It is the most distinctive and famous snack in Yunnan. Yunnan people have been away from home for a long time, and the first thing to do when they go home is to get addicted to rice noodles first. Some people even go a long way and ask people to take a bowl of rice noodles by plane from Kunming to satisfy their desire. ...

Rice noodle making

There are two ways to make Yunnan rice noodles: one is rice fermentation and grinding, commonly known as "sour rice noodles". Its process is complicated and time-consuming to make, but it tastes good, smooth and sweet, and has a rice flavor, which is a traditional method. Secondly, the rice flour is directly put into the machine for extrusion, and it is gelatinized and shaped by the heat of friction, which is called "dry rice flour", and it is "dry rice flour" after drying, which is convenient for carrying and storage. It swells when cooked and eaten. Dried rice noodles are hard, chewy and long, but not as fragrant as sour rice noodles.

Guoqiao Rice Noodles

brief introduction

Legend has it that South Lake in mengzi city was a beautiful place in the past, and scholars often attacked books and recited poems here. There is a man named Yang Xiucai who often goes to Hu Xin Pavilion to study, and his wife delivers meals there. Scholars study hard, often forget to eat, and even often eat cold meals and cold dishes, making their bodies more and more tired. His wife was anxious and distressed, so she killed the hen at home, stewed it in a casserole and sent it to him. When she went to collect the dishes again, she saw that the food was intact and her husband was still reading. I have to take the food back and reheat it. When she picked up the casserole, she found it was still very hot. She lifted the lid. It turns out that the surface of the soup is coated with chicken oil, and the ceramic utensils have poor heat transfer, so the heat is sealed in the soup. In the future, his wife will keep warm in this way, and some rice noodles, vegetables and meat slices will be cooked in hot chicken soup and served to her husband while it is hot. Later, many people imitated her innovative cooking skills, and the cooked rice noodles were really delicious. Because Yang Xiucai has to cross a small bridge from home to Hu Xin Pavilion, everyone calls this way of eating "crossing the bridge rice noodles". After the improvement and innovation of Yunnan chefs in past dynasties, "crossing the bridge rice noodles" has become a famous snack in southern Yunnan.