Soup · Simmered
Huainan Niurou Tang (Huainan Beef Soup)
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The vermicelli in the bowl is made from mung bean starch, not rice or wheat — a specific regional detail tied to Huainan's own recipe.
A beef broth, simmered for hours with bones and offcuts, is ladled over thin mung bean vermicelli, sliced beef, and bean sprouts, finished with chili oil and cilantro.
Why it's made this way: Huainan's position along historic trade and canal routes helped a local beef-broth recipe spread and standardize.
Roughly what's in it
420kcal
28gprotein
35gcarbs
18gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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