I also added cellophane noodles (also called mung bean noodles or vermicelli, fen si or glass noodles) to soak up the delicious sauce. Because the carrot and celery are raw, they should be cut i ...

Glass noodles (or glass vermicelli) goes by many names, including fen si, bean thread vermicelli and cellophane noodles. It is made from mung bean starch, has a slippery texture and absorbs the ...

For the aromatics, there's garlic, ginger, and onion. Then, grab some bean thread noodles (mung bean, cellophane, or glass ...

San Francisco chef Charles Phan, largely considered the inventor of modern Vietnamese cuisine in America, has died at 62. Known in the Bay Area as the architect of the Slanted Door suite of ...

Rice vermicelli are thin, long form noodles made from rice grains (not to be confused with cellophane noodles, made from vegetable starch). Commonly used in Asian soups, salads and stir-fries ...

Sponsored That was Phan’s real innovation. Inspired by restaurants like Chez Panisse and Zuni Cafe, the self-taught chef created now-iconic dishes like his cellophane noodles with Dungeness crab; ...