Yong'an Rice-Noodle Soup 永安粿条
Yong'an Rice-Noodle Soup is featured among the local specialties of Fujian.
Yong'an guo tiao begins as rice soaked and ground into batter, then steamed into sheets. The city's tourism bureau describes several ways to eat it: briefly blanched in bone broth, stir-fried with vegetables and meat, or rolled into tubes for dipping. This guide illustrates the soup version. The Fujian Commerce Department's clear-soup recipe describes broad strips cut from the steamed rice sheets, warmed briefly and placed in a bowl before the stock is added. The result is soft and smooth, with the rice sheets remaining recognizably white.
Flavour, texture & local variations
The stock is an essential part of this apparently simple bowl. The provincial recipe uses pork and duck components, and finishes the rice strips with scallion and toasted sesame. Their mild rice flavour provides a background for the broth and the toasted garnish. A visitor choosing between soup guo tiao and the rolled, dipped form should therefore ask how the rice sheets will be served. The tube version, also called cha cha guo, offers a different eating format even though it starts from a closely related rice preparation.
How it is prepared
Rice batter is steamed in shallow trays, cut into broad strips, briefly blanched and served with stock.
Ingredients to check
Steamed rice sheets, pork-and-duck stock, scallion and toasted sesame in the illustrated soup version.
Ordering this dish
Specify the soup version if you want this bowl; the rolled dipping snack may appear nearby on the same menu.
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Sources & reading
Identity and the described preparation reviewed against the linked government culinary sources on 9 September 2026. The illustrated preparation is a documented example; vendors may use different ingredients and presentation. Ordering suggestions are editorial guidance. No recipe testing, exclusive origin, current availability or dietary certification is claimed.
Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.