Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Are there ingredients or seasonings you want to master but feel they are out of reach? Nam pla was one of ...

Bean-thread vermicelli is available dried from Asian stores, and needs only a brief soak in boiling water before being added to this stir-fry. serves Bean-thread vermicelli is made from mung-bean ...

To make a good fideo, you need three things: meat, a molcajete, and vermicelli noodles. In Harlingen, where I grew up, the preferred option was bone-in chicken legs, salted and fried in a pan ...

The wide world of Asian noodles can be dizzying. Our easy guide covers all of the major players, from wheat noodles to rice noodles to noodles made of other ingredients, like buckwheat. Simply Recipes ...

In the Filipino vernacular, pancit simply refers to noodles. This version (pancit bam-i) uses both rice vermicelli (bihon) and Chinese wheat noodles (pancit canton), but you can make the dish with ...

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Rice vermicelli with fried tofu and shrimp paste, one of Hanoi's iconic dishes, has been voted one the worst dishes in Vietnam by international food magazine TasteAtlas. The dish, known in Vietnamese ...