Name: Guoqiao Mixian (Across the Bridge Rice Noodles)
Yield: Serves 4 as Part of a Chinese Meal, or 2 as a Single Dish.
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz boneless chicken breast, frozen; 4 spring onions; 850 ml/1½ pt rich chicken stock; 450 g/1 lb fresh rice noodles or dried rice noodles; 125 g/4 oz fresh bean sprouts, rinsed; 5 tablespoons finely chopped spring onions; 3 tablespoons chilli bean sauce; 2 tablespoons salt mixed with 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 5 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 125 g/4 oz boneless lean pork, frozen; 25 g/1 oz Chinese dried black mushrooms, soaked, stems removed

Preparation info

Serves
4
as Part of a Chinese Meal, or 2 as a Single Dish.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Taste of China

By Ken Hom

Published 1990

About

Substantial, this very special Yunnan soup of rich chicken stock is served along with slices of pork, chicken, black mushrooms, blanched bean sprouts, cooked ham, rice noodles, and spring onions. The condiments include chilli oil, or chili bean sauce, salt, and soy sauce, for dipping. Legend has it that a scholar, preparing for the Imperial examinations, isolated himself on an island connected to the shore by a long bridge. His devoted wife was dismayed that her carefully prepared meals