Longevity Noodles

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안녕하세요

(Annyeonghaseyo)

こんにちは

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你好

(Ni Hao)

For the past few years, if we're able to celebrate, I cook food that's perfect for the Chinese New Year aka Lunar New Year and this year I decided to make us some longevity noodles. This recipe is also known as long life noodles and symbolize longevity. They're used for celebrations such as weddings, birthdays, lunar new year as well as a new baby.

I came across this recipe when looking for a new recipe to try.

Let's get cooking!

Ingredients:

3 quarts water

340g dry Yi Mein noodles

1/8 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp hot water

2 tsp regular soy sauce

2 tsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

Freshly ground white pepper

3-4 tbsp vegetable oil

5 shitake mushrooms

225g Chinese chives

Start off boiling the 3 quarts water in a large wok or pot to pre-cook your noodles for 3-4 minutes. I wasn't able to get to an Asian supermarket to get the proper noodles so I used medium egg noodles. You want the noodles to be al dente, so once ready drain and set aside.

Next dissolve the sugar and salt in the 1 tbsp of hot water, then add the regular soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and white pepper.

Then stir until combined.

Next heat a wok until just smoking and spread 2 tbsp's of oil around.

Add the mushrooms and the chives and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Sadly I couldn't get my hands on any Chinese chives so I used normal dried chives. If the mushrooms look dry then add more oil.

Add the noodles and stir-fry for 20 seconds, if the noodles have gone cold, cook a little longer to heat them back up.

Next spread the prepared sauce mixture evenly over the noodles and stir-fry everything together for 1 minute, or until the mixture is evenly distributed.

Remember to mix gently.

Add the remaining chives.

Now you're ready to serve.

I'd happily cook us this again, we both enjoyed it, next time though I'd love to make sure that I had all the proper ingredients needed to make it more authentic.

It's really is an quick to cook too, which is perfect for anyone that's a novice when it comes to cooking.

If you would like to follow the original recipe, then head over to The Woks of Life Longevity Noodles recipe page. There you will see more in depth steps of the recipe as more on the dish itself.

See you soon!

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(Annyeong)

さようなら

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再见

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Bye