9 Popular and Tasty Chinese Noodle Recipes

This classic homemade noodle salad is a very popular dish in Taiwan and China. It’s especially popular during the summertime–summers in Taiwan and China are always really hot and humid, so this cold noodle salad with a delicious sauce and refreshing ingredients helps people regain their appetite during the heat.

Chinese people usually make this noodle salad with julienned cucumber, carrots, mung bean sprouts, and boiled or steamed chicken breast.

In this chicken chow mein recipe, noodles are paired with chicken and a colorful assortment of vegetables—including bok choy, celery, and red bell pepper—in an oyster-flavored sauce. 

Zhajiangmian (炸醬麵) is one of my favorite Chinese noodle dishes. There are many countries in the East that serve this delicious noodle dish with many different ingredients.

Taiwanese people like to cook the sauce with mince, extra firm tofu, chili bean sauce, French beans, and sweet bean sauce. But this version of Zhajiangmian uses edamame beans instead of French beans.

Chicken Lo Mein makes a great lunch, dinner, or late-night snack. In this recipe, thin Hakka noodles are tossed with a delicious dressing that includes sesame paste, sesame oil, two types of soy sauce, and honey. Roasted peanuts add the final touch. 

Shanghai noodles are thick noodles that are packaged in plastic bags and sold fresh in Asian markets. If Shanghai noodles are unavailable, feel free to substitute with Japanese udon noodles or thick Italian spaghetti-style pasta, such as linguini for this Shanghai stir-fry noodles with chicken dish.

This Sichuan noodles dish combines chicken, shrimp, and a spicy sauce made with hot chili oil. The chicken is first marinated in a rice wine/soy sauce mixture and then stir-fried with garlic and shrimp. After the vegetables are cooked, the noodles are stir-fried and the entire dish is simmered in the spicy sauce.

This pan-fried noodles recipe goes by several different names, including “both sides browned” and “twice browned” noodles. In all cases, the boiled noodles are browned on one side, then turned over and cooked on the other side, like a pancake. The crispy noodles can then be topped with a stir-fried mixture of meat, chicken, seafood, and/or vegetables in a rich sauce.

Singapore-style noodles (新加坡炒米粉, 星洲炒米) is a very popular dish in Chinese takeaways and restaurants in the UK. Some restaurants like to use Char Siu pork as one of the main ingredients to make this dish, but this recipe uses chicken breast since it's an ingredient that almost anyone can buy.

This shrimp lo mein with vegetables noodle dish is basically what the name says: shrimp and a colorful assortment of vegetables, including cabbage, bamboo shoots, and red bell pepper. The shrimp are first marinated in rice wine and cornstarch and then the dish is finished with a sauce made of ginger, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and broth.