At the table
Toss thoroughly from the bottom before eating with chopsticks. Ask for less chili before mixing.
Contains wheat, sesame, soy and meat sausage. Confirm sausage, pickle and sauce ingredients, including possible egg or milk.
This home version uses sausage. Kelp, peanuts, beef or chicken are other toppings, not required together.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
This home version uses sausage. Kelp, peanuts, beef or chicken are other toppings, not required together.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Nutty sesame, tangy vinegar and ginger-garlic, with chili heat.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Cool springy noodles, crisp cucumber and tender sausage.
- How it’s made
- Boil thin alkaline noodles in salted water, drain, oil and fan cool. Mix sesame paste with sesame oil and white sesame. Add ginger-garlic water, light and dark soy, vinegar, sugar, chili oil, cucumber, sausage, scallion and spicy preserved radish.
This home version uses sausage. Kelp, peanuts, beef or chicken are other toppings, not required together.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Hubei.
About this regional connection
Hubei: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有武汉凉面吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Wuhan cold noodles
A summer part of Wuhan’s breakfast and evening snack culture; cooled noodles and ginger-garlic water give a different eating experience from hot dry noodles.