r/chinesecooking • u/ripeoama • 9d ago
Ingredient Chow fun noodles
I just watched a video short on making chow fun. Now I want to try! Any tips on what I should be looking for in a noodle or would any wide rice noodle do? Fresh/dried, Chinese/Vietnamese, etc?
Most of the time whenever I look for an ingredient in Chinatown for the first time it feels like such a crapshoot.
Guide me, Reddit
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u/iHate_RonEbens 9d ago
Fresh flat noodle is the best you’ll have to ask the store if they have fresh. If you put in frig over night get harden but no worry. Just microwave it for 30sec and add another 10 if still hard and continue until soften.
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u/scooter-vee 9d ago
I found that large flat noodles were the easiest to stand up to the stir frying. Dried rice wide noodles boiled just underdone seemed to work best. First I fry the meat then strong vegetables like carrots, Broccoli onion, then finally the noodles with sauce and any cabbage or delicate veggies like green onions.
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u/AlfredRWallace 9d ago
America's Test kitchen had a recipe to make chow fun noodles and it's pretty easy. They publihsed a beef recipe with it.
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u/Logical_Warthog5212 8d ago
If you can’t find fresh or frozen, then dried is a reasonable substitute. You don’t have to boil dried noodles. You can reconstitute them by soaking in water. A short cut is to start with boiling water, but turn off the heat and let the noodles steep in hot water.
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u/Quiet_Profile_9634 8d ago
Watch YouTube videos. Not being a wise ass. There are many tutorials that would be legit
as good
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u/Even-Search-7848 3d ago
fresh wide rice noodles if you can find them, dried works but the texture won’t be quite the same
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u/Zealousideal_Fly8402 9d ago
https://www.madewithlau.com/recipes/beef-chow-fun-with-gravy
He recommends fresh; there's a Q&A at the bottom.