Eating in China
Potato-starch noodles ingredient on a plain plate.

Potato-starch noodles

土豆粉条Tǔdòu fěntiáo

Thick strands made from potato starch, soaked before adding to the pot.

Type
Flour & starch noodles

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Thick strands made from potato starch, soaked before adding to the pot.

In the kitchen

Cooked with tofu and fish in Demoli stew.

Finished starch noodles differ from loose potato starch and wheat-flour noodles.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有土豆粉条吗?

Does this dish contain Potato-starch noodles?

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