Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese birthday noodles. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chinese Birthday Noodles is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chinese Birthday Noodles is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chinese birthday noodles using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Birthday Noodles:
- Make ready 250 gr homemade Chinese egg noodles
- Make ready 1.5 Tbsp oyster sauce
- Prepare 2 Tbsp sweet soy sauce
- Get 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- Take 5 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
- Get 8 beef meatballs, halved
- Get 200 gr shrimp, peeled, deveined
- Prepare 150 gr chicken, diced
- Prepare 2 eggs, beaten
- Prepare 2 carrots, julienned
- Get 150 gr green mustard, cut into pieces
- Make ready 50 ml water
- Take 1 tsp salt or to taste
- Get 1/2 tsp white pepper powder or to taste
- Make ready 10 quail eggs, boiled, peeled, fried until browned
- Make ready fried shallots to taste for sprinkling
Birthday noodles or 寿面 (shòumiàn) are not just ordinary noodles. They literally mean "long-life noodles" and it is believed that the longer the noodles, the bigger the wish for long life. Misua is a thin, wheat-based vermicelli noodle originating from the Fujian province in China (where my family's originally from). The noodles represent longevity and are sometimes labeled as 'long-life' noodles, hoping to bring long life to the recipient.
Steps to make Chinese Birthday Noodles:
- Soak egg noodles with boiling water. Let stand for a while until soft. Drain well.
- Coat the noodles with oyster sauce and sweet soy sauce. Set aside. - Heat the vegetable oil. Saute garlic until fragrant.
- Add beef meatballs, chicken and shrimp. Cook until it changes color. Set it aside on the edge of the pan.
- Add eggs. Stir to make scrambled eggs.
- Add carrots and mustard greens. Cook until wilted.
- Add noodles, salt and pepper. Add water. Stir well. Cook until done. Adjust to taste.
- Remove from the heat. Place it on a serving plate. Garnish quail eggs and sprinkle with fried onions. Serve warm. Yum 😋
Misua is a thin, wheat-based vermicelli noodle originating from the Fujian province in China (where my family's originally from). The noodles represent longevity and are sometimes labeled as 'long-life' noodles, hoping to bring long life to the recipient. Noodles on Your Birthday — Chinese Birthday Traditions and Superstitions. Disclaimer: My family moved to Mauritius a few generations ago from a very. Since misua noodles are white in color, the birthday person who eats the noodle soup will live at a very long age with white hairs too.
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