or is a dish eaten in Vietnam as
breakfast
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. It may be served either as a soup () or dry with no broth ().
became popular in the 1960s in
Southern Vietnam, especially in
Saigon
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. The primary ingredients of this dish are pork bones, mixed with diverse kinds of noodles, herbs and other kind of meats.
In southern Vietnamese cuisine,
phở
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is usually served with –like noodles called instead of the wider or popular in northern cuisine.
Hủ tiếu was featured in
Master Chef US 2013, where
Gordon Ramsay
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mentioned it being on the top of his list and tasked the contestants to prepare a bowl of hu tieu. The noodle dish also appeared on the TV show "
Gordon's Great Escape" in 2010-2011, where Ramsay tried the noodle dish in Cai Rang floating market,
Can Tho
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.
Origin
Hủ tiếu originated from the cuisine of the
Teochew people who migrated to Vietnam via Cambodia from northeastern of
Guangdong province
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, China, when it was first known as
kuyteav
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. For the first localised variant of Hủ tiếu originating in Vietnam (known as Hủ tiếu nam vang), the rice noodles had a softer texture and flat appearance like Phở.
Southern Vietnamese then recreated the noodles and produced a chewy texture for the rice noodle, the commonly seen texture for Hủ tiếu noodles nowadays.
The word hủ tiếu came from the Teochew dialect ("粿條" ''guê
2diou
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Ingredients
Hủ tiếu mainly consists of pork bone broth, noodles, and various types of toppings, including meat and other garnishes.
Hu Tieu The Noodles
There are different types of noodles for Hu Tieu, such as soft rice noodles, egg noodles, or chewy tapioca noodles. The tapioca noodles are chewier and more translucent and are used in Hu Tieu My Tho, and they're called Hủ tiếu dai (chewy Hu Tieu).
Broth
The broth is often made of pork bones, dried squid and dried shrimp. For Hu tieu made in Southern Vietnam, the broth is made to be a little sweet to match with Southern Vietnamese's taste. Hu Tieu can be eaten dry (no broth), or wet (with broth), or the noodle dish can be served dry with a bowl of hot broth on the side.
Toppings
There are various types of toppings, such as sautéed ground pork, sliced pork liver, pork intestines, poached shrimps, Chinese celery and chives, sautéed garlic and shallots. Not all of these ingredients need to be present and one can switch or add toppings depending on their taste, making different Hu Tieu dishes such as Hu Tieu My Tho which includes seafood.
Variations
Popular varieties of include:
* ("Hu tieu
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") comes from Cambodian ''
kuyteav
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* ("
Shacha hu tieu") based on a Teochew dish
* served on prawns, octopus, cuttlefish, and snails on thin, white rice noodles
* served on white rice noodles
''Hủ tiếu gõ'' (gõ means knocking) is a street food version of hủ tiếu. It has this name because the vendors often travel around local areas on pushcart vehicles (xe đẩy) and announce themselves by knocking two metal bars together.
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See also
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Vietnamese cuisine
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References
Vietnamese soups
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