At the table
Eat with chopsticks in small bites. Ask for less chili before cooking and confirm whether the serving uses pork or another meat.
Contains pork, soy and oyster sauce; sauces may contain wheat and other allergens. Fenli is a rice cake, not a wheat noodle, but that does not guarantee a gluten-free dish.
Contains pork, soy and oyster sauce; sauces may contain wheat and other allergens. Fenli is a rice cake, not a wheat noodle, but that does not guarantee a gluten-free dish.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Contains pork, soy and oyster sauce; sauces may contain wheat and other allergens. Fenli is a rice cake, not a wheat noodle, but that does not guarantee a gluten-free dish.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Short, chewy strips of rice cake stir-fried with pork, sour bamboo shoots, tomato and fermented black beans. Garlic and chili give this Nanning-style plate its sharp, savory flavor.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Short, chewy strips of rice cake stir-fried with pork, sour bamboo shoots, tomato and fermented black beans. Garlic and chili give this Nanning-style plate its sharp, savory flavor.
- How it’s made
- Soaked rice is wet-milled, kneaded and steamed into fenli logs, then sliced into strips. Render pork belly, fry garlic, sour bamboo, tomato and black beans, then add fenli, chili paste, oyster sauce, chicken seasoning, salt, soy sauce and scallion.
Contains pork, soy and oyster sauce; sauces may contain wheat and other allergens. Fenli is a rice cake, not a wheat noodle, but that does not guarantee a gluten-free dish.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Guangxi.
About this regional connection
Guangxi: Nanning laoyou seasoning applied to sliced fenli rice cakes; not exclusive to Nanning.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有南宁老友炒粉利吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Nanning laoyou stir-fried fenli
Fenli is a rice staple associated with New Year food and gifts in Nanning. Makers form rice dough into logs before slicing it. The laoyou treatment adds the local sour-bamboo, fermented-bean, garlic and chili flavor combination.