🍽️ Putian Braised Noodle

Braised noodle with mushrooms and seafood, often with Xinghua noodles.

Putian Braised Noodle is the staple dish of Putian, historically called Xinghua, in Fujian, known for generous ingredients and a rich savory gravy. Fine Xinghua noodles are cooked in a broth of pork bones and seafood, with mushrooms, scallops, mantis shrimp, oysters, lean pork and daylily, lightly thickened at the end so the sauce coats the noodles. Compared with Zhangzhou braised noodles, Putian style emphasizes sweet seafood flavor and soft soup-soaked noodles; a good bowl is nearly dry-sauced and loaded. Locals often serve it alongside Xinghua rice noodles for a two-texture meal. Putian braised noodles are indispensable at festivals and banquets, a hospitable home-town dish and a representative taste of Fujian's central coast.