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    Home » Festive Asian Recipes » Chinese New Year (CNY)

    Published: Jan 9, 2022 · Modified: Mar 17, 2022 by Zen

    8 Longevity Asian Noodle recipes for Chinese New Year (CNY)

    8 Easy and delicious longevity asian noodles recipes to bring you long life during Chinese New Year

    A bowl of garlic soy noodles with cheese
    Jump to:
    • Chinese New Year traditional beliefs
    • Long Noodles = Long Life
    • Other CNY recipes

    With Chinese New Year fast approaching, you might be stressing over what to cook. (If so, here's an easy CNY menu that 1 person can prepare all by his- or herself! Also, if you have vegan family members or guests, here are 23 vegan CNY recipes for an inclusive-menu!) There are the Chinese New Year cookies to bake, the snacks to prepare, new clothes to buy, cleaning of the house... To make things easier, I've collected 8 Longevity Asian Noodles recipes (and over 70 general CNY recipes) for you!

    Note: these noodles are stir-fried, but if you prefer soupy ones, try this easy vegan Asian noodle soup recipe that's done in 20 minutes without using a stock cube!

    If rice isn't your thing, I have 17 Asian recipes to help you use up leftover rice!

    Chinese New Year traditional beliefs

    If you've hung out with any Chinese person or eaten at a Chinese restaurant, you probably won't be surprised to hear that Chinese people can be pretty superstitious. (I have a friend who only enters her hotel room after knocking- this is a common Chinese practice to politely inform any spiritual residents inside of your arrival so as not to offend them!)

    This quirk comes to the fore during Chinese New Year, which is rife with symbolism. For example, the period before Chinese New Year is marked by a frenzy of cleaning, as nothing should be thrown out during the 15 days of the lunar new year. If not, you'll be throwing all your (good) luck for the upcoming year away! And- appreciated by many kids- we always wear new clothes (at least on the 1st day) so that the next year will be 1 in which we can buy lots of new garments!

    Long Noodles = Long Life

    Superstitions reigns at the Chinese New Year table as well: we eat dumplings because they look like gold ingots, nuts because the word (in Chinese) sounds like fertility and sweets to usher in a smooth and sweet year. For more luck, try these 12 auspicious golden dishes to bring you $$$ in 2022!

    Likewise, there's always a plate of noodles on the CNY table because it symbolises long life: just make sure to NEVER CUT THE NOODLES. If not, you'll be cutting your lifespan short! The longer the noodle, the longer your life will be! (Longevity noodles are also eaten on one's birthday.) (Also note the number of recipes- 8- considered a lucky number in Chinese because it is a homonym for getting rich!)

    In Singapore, you can eat mee siam stir-fried (dry) or with gravy (mee siam kuah):

    Dry mee siam with prawns and hard boiled egg
    Singapore wet mee siam (kuah)
    A tangy, sweet and spicy delicious noodle recipe that can be cooked both wet or dry!
    Check out this recipe
    Close-up of dry mee siam with the gravy not entirely cooked off
    Garlic, soy and parmesan noodles
    If you're tired of traditional Chinese food, try this 4.8-star noodles which is very unusual: it calls for soya sauce and parmesan cheese!
    Check out this recipe
    A bowl of garlic soy noodles with cheese
    Korean inspired stir fry noodles on a plate with an egg on top
    Dakdoritang noodles, or Korean chicken stew turned into noodles
    It's no secret that I love Korean recipes so I was thrilled to see a noodle version of Dakdoritang!
    Check out this recipe
    Korean inspired stir fry noodles on a plate with an egg on top
    You can make the bihun goreng vegan by leaving out the oyster sauce, egg etc
    Spicy Singapore bihun goreng (mee hoon) recipe
    Bihun goreng, also known as stir fried mee hoon noodles, is a classic Singaporean noodle dish- you can find it in 99.9% of Singapore's famous hawker centres (street food) and it's also cooked in many Singaporean homes.
    Check out this recipe
    Spicy bihun goreng with egg.
    Sichuan chilli with garlic noodles
    Sichuan chillies are deliciously mouth-numbing and super appetising- I feel like salivating just looking at that photo! Moreover, it only takes 10 minutes to whip this feast up!
    Check out this recipe
    A pair of chopsticks lifting some red sichuan chilli noodles out of a plate
    A plate of flat wide noodles cooked with cumin and chicken
    Not everyone likes lamb (especially East Asians) so substituting chicken for lamb increases the popular appeal of this noodle dish
    XiAn Cumin Noodles, with Chicken
    XiAn food has become very popular in recent years and Cumin Lamb noodles is 1 of the famous dishes. Sadly, lamb is an acquired taste amongst many East Asians (not me, I love lamb chop!) so switching the protein to chicken increases the audience for this delicious dish!
    Check out this recipe
    A plate of flat wide noodles cooked with cumin and chicken
    Vegan Mi Goreng
    Stir fry noodles, or mee goreng, is a super common dish in Singapore, but everyone has their own version of the sauce- in fact, I shared my own version a little above, which uses tamarind for a bit of tang! Try both and see which one you like better!
    Check out this recipe
    A plate of vegan mi goreng
    A pair of chopsticks dipping into a bowl of chow mein
    Vegan chow mein
    A 5-star recipe by a food blogger who has eaten chow mein over 50 times in 3 different countries!
    Check out this recipe
    A pair of chopsticks dipping into a bowl of chow mein

    Which of these Asian longevity noodles is your favourite? Before you go, here are some other CNY recipes that may interest you!

    Other CNY recipes

    • Singapore kueh dadar pandan coconut pancake recipe (Vegan)
    • Ginger, Red Date and Dried Longan tea recipe
    • Osmanthus tea konnyaku jelly recipe (Gui Hua Gao)
    • Yuzu konnyaku jelly recipe (15 minutes)
    « Singapore kueh dadar pandan coconut pancake recipe (Vegan)
    11 Asian chicken wing recipes »

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    1. brittany says

      January 15, 2022 at 6:11 pm

      Many of these recipes look absolutely amazing can't wait for the opportunity to try them!

      Reply
      • Zen says

        January 16, 2022 at 2:36 am

        Thank you Brittany, that's so kind of you to say so!

        Reply

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