hōtō
Sign in to saveis a noodle soup and popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Hōtō
- Food.image
- Houtou.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.country
- Japan
- Food.region
- Yamanashi Prefecture
- Food.type
- Soup
- Food.main_ingredient
- Miso soup, udon noodles, vegetables
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Takeda Shingen
- Etymology
- Chinese origin theory
- Local origin theory
- Other theories
- Preparation and ingredients
- Azuki bean ''hōtō''
- ''Hōtō'' and the people of Yamanashi
- See also
- References
is a noodle soup and popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.
==Origins== Wheat farming and the flour culture were brought into Yamanashi prefecture due to shortages in local rice crops. Sericulture had turned lands traditionally reserved for rice crops into silk farms, and flour products like hōtō were invented as a means to counter food shortages which arose from this change in agriculture.
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