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Rice Noodles

Cereal Grains, Pseudocereals and Pasta

Noodles made from rice flour and water, a staple across Southeast Asian and southern Chinese cuisines, central to dishes such as Pad Thai.

Facts
Earliest Documented Use, From (Year)
from 221 BCE 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountDated to the Qin dynasty (221 to 206 BCE), the period the source names for the northern-to-southern migration that produced rice noodles.
Origin Region
China, where rice noodles are documented from the Qin dynasty as northern Chinese migrants settled the south and adapted their wheat-noodle tradition to rice; the practice later spread through East and Southeast Asia. 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountA separate, independently documented rice-noodle tradition (idiyappam) is recorded in Tamil-country Sangam literature from around the 1st century CE; the two are treated as parallel regional developments, not a competing claim on the same origin.
Rice Noodles
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Thai Cuisine

Rice Noodles
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Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles, Dishes
Source Crossing the bridge noodles, Wikipedia
Laksa, Dishes
Source Laksa (Wikipedia)
Mi krop, Dishes
Source Mi krop (Wikipedia)
Mohinga, Dishes
Pad Thai, Dishes
Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidson
Pho, Dishes
Source What Pho Can Teach Us About the History of Vietnam (National Geographic)Ryley Graham
Thai Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Rice Noodles (Wikipedia)
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Originated In

China

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidsontier 1
Sources
1. Rice Noodles (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • History section
    The origin of rice noodles dates back to China during the Qin dynasty when people from northern China settled the south.
  • Used By: Thai Cuisine, Introduction
    Rice noodles are noodles made with rice flour and water as the principal ingredients.
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The Oxford Companion to Food
Alan Davidson, Oxford University Press, 2014
  • entry: Noodles
  • Used By: Pad Thai
What Pho Can Teach Us About the History of Vietnam (National Geographic)
Ryley Graham, National Geographic, 2025Used By: PhoView the Source
Mi krop (Wikipedia)
Used By: Mi krop, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice noodles, sauceView the Source
Laksa (Wikipedia)
WikipediaUsed By: Laksa, Noodles
Quote, Used By: Laksa, Noodles
Thick rice noodles, also known as "laksa noodles" are most commonly used, although thin rice vermicelli (米粉 "bee hoon") are also common.
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Crossing the bridge noodles, Wikipedia
Used By: Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles, Lead section
Quote, Used By: Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles, Lead section
is a rice noodle soup
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