Mi quang
Encyclopedia
Mì Quảng (literally: Quảng style noodle) is a Vietnamese
noodle dish that is originated from the provinces of Quang Nam
and Da Nang
, in the South Central Coast
of Vietnam
. In the region, it is one of the most popular dishes, and it is served in various occasions such as family party, death anniversary
, and Tết
. Mì Quảng can also be found in many restaurants around the country.
called lá mì and the yellow kind of lá mì is colored by the addition of turmeric
. These noodles are typically made at home. The noodles are cooked and served with seasoned pork chop
s or chicken, half a hard-boiled egg, sauteed shrimp, peanuts, chả
(a kind of beef sausage), chili pepper
, fresh vegetables including: water mint
(rau húng lủi), basil
, Ipomoea aquatica
, Vietnamese coriander
, shaved banana flower (bắp chuối bào), and a kind of lettuce
), and pieces of bánh tráng, a kind of rice cracker. These ingredients may vary, but peanut and bánh tráng are most commonly found in Mì Quảng and make the dish special, distinguishing the dish from other kinds of noodle.
in Hue city or Pho
in Ha Noi capital, the broth is poured much enough to moisten the noodles. Quang noodle is served with crushed dried peanuts, bánh đa, herbs, lemons, and chilli. There are two main varieties offering people different choices including Quang noodle containing meat and the other containing chicken.
This couplet describes a girl from Quảng Nam, a province on Vietnam's South Central Coast
, who warmly invites her lover to drink a cup of tea and a bowl of mì Quảng, to show him the depth of her love for him. In her opinion, mì Quảng and tea are food and drink worthy of being served in this context.
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
noodle dish that is originated from the provinces of Quang Nam
Quang Nam Province
Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...
and Da Nang
Da Nang
Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...
, in the South Central Coast
Nam Trung Bo
Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to...
of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. In the region, it is one of the most popular dishes, and it is served in various occasions such as family party, death anniversary
Death anniversary
A death anniversary is a custom observed in several Asian cultures including China, Pakistan, Israel, Georgia, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Russia and Vietnam, as well as in other nations with significant overseas Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Jewish, and Vietnamese populations...
, and Tết
Tet
Tet can mean:*Tết or Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese new year**Tet Offensive, a military campaign that began in 1968*Têt in Roussillon, France*Equal temperament, abbreviated as 12-TET, 19-TET and so on...
. Mì Quảng can also be found in many restaurants around the country.
Ingredients
In its best known form, the dish is most often made from wide rice noodlesRice noodles
Rice noodles are noodles that are made from rice. Their principal ingredients are rice flour and water. However, sometimes other ingredients such as tapioca or corn starch are also added in order to improve the transparency or increase the gelatinous and chewy texture of the noodles.Rice noodles...
called lá mì and the yellow kind of lá mì is colored by the addition of turmeric
Turmeric
Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive...
. These noodles are typically made at home. The noodles are cooked and served with seasoned pork chop
Pork chop
A pork chop is a cut of pork cut perpendicularly to the spine of the pig and usually containing a rib or part of a vertebra, served as an individual portion.-Variations:...
s or chicken, half a hard-boiled egg, sauteed shrimp, peanuts, chả
CHA
CHA may stand for:Sports* Canadian Hockey Association * College Hockey America, the NCAA Division I conference* College Hockey Association, the ACHA Division II conference* Continental Hockey Association...
(a kind of beef sausage), chili pepper
Chili pepper
Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...
, fresh vegetables including: water mint
Water mint
Mentha aquatica is a perennial plant in the genus Mentha native throughout Europe except for the extreme north, and also northwest Africa and southwest Asia....
(rau húng lủi), basil
Basil
Basil, or Sweet Basil, is a common name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum , of the family Lamiaceae , sometimes known as Saint Joseph's Wort in some English-speaking countries....
, Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable. It is known in English as Water Spinach, Water Morning Glory, Water Convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names "Chinese spinach" and "swamp cabbage". It has many other names in other languages, such as "Phak bung" in Thai...
, Vietnamese coriander
Vietnamese coriander
Persicaria odorata, the Vietnamese coriander, is an herb whose leaves are used in Southeast Asian cooking. Other English names for the herb include Vietnamese mint, Vietnamese cilantro, Cambodian mint and hot mint. The Vietnamese name is rau răm, while in Malaysia and Singapore it is called daun...
, shaved banana flower (bắp chuối bào), and a kind of lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. It is eaten either raw, notably in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and many other dishes, or cooked, as in Chinese cuisine in which the stem becomes just as important...
), and pieces of bánh tráng, a kind of rice cracker. These ingredients may vary, but peanut and bánh tráng are most commonly found in Mì Quảng and make the dish special, distinguishing the dish from other kinds of noodle.
Cooking
The main ingredients of the dish are noodles, meat and vegetables. Smooth white noodles are placed above a bed of vegetables in a bowl, then come meat, shrimp and finally broth which is made from the pork bone- or chicken-stewed water is added. Unlike other famous dishes such as beef noodle soupBeef noodle soup
Beef noodle soup is a Chinese noodle soup made of stewed beef, beef broth, vegetables and Chinese noodles. It exists in various forms throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. It was created by the Hui people during the Tang Dynasty of China.In the West, this food may be served in a small portion...
in Hue city or Pho
PHO
PHO may refer to:* Primary Health Organisation* Potentially hazardous object, an asteroid or comet that could potentially collide with Earth...
in Ha Noi capital, the broth is poured much enough to moisten the noodles. Quang noodle is served with crushed dried peanuts, bánh đa, herbs, lemons, and chilli. There are two main varieties offering people different choices including Quang noodle containing meat and the other containing chicken.
Cultural aspects
There is a Vietnamese saying about this dish:This couplet describes a girl from Quảng Nam, a province on Vietnam's South Central Coast
Nam Trung Bo
Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to...
, who warmly invites her lover to drink a cup of tea and a bowl of mì Quảng, to show him the depth of her love for him. In her opinion, mì Quảng and tea are food and drink worthy of being served in this context.
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See also
- My Quang
- Vietnamese noodlesVietnamese noodlesVietnamese cuisine includes many types of noodles. These include:-Noodles by ingredients:Vietnamese noodles are available in either fresh or dried form....
