Longevity noodles (Long life noodles - ONE long noodle)

Longevity noodles (or long life noodles) is a famous Chinese dish for celebrating birthday and New Year. The one long noodle represents people's wish of a long and healthy life. Longevity noodle is actually not that hard to make - with this recipe, you will only need 4 ingredients and 2 hours to make this amazingly long and delicious noodle that can bring people good luck.

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Step 1

Add all purpose flour, cold water, and salt to a large mixing bowl, stir with a pair of chopsticks or a spatula until all the ingredients are roughly mixed.

Step 2

Knead the dough with your hands for about 5 minutes until it forms a roughly smooth dough. (It's okay if the dough is not perfectly smooth right now. It will become smoother after resting.)

Step 3

Cover the dough with plastic wrap, let it rest under room temperature for 15 minutes.

Step 4

15 minutes later, remove the plastic wrap, knead the dough again with your hands for 3 minutes. Cover the dough again with the plastic wrap, let it rest under room temperature for 15 more minutes.

Step 5

After the second rest, remove the plastic wrap, knead the dough with your hands for 3 more minutes until it's very smooth.

Step 6

Use your finger to poke a hole in the middle of the dough, and stretch out to form a ring.

Step 7

Lubricate your hands with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil, keep stretching the ring into as long as possible. (When you feel that the dough is hard to stretch, you can cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes. The dough will become more elastic and easier to stretch after resting.)

Step 8

When the dough is stretched into a 3-meter-long (about ½-inch-diameter) ring, you can tear it apart from the thinnest part and make it into a rope.

Step 9

Add ¼ cup of vegetable oil to a large shallow bowl, coil up the dough inside the bowl like a snake. (Make sure that there is a thin layer of oil between each round of the dough to prevent sticky. If the dough is not fully soaked in oil, you can brush some extra oil on the surface of the dough to prevent drying.)

Step 10

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, let the dough rest under room temperature for 1 hour, or you can rest it in the fridge overnight if you want to prepare this noodle one day ahead.

Step 11

Fill a large pot (at least 5 qt volume) with half pot of water. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low to keep the water simmering.

Step 12

Remove the plastic wrap from the dough, pick up one end of the dough coil with your left hand, then grab it about 8 inches (about the length of chopsticks) down the rope with your right hand. Stretch the dough to double its length (16 inches) before throwing it into the pot.

Step 13

Keep stretching the rest of the dough without breaking it apart until you throw all the dough into the pot. (The given amount is for 2 servings. You can break the dough apart from the middle and only cook half of it to cook 1 serving of the noodle. You can cover and keep the rest of the dough in the fridge for up to 1 day.)

Step 14

Bring the water back to a boil over medium-high heat, optionally add some washed bok choy and mushrooms to be cooked together with the noodles. Boil the longevity noodle for 5 to 6 minutes in total.

Step 15

Strain the noodle, place it into a bowl of noodle soup (see my Chinese noodle soup recipe here). Top with bok choy, mushrooms, a fried egg, or any other toppings of your choice. Serve hot immediately.

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