Huaxi Beef Rice Noodle

Huaxi Beef Rice Noodle (Simplified / Traditional Chinese: 花溪牛肉粉; Pinyin: Huāxī niúròu fěn) is a Guizhou rice-noodle soup associated with Huaxi District in Guiyang: rice noodles in a long-simmered beef bone broth, topped with sliced and diced braised beef, often with sour pickled cabbage or related pickles, cilantro, and toasted chili. Soft marketing claims of a single founding shop are commercial folklore; the style is a regional category. It is not Lanzhou Beef Noodles (wheat hand-pulled), not Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles (Yunnan assembly mi xian), and not Sichuan mala beef noodles.

Characteristics

Broth is savory and lightly spicy-aromatic; noodles are soft rice fen; beef toppings are tender. Diners often add chili crisp or vinegar at the table.

Ingredients (overview)

Rice noodles (粉), beef broth, braised beef slices and dice, pickled vegetables, cilantro, chili; aromatic spices in stock.

History and culture

Named for Guiyang's Huaxi area and spread as a Guizhou breakfast and lunch icon. English menus say "Huaxi beef rice noodles" or "Guiyang beef fen." Soft exclusive-origin branding disputes are commercial. See Guizhou Food.

Serving and variations

Breakfast or lunch bowl at specialty fen shops. See Guizhou Food, Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles, and Lanzhou Beef Noodles.

See also

• Guizhou Food
• Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles
• Lanzhou Beef Noodles
• List of dishes (A-Z)