At the table
Stir the cooked toppings through the noodles and eat with chopsticks and a spoon. Try a little before adding chili. The fermented sourness is part of the style; the bowl is served cooked.
Contains pork and soy; soy sauce may contain wheat. Broth and seasoning can include cooking alcohol. Ask about ingredients if you have dietary restrictions.
This is a Pumiao representative version, not one fixed recipe for all Nanning noodle shops. Broth, herbs and seasonings differ.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Pork-bone broth and seasoning vary; older preparations also use noodle cooking water. Perilla, coriander or lettuce may be added. Chili is optional. Some noodles include additional starch or glutinous rice flour.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
A distinctive fermented sourness, savory pork and salty preserved mustard root.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Soft, smooth rice noodles with crisp pickled root and firmer tofu strips.
- How it’s made
- Rice is soaked and fermented, milled into dough, partly cooked and kneaded, then pressed into boiling water. Cooked toppings and broth finish the bowl.
Pork-bone broth and seasoning vary; older preparations also use noodle cooking water. Perilla, coriander or lettuce may be added. Chili is optional. Some noodles include additional starch or glutinous rice flour.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Its origins are linked to Guangxi.
About this regional connection
Guangxi: Nanning; selected Pumiao/Yongning preparation, distinguished from other Nanning sauces and toppings.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有南宁生榨米粉吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A sour breakfast tradition
In Nanning, especially Pumiao in Yongning, rice fermentation gives shengzha noodles their characteristic sour aroma. The pork, preserved-root and tofu topping distinguishes this bowl from other city preparations with different sauces and pickles.