Kuai tiao

{{short description|Thai noodle dish}}

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{{Infobox prepared food

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| image = Boat_noodles.jpg

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| place_of_origin = Thailand

| national_cuisine = Thai

| creator = Derived from Chinese kway teow

| main_ingredient = Rice noodles, pork, beef, poultry, seafood, broth

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| similar_dish = Kuyteav, kyay oh, shahe fen, hủ tiếu

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{{Chinese

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| p = guǒ tiáo

| teo = guê² diao⁵

| th = ก๋วยเตี๋ยว

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Kuai tiao or kuaitiao ({{langx|th|ก๋วยเตี๋ยว}}, from {{lang-zh|粿條}}) is a group of Thai rice noodle dishes of Chinese origin. It is a derivative of kway teow, Southern Chinese noodles with several local variants throughout Southeast Asia.

Chinese noodle dishes may have been introduced to Siam during the Ayutthaya period, but the earliest written mention of kuaitiao dates only to 1898, in the Bangkok Times.{{cite web |author1=เอนก นาวิกมูล |title=ก๋วยเตี๋ยว กินกันมานาน แต่คนไทยทำก๋วยเตี๋ยวขายครั้งแรกเมื่อใด |url=https://www.silpa-mag.com/culture/article_37871 |website=Silpa Wattanatham |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=th |date=12 December 2023 |orig-date=September 1999}} The dish was popularized among ethnic Thais following an initiative of Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram in 1942, during World-War-II shortages.{{cite web |title=ตามรอยเส้น กว่าจะมาเป็น ‘ก๋วยเตี๋ยว’ ตอนที่ 1: คนไทยกิน ‘เตี๋ยว’ ตั้งแต่เมื่อไหร่? |url=https://becommon.co/culture/noodle-history-1/ |website=Common (becommon.co) |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=th |date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=ก๋วยเตี๋ยว สร้างชาติ ทางออกวิกฤตเศรษฐกิจฉบับ จอมพล ป. พิบูลสงคราม |url=https://www.silpa-mag.com/culture/article_26610 |website=Silpa Wattanatham |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=th |date=29 April 2023}}

Today, many variants of kuaitiao are known, including local styles such as khao soi from northern Thailand, kuaitiao Sukhothai from the Sukhothai area, kuaitiao ruea 'boat noodles' from the central region, kuaitiao liang from the East, and the stir-fried pad thai.{{cite web |title=ตามรอยเส้น กว่าจะมาเป็น ‘ก๋วยเตี๋ยว’ ตอนที่ 2: ‘เตี๋ยว’ นี้ ถิ่นใคร? |author1= ศุภกิจ พิทักษ์บ้านโจด |author2=Common Team |url=https://becommon.co/culture/noodles-2/ |website=Common (becommon.co) |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=th |date=15 October 2018}}