Star Anise brown rice noodles ($5.49 for 8.6 ounces) and Happy Pho kits ($4.59 for 2 servings) are available at Rainbow Grocery and Bi-Rite in San Francisco, Alameda Natural Grocer, Lunardi's and ...

They’re made by grinding fermented rice and water down into a paste, from which noodles are shaped and then dried. Once dry, they have a translucent white appearance.

Meanwhile, place 1 lb. dried wide rice noodles in a large pot of boiling water and stir to separate; remove pot from heat. Let noodles sit until cooked through, 8–10 minutes.

Rice noodles are made of rice (maybe you figured that already…), specifically rice flour. So, they’re naturally gluten-free, unlike regular pastas and most noodles that contain wheat flour.

Sold in two forms, fresh and dried noodles, both have pros and cons. Fresh udon are plump and chewy. They’re more durable for stir-frying, making them the better choice for Yaki Udon.

Therefore, they’re fairly moderate in terms of calories. Notably, rice noodles have 14–20% fewer calories per serving than refined or whole wheat pasta, respectively (4, 5).

Soaked rice can be cooked using a normal brown rice-to-water ratio of 2 to 2 ½ parts water to 1 part rice (which is different than white rice, by the way), but if you've soaked it for a long time ...

White rice noodles are made from white rice, a grain that only turns white after being stripped of its germ and bran (aka where most of its nutrients come from) in processing. While white rice is ...

Rice noodles are made of rice (maybe you figured that already…), specifically rice flour. So, they’re naturally gluten-free, unlike regular pastas and most noodles that contain wheat flour.