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	Other Henan towns—including Fangcheng in Nanyang—also claim huimian hometown prestige with their own texture and spice profiles; press coverage treats the rivalry as soft place marketing rather than a single resolved genealogy.<ref name="wenming" /><ref name="fc">[https://nyj.nanyang.gov.cn/2025/05-28/1041869.html Nanyang Agriculture Bureau: Fangcheng huimian cultural notes]</ref>		Other Henan towns—including Fangcheng in Nanyang—also claim huimian hometown prestige with their own texture and spice profiles; press coverage treats the rivalry as soft place marketing rather than a single resolved genealogy.<ref name="wenming" /><ref name="fc">[https://nyj.nanyang.gov.cn/2025/05-28/1041869.html Nanyang Agriculture Bureau: Fangcheng huimian cultural notes]</ref>

	Explicitly distinguish from [[Lanzhou ~~Hand Pulled~~ Noodles]]: Lanzhou bowls use thinner la-mian, a clearer beef broth, and a different topping grammar; Huimian's width and braise-in-broth identity are the Henan markers. Also distinct from [[Knife-cut Noodles]] cutting technique.		Explicitly distinguish from [[Lanzhou Beef Noodles]]: Lanzhou bowls use thinner la-mian, a clearer beef broth, and a different topping grammar; Huimian's width and braise-in-broth identity are the Henan markers. Also distinct from [[Knife-cut Noodles]] cutting technique.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==
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	* [[Henan Food]]		* [[Henan Food]]
	* [[Lanzhou ~~Hand Pulled~~ Noodles]]		* [[Lanzhou Beef Noodles]]
	* [[Knife-cut Noodles]]		* [[Knife-cut Noodles]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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	'''Huimian''' (Simplified Chinese: 烩面; Traditional Chinese: 燴麵; Pinyin: ''Huìmiàn'') is a Henan noodle ~~soup~~ of wide, hand-stretched noodles cooked in a rich broth with meat and ~~vegetables—one~~ of the province's most ~~representative~~ everyday dishes.		'''Huimian''' (Simplified Chinese: 烩面; Traditional Chinese: 燴麵; Pinyin: ''Huìmiàn'') is a Henan noodle meal of wide, hand-stretched noodles cooked directly in a rich broth with meat and vegetable toppings. Zhengzhou in particular brands itself a huimian city, and the bowl is one of the province's most recognizable everyday dishes on [[Henan Food]].<ref name="wenming">[http://hen.wenming.cn/wenmingshidian/202312/t20231228_6719732.html Henan Civilization Net: huimian place-brand debate]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Noodles are chewy ~~and broad~~; broth is ~~often~~ lamb- or beef-based and lightly ~~thickened~~ by the ~~cooking process~~. ~~Chili~~ and ~~cilantro condiments are common at~~ the ~~table~~.		Noodles are broad, soft-chewy sheets or ribbons rather than thin round strands; broth is frequently lamb- or beef-based, cloudy and savory, lightly enriched by the noodles cooked in it. Common bowl furniture includes kelp or seaweed strips, tofu sheets, vermicelli, wood ear, cilantro, chili oil, and sweet pickled garlic on the side. Some shops add quail eggs or three-fresh / five-fresh seafood mixes; Weishi (Kaifeng area) talk sometimes mentions sesame paste in the bowl base as a local twist.<ref name="qqhm">[https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20220921A05Q2400 Feature on Henan huimian styles]</ref>

			The eating grammar is noodles + soup + toppings in one vessel: diners lift wide lengths, then drink broth—distinct from dipping sauces of dry noodles.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	~~Wheat~~ dough, broth (~~frequently~~ lamb), meat ~~pieces,~~ kelp, ~~Quail egg or~~ tofu sheets ~~in some bowls~~, and ~~aromatics~~. ~~Shop styles~~ vary across Henan.		Encyclopedic overview only: wheat dough (often with alkaline water in shop talk); long-simmered meat broth (lamb classic in Zhengzhou); sliced meat; kelp, tofu sheets, vermicelli, aromatics; table chili oil and garlic. Styles vary across Henan. No recipe steps here.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	~~Huimian~~ is ~~repeatedly highlighted on [[Henan Food]]~~ as a ~~regional calling card~~ and a ~~Kaifeng~~/~~Zhengzhou comfort staple~~. ~~It is distinct~~ from Lanzhou ~~hand~~-~~pulled~~ beef ~~noodles in dough~~ width and broth ~~style~~.		Hand-stretched noodles and lamb soups have deep Central Plains precedents, but the modern street category of specialty huimian shops is largely a mid-to-late twentieth-century Zhengzhou story: municipal dining-company outlets such as Heji popularized lamb huimian as a dedicated product, after which private chains multiplied and the bowl became civic branding.<ref name="wenming" /> Folk tales that push the dish back to Tang court kitchens substituting lamb for deer should be labeled lore, not documentary origin.

			Other Henan towns—including Fangcheng in Nanyang—also claim huimian hometown prestige with their own texture and spice profiles; press coverage treats the rivalry as soft place marketing rather than a single resolved genealogy.<ref name="wenming" /><ref name="fc">[https://nyj.nanyang.gov.cn/2025/05-28/1041869.html Nanyang Agriculture Bureau: Fangcheng huimian cultural notes]</ref>

			Explicitly distinguish from [[Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles]]: Lanzhou bowls use thinner la-mian, a clearer beef broth, and a different topping grammar; Huimian's width and braise-in-broth identity are the Henan markers. Also distinct from [[Knife-cut Noodles]] cutting technique.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	Large bowl ~~as a full meal~~. See [[Henan Food~~]]; compare [[Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles~~]] for ~~another northern noodle icon~~.		Large single-portion meal bowl. Lamb, beef, three-fresh, curry-tinged factory-district memories, and sesame-paste local variants all circulate. See [[Henan Food]] for provincial context.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Knife-cut Noodles]]		* [[Knife-cut Noodles]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

Admin: [CFWK] create Huimian (Round9 P2 dish)

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[CFWK] create Huimian (Round9 P2 dish)

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|description=Huimian is Henan's signature braised noodle soup with wide hand-stretched noodles in savory broth.
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| caption = Huimian
| alternate_name = Henan braised noodles; Hui mian; Zhengzhou huimian
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| type = Noodle soup
| course = Main
| country = China
| region = Henan
| other = Hand-stretched noodles in rich broth
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'''Huimian''' (Simplified Chinese: 烩面; Traditional Chinese: 燴麵; Pinyin: ''Huìmiàn'') is a Henan noodle soup of wide, hand-stretched noodles cooked in a rich broth with meat and vegetables—one of the province's most representative everyday dishes.

== Characteristics ==

Noodles are chewy and broad; broth is often lamb- or beef-based and lightly thickened by the cooking process. Chili and cilantro condiments are common at the table.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Wheat dough, broth (frequently lamb), meat pieces, kelp, Quail egg or tofu sheets in some bowls, and aromatics. Shop styles vary across Henan.

== History and culture ==

Huimian is repeatedly highlighted on [[Henan Food]] as a regional calling card and a Kaifeng/Zhengzhou comfort staple. It is distinct from Lanzhou hand-pulled beef noodles in dough width and broth style.

== Serving and variations ==

Large bowl as a full meal. See [[Henan Food]]; compare [[Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles]] for another northern noodle icon.

== See also ==

* [[Henan Food]]
* [[Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles]]
* [[Knife-cut Noodles]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]