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Rice vermicelli

Also called thin rice noodle

Rice vermicelli is a noodle that cooks use like pasta. It can be boiled, simmered, stir-fried, or used as a stuffing, and pairs with shrimp, pork, or chicken.

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Rice vermicelli, whole

Photo: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rice vermicelli

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Stir fry
  • Stuff

Goes well with

Around the world

Where rice vermicelli is cooked

12 dishes in the catalogue use rice vermicelli. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list rice vermicelli among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with rice vermicelli

12 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Laksa

    Iran

  • Jalangkote

    Indonesia

  • Bun cha

    Vietnam

  • Steamed prawns with garlic

    China

  • Mi krop

    Thailand

  • Sayur besan

    Indonesia

  • Gỏi cuốn

    Vietnam

  • Soto Medan

    Indonesia

  • Yellow tail fish balls

    Indonesia

  • Ketoprak

    Indonesia

  • Soto Padang

    Indonesia

  • Bakso Malang

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include rice vermicelli.

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What rice vermicelli is called

Names in 22 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    vermicelli de arroz · Mifen · Bee hoon · Bun

  • French

    vermicelle de riz

  • Dutch

    mihoen · rijstvermicelli

  • Polish

    makaron ryżowy

  • Arabic

    شعيرية الأرز

  • Chinese

    细米粉

  • Japanese

    ビーフン · ライス・ヴァーミセリ · ライス・ヌードル · ライスヌードル

  • Korean

    쌀 버미셀리 · 버미셀리 쌀국수

  • Thai

    เส้นหมี่ · หมี่ขาว · เส้นหมี่ขาว · หมี่

  • Vietnamese

    bún

  • Indonesian

    bihun · mihun · mi hun

  • Malay

    Mihun · Bihun

Show all 22 languages

  • Catalan

    vermicelli d'arròs · Arròs vermicelli

  • Esperanto

    rizvermiĉeloj

  • Filipino

    Bihon

  • Galician

    vermicelli de arroz

  • Javanese

    Mihun

  • Lao

    ເສັ້ນເຂົ້າປຸ້ນ

  • Malayalam

    സേമിയ

  • Slovenian

    tanki riževi rezanci

  • Sundanese

    bihun

  • Traditional Chinese

    米粉

  • Ukrainian

    рисова локшина

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q716004

Photos

Photo: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons