The best rice noodle recipes

Quick and easy to prepare, elegant rice noodles make a wonderful addition to soups, salads, and other dishes.

Chicken with rice noodles, ginger and lime

Rice noodles and chicken breast cook up super quickly—this weekday dinner takes just 40 minutes.

Recipe: Chicken in a ginger-lime marinade with rice noodles

Quick Pho Soup with Beef

Jet says, "I created this quick recipe because I don't always want to spend a lot of time searching for ingredients and cooking from scratch. With this trick, you'll be eating soup in just an hour! All the ingredients can be found at local stores, or you can even have them delivered to your home. Slicing beef into the thinnest possible slices can be very difficult. Japanese and Chinese stores always sell thinly sliced meat for shabu-shabu or sukiyaki."

Recipe: Quick Pho Soup with Beef

Grilled shrimp with rice noodles

Shrimp grill very quickly, just a few minutes per side. So, a complete meal can be prepared in 35 minutes.

Recipe: Grilled shrimp with rice noodles

Rice noodles with pork and spicy vegetables

Toss stir-fried pork with rice noodles and vegetables for a filling, quick meal.

Recipe: Rice noodles with pork and vegetables in ginger sauce

Steak with Korean sauce and rice noodles

A spicy Korean sauce made with gochujang paste adds a vibrant flavor to the steak, which is served with a rice noodle salad and pickled onions.

Recipe: Flank steak in gochujang sauce with rice noodle salad

Pork and Noodle Soup in a Slow Cooker

On a chilly evening, there's nothing better than a warming Asian-style soup with rice noodles, bok choy, and tender pork.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Rice Noodles with Pork

Tofu with curry and rice noodles

A delicious, protein-rich tofu curry takes just 30 minutes.

Recipe: Tofu Curry with Rice Noodles

Rice noodle salad with shrimp

Serve spicy, meaty shrimp over salad greens and elegant rice noodles for a protein-rich, budget-friendly meal.

Recipe: Salad with rice noodles and shrimp

Thukpa soup

This noodle soup will warm you up on a cold winter evening. Fresh ginger and serrano chili peppers add warmth, while rice noodles and chicken thighs make it hearty and delicious.

Recipe: Thukpa

Rice noodles with barbecue beef

For a delicious and healthy meal, combine brown rice noodles, marinated steak, coleslaw, and carrot-ginger miso dressing.

Recipe: BBQ Beef Bowl with Rice Noodles

Vietnamese Rice Noodle Soup with Beef

Chef Mai Pham prepares a Vietnamese-style pho soup the whole family will love. When serving, let your guests add their own toppings to taste: bean sprouts, lime juice, herbs, and more.

Recipe: Vietnamese rice noodle soup with beef "Pho Bo"

Thai pork noodles

Instead of going out to a restaurant, make Thai rice noodles with pork loin. The secret ingredient is brown sugar.

Recipe: Thai Pork with Rice Noodles

Bun cha

If you can't decide between refreshing cold noodles or a bowl of hot soup, try bun cha (fried pork cutlets with rice noodles). It combines the best of both worlds—and is also one of the most popular dishes from Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Rice noodles are served with grilled, marinated pork cutlets (and, in this case, pork belly) immersed in a warm dipping sauce, which also serves as a sweet and sour broth. Bun cha can be enjoyed any way you like—dipped in the sauce, spooned on top, or eaten straight from the bowl.

Recipe: Bun-cha