khao piak sen

Khao piak sen is a Lao noodle soup with chewy rice-and-tapioca noodles, often eaten for breakfast. The noodles are made from rice flour and tapioca starch mixed with hot water, then rolled and cut into strips. Saeng Douangdara offers different flour proportions for softer or stickier noodles. His chicken broth uses garlic, shallots, onion, coriander roots or stems, galangal, lemongrass and lime leaves, seasoned with fish sauce, salt and black pepper.^[1]

In his recipe the noodles are cooked separately and added to bowls of broth, with shredded chicken and garnishes such as lime, fried garlic, fried shallots, chilli oil, coriander and spring onion. He also describes morning-market versions in which noodles sit in the broth, giving a softer texture, and servings accompanied by khanom kuu fried dough.^[1]