The snail noodle soup base is made of snails and pork bones.

Whether a bowl of snail rice noodles is authentic and delicious, the soup base is the most important criterion. Just like there is no fish in the fish-flavored shredded pork, there is rarely snail meat in the snail noodle, but the soup base will tell you where the snail has gone. The deliciousness of the snail has already been integrated into that bowl of delicious soup. There are two main protagonists in the soup base of snail lion noodles: snail lion and pork bones.

Soak the snails in salt for one night until the silt is vomited out. After washing, stir-fry with common spices such as ginger, garlic and star anise. Add salt to add the base flavor, then add an appropriate amount of water, boil and serve again. Simmer for a few hours with the bone soup and it's ready. Different shops have different recipes. For example, they add herbs and fenugreek to the spices, and some use chicken bones, ginger, amomum villosum, and mint to add a richer flavor.

Introduction to snail noodles

Snail noodles are one of the specialty snacks in Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It has a unique flavor of spicy, refreshing, fresh, sour and hot. It is the most famous snack with local characteristics in Liuzhou. The deliciousness of snail noodles is also due to its unique soup. The soup is made from snails, kaempferol, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, various chili peppers, and other natural spices and seasonings. On August 20, 2018, Liuzhou snail noodles obtained the National Geographical Indication trademark.

In 2008, Liuzhou’s snail noodle hand-making skills were selected into the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In 2020, it was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. On May 24, 2021, the Liuzhou snail noodle making technique declared by Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was approved by the State Council and included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Snail Rice Noodles