When it comes to food, not many have qualms with it as long as it tastes good. But, do you actually know your food?
Time to know all there is to rice vermicelli! It’s an almost everyday staple in the Asian diet that many don’t know much about. Here are the answers to everything you aren’t sure about these noodles.
If you couldn’t tell by the name, rice vermicelli noodles are made primarily of rice. Its main ingredients are rice flour and water. However, sometimes manufacturers add tapioca or cornstarch to improve noodle texture. Asians love chewy noodles, right? Rice vermicelli is a thin variation of rice noodles. Which, much like pasta, come in many shapes and sizes. Rice vermicelli is basically the rice version of angel hair pasta. Many confuse these noodles with cellophane noodles. They are not the same. Cellophane noodles are made of mung bean or rice starch. Rice vermicelli is made of actual rice grains.
These noodles are known as well as rice noodles, or rice sticks.