Fresh Rice Noodle Sheets

Thai: Sen Kuaytiaw or Sen Lek; Vietnamese: Banh Uot; Cantonese: Kway Teow; Hokkien: Hor Fun

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1½ lbs

    )
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore

By Robert Danhi

Published 2008

  • About

I usually buy fresh rice noodles at my local Asian store (often so fresh they’re still warm), but not everyone has that luxury. Still, no one should be cheated out of the silky smooth pleasures of fresh rice noodles. Though the recipe takes over an hour, most of that is inactive time. You’ll just have to switch plates at ten-minute intervals.

These noodles float effortlessly in broths, such as the Ipoh Style Rice Noodles in Chicken Broth. And they’