How It’s Made: Rice Noodles | Ho fun

Name: How It’s Made: Rice Noodles | Ho fun
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 cup Rice flour; 2 tbsp. Cornstarch; 2 tbsp. Wheat starch; 1 tbsp. Salt; 2 cup Water; 1 tsp Vegetable oil, plus more for brushing

Chef John Zhang

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Fresh Rice Noodle, Ho fun, is a wide Chinese noodle made from rice and popular in Southern China especially in Guangdong province. Ho fun also known as Shahe fen originated from Shahe Town in Guangzhou city and is known as a Char Kway Teow in Singapore.

Recipe

PRE TIME: 15 min

COOKING TIME: 25 min

TOTAL TIME: 40 min

1 SERVING

Ingredients:

1 cup Rice flour
2 tbsp. Cornstarch
2 tbsp. Wheat starch
1 tbsp. Salt
2 cup Water
1 tsp Vegetable oil, plus more for brushing

Directions:

Step 1

Add the rice flour, cornstarch, wheat starch, salt and water to a mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of oil, mix and dissolve everything together well.

Step 2

Brush a light coating of oil on the bottom of the flat-bottom pan, put the pan on top of the bamboo steamer, and add a 1/4 cup of rice liquid to the pan.

Step 3

Make sure the rice liquid covers the bottom of the pan. Repeat for 3 seperate layers of bamboo steamer.

Step 4

Bring the water to a boil, cover with the bamboo steamer with a lid and cook on high heat for 90 seconds.

Step 5

After steaming, remove the lid, take out the 1st pan, and set aside.

Step 6

Lift and roll the noodle sheet out and place it onto a cutting board.

Step 7

Brush the cutting board with a thin layer of oil to prevent sticking.Repeat the above steps until all of the noodle batter is gone. Once all of the noodle sheets are made, cut the noodle sheets into 1/2-inch wide pieces.

Step 8