Xuzhou Rice Noodles 徐州米线
Xuzhou Rice Noodles is featured among the local specialties of Jiangsu.
Xuzhou Rice Noodles (徐州米线) combine springy rice strands with beef-bone broth and a slow-cooked pork sauce. Coriander, pickled mustard stem and red chilli oil finish the bowl. Xuzhou Release’s 2023 description identifies this combination as a familiar local snack.
Rice strands and a pork sauce
Refined rice passes through fermentation, wet grinding, filtering, steaming, extrusion and boiling. The resulting noodles are translucent, even in thickness and elastic. The stock is simmered from beef bones, while the sauce uses pork foreleg meat cooked slowly with several plant-based seasonings.
A bowl across the day
Jiangsu Micro Tourism describes rice noodles as a breakfast, lunch or evening meal in Xuzhou (徐州). Its familiar combination adds green garlic to the meat sauce, pickled mustard stem and coriander, with slices of beef in a more elaborate bowl. Shops commonly cook their own sauces, giving each version its particular character.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and fact-checked against them on 2026-09-27. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.
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