Chicken Soup with Rice Noodles, Asian Greens, and Chili-Soy Sauce

Ipoh Sar Hor Fun

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 to 6

    bowls as a one-dish meal
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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

By Robert Danhi

Published 2008

  • About

The industrial town of Ipoh is justifiably famous for its unique style of chicken noodle soup. The noodles made there are so soft and supple, they yield to gentle pressure between the tongue and the palate. Some say it’s the water. The way the water in New York is said to make their bagels’ texture unique, or Paris’ water for baguettes, Ipoh water is coveted for these noodles. I do recommend you making your own (no big deal [pg. 117]), but even if you don’t, the soup from this place is outt