He Fen (河粉) — Fresh Wide Rice Noodles: Cantonese Ho Fun
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He fen (河粉, literally river noodle — ho fun in Cantonese) are the wide, flat, fresh rice noodles that are one of the most important noodle forms in Cantonese and southern Chinese cooking. Made from a thin batter of rice flour, water, and starch that is steamed in flat sheets and then cut into wide ribbons (2-3cm), fresh he fen is extremely delicate — it must be used the day it is made, as it stiffens and tears within hours of leaving the steamer. The key preparations using he fen: beef ho fun (gan chao niu he, 干炒牛河 — dry-stir-fried beef with ho fun noodles), cheung fun (rice noodle rolls), and various soups.
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