There are many kinds of cold rice noodles in Shaanxi, with different practices and characteristics, and they taste different when mixed. Here are just a few.

Sesame sauce cold rice noodles

Typical halal eating method. The method is relatively simple. Mix the flour into paste, put it in a special metal rice noodle basket with cold rice noodles, shake the radish with cold rice noodles to spread the flour evenly at the bottom of the basket, and then steam it in a boiling water pot. When eating, cut the dough into strips half a centimeter wide. The auxiliary material is generally shredded cucumber, with salt, vinegar, sauce, sesame sauce and Chili oil.

Qin Zhen cold rice noodles

Made of rice flour, it is produced in Qin Zhen, Huxian County, also called Qin Zhen rice skin. When making, the rice flour is mixed into paste, spread into a multi-layer steamer and steamed over high fire. When eating, use a large straw cutter with a length of nearly one meter and a width of more than 20 centimeters to make filaments, add vegetables, small bean sprouts and other accessories, and add seasonings. The good taste is all in Chili oil, and the prepared cold noodles are all red and spicy.

Hanzhong cold rice noodles

It is named after being produced in Hanzhong area. Because when processing, rice is ground into rice flour slurry with small stone mill and water, it is also called water mill cold rice noodles. When making, the ground rice flour slurry is laid flat on a steamer and steamed. Add seasonings, mainly garlic juice and Chili oil, and the taste is sour and spicy.

Qishan handmade noodles pi

Qishan county is the best manufacturer. When making, wheat flour is washed to remove gluten, starch is rolled into pancakes, and steamed in a steamer. The prepare cold rice noodles are soft and sticky. The seasoning is mainly grain vinegar and Chili oil brewed locally in Qishan, supplemented by washed gluten, which is evenly mixed in a small iron pot. The main characteristics of its taste are sour, spicy and fragrant.

Gluten cold rice noodles

Mainly produced in Guanzhong area, gluten should be washed out first, starch should be made into paste, and then steamed in a metal cold noodle basket. When making, steamed gluten blocks and seasonal vegetables are added, and seasonings include vinegar, sauce, garlic juice, monosodium glutamate, salt, Chili oil and sesame oil. It tastes unique.

In addition to the above, Shaanxi also has Fufeng brand noodles, cold noodles with konjac in Hanzhong, cold noodles with black rice, cold noodles with mung beans in northern Shaanxi and so on. Either way, you might as well try it, which will definitely make your mouth linger.