11 Noodle Recipes For Longevity This Chinese New Year
Slurp your way to longevity with these delicious noodles dishes
By The Weekly -
In Chinese culture, noodles are more than just a tasty and hearty meal — they symbolise longevity, good fortune, and prosperity. Traditionally, the longer the noodles, the longer the life, making them an essential dish for celebrations and gatherings. So if you've got friends and family coming over this year, these easy-to-make, mouthwatering noodle dishes are not only sure to impress but will also bring a touch of good luck and joy to the table.
With its signature reddish hue and aroma of rice wine and ginger permeating tender chicken pieces, Red Rice Wine Chicken (or you may know it as hong zao ji) has its roots in Fuzhou, and is also a popular confinement dish. To make it a complete meal, you can add mee sua or serve it with rice.
Normally a delicacy for special events, add abalone to these gorgeous mushroom noodles for something more upscale!
A recipe by celebrity chef and TV host Martin Yan, this tasty noodle soup dish, with succulent fish head, is sure to be a hit at Chinese New Year.
In Chinese culture, long noodles (uncut) symbolise long life. This is simple yet ideal dish to include in your next Chinese New Year feast.
Infuse Western and Eastern elements by cooking pak choy (a type of Chinese cabbage) and udon (thick Japanese wheatflour noodles) in a peanut butter
This Sesame Chicken With Soba Noodles recipe will be a hit even with fussy kids.
Use your favourite mushrooms for this recipe. We used a mixture of shimeji, shiitake and enoki mushrooms. These pickled mushrooms can be stored in a sterilised jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Whip up your own delicious and fragrant char kway teow at home using this easy recipe!
A family favourite in both Singapore & Malaysia, this hearty and delicious Hokkien hae mee soup is goodness in a bowl.
Easy to prepare and bursting with flavours, this guilt-free dish is not only a great comfort food to share with your loved ones, it's delicious too.
Although a little laborious to make, this wanton mee is worth it when you want authentic flavours without the usual oil and grease.
This article was originally published on Jan 16, 2023 and updated on Jan 16, 2025.