snail rice noodle') is a Chinese noodle soup and specialty of Liuzhou, Guangxi.[1] The dish consists of rice noodles boiled and served in a soup. The stock that forms the soup is made by stewing river snails and pork bones for several hours with black cardamom, fennel seed, dried tangerine peel, cassia bark, cloves, white pepper, bay leaf, licorice root, sand ginger, and star anise. It usually does not contain snail meat, but it is instead served with pickled bamboo shoot, pickled green beans, shredded wood ear, fu zhu, fresh green vegetables, peanuts, and chili oil added to the soup.[2] Diners can also add chili, green onions, white vinegar, and green peppers to suit their taste.
Pickled bamboo shoots add to the famously strong smell of this dish, which may affect men more than women.[3] The dish is served in small "hole-in-the-wall" restaurants, as well as luxury hotel restaurants. In the late 2010s, many luosifen restaurants have opened in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, as well as in other countries such as the US.[4] Instant noodle versions are also very popular, with 2.5 million packets produced daily in 2019.[3]
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- ^ a b "How the 'durian of soup' became the hippest dish in China".
- ^ Soup, Gary (2013-09-24). "Full Noodle Frontity: Slow Food: Liuzhou Spicy Snail Noodles at Oakland's Guilin Classic Rice Noodles". Noodlefrontity.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.