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Noodle 6: Asian Taste Sweet Potato Vermicelli

Type: dried
Size: 10.6 oz.
Price: $2.39
Price per oz.: $0.22

Broth:
Chicken broth
Onion soup mix

Vegetables:
Baby cabbage
Spinach
Assorted mushrooms

Meat:
Assorted fish balls (fried, milk, plain)
Fish cakes

Thanksgiving hot pot!
The package of these noodles says "Sweet potato threads for hot pot," so we did hot pot! We used our Instant Pot as the hot pot. It worked very well. We put a noodle strainer into the pot to make it easier to get the noodles out once they were cooked. The broth was two cartons chicken broth and a packet of onion soup mix then enough water to fill the pot. In the future, I'd like to use fresh onion. Otherwise, it was very good. For dipping sauces, I used Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp and soy sauce with sesame oil. Everything was delicious!

I have more noodles left, so I will try something else with them.

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