Hiyashi chūka

Hiyashi chūka
Hiyashi chūka topped with ham, egg strips, cucumber, tomato and chāshū
Alternative namesReimen
TypeChinese noodle
Place of originJapan
Main ingredientsChilled ramen noodles
Hiyashi chūka Tsukemen

Hiyashi chūka (冷やし中華, literally "chilled Chinese") is a Chinese-style Japanese dish consisting of chilled Chinese noodles with various toppings served in the summer. It is also called reimen (冷麺, literally "chilled noodle") in Kansai region and hiyashi rāmen (冷やしラーメン, literally "chilled ramen") in Hokkaido.[1] Toppings are usually colorful cold ingredients and a tare sauce.

Popular toppings are meat (ham, boiled chicken or barbecued pork (char siu)), strips of tamagoyaki (egg omelette), summer vegetables like cucumber and tomatoes, menma (fermented bamboo shoots), and beni shōga (pickled ginger) as a condiment. Toppings are cut thin, to mix well with the noodles and the sauce. The tare sauce is usually made with a base of either soy sauce and rice vinegar, or sesame seeds and mayonnaise (ゴマだれ (gomadare)).

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Notes

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  1. ^ "いわゆる冷やし中華(その4)食べ物新日本奇行" [So‐called Hiyashi-chuka (No.4) New strange food journey around Japan] (in Japanese). Nikkei. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
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