This is a list of notable noodle dishes. Noodles are a type of staple food made from some type of unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into one of a variety of shapes. While long, thin strips may be the most common, many varieties of noodles are cut into waves, helices, tubes, strings, or shells, or folded over, or cut into other shapes. Noodles are usually cooked in boiling water, sometimes with cooking oil or salt added. They are often pan-fried or deep-fried. Noodles are often served with an accompanying sauce or in a soup.
Noodle dishes
Ash reshteh – A type of aush (Iranian thick soup) featuring reshteh (thin noodles) and kashk (a dairy product, made from cooked or dried yogurt), commonly made in Iran and Azerbaijan.
Beshbarmak – A dish from Central Asian cuisine, usually made from finely chopped boiled meat with noodles and often served with chyk, an onion sauce.
Fried noodles – A common dish throughout East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, many varieties, cooking styles, and ingredients exist.
Guthuk – A noodle soup in Tibetan cuisine.
Instant noodles, or instant ramen, are noodles sold in a precooked and dried block with either a flavoring powder, a packet of sauce, and/or seasoning oil; the flavoring is usually in a separate packet, although in the case of cup noodles, the flavoring is often loose in the cup.
Jajangmyeon – A Chinese-style Korean noodle dish topped with a thick sauce made of chunjang, diced pork, and vegetables; variants of the dish use seafood, or other meats.
Kesme – A type of egg noodle found in various Turkic countries, Iran and Afghanistan, also found in Turkish cuisine and is called erişte and kesme in modern standard Turkish; the word itself is a nominalisation of the verb to cut or to slice, referring to the slicing of the dough involved in preparing the noodles.
Khow suey – A noodle soup made of egg noodles and curried beef or chicken with coconut milk, served with a variety of contrasting condiments. Khow suey, aka ohn no khao swè, originated in Burma, came to East India with Indians who migrated from Burma during World War II.
Kugel - A casserole in Jewish cuisine made of lokshen.
Laping – A spicy cold mung bean noodle dish in Tibetan cuisine, a street food also popular in some parts of Nepal.
Laghman – A Central Asian dish of pulled noodles, meat and vegetables.
Maggi goreng – A variation of Mamak-style mee goreng, using Maggi brand of instant noodles, prepared with hot water before stir-frying, instead of fresh yellow noodle.
Mee bandung Muar – The original and authentic version served in Muar district is still considered the best.
Meeshay – Also spelt mi shay, mee shay, mee shei, is a Burmese cuisine dish of rice noodles with a meat sauce.
Mì Quảng – Vietnamese dish with rice noodles, meat, and herbs, commonly served with a broth, generally infused with turmeric.
Mie ayam – A common Indonesian dish of seasoned yellow wheat noodles topped with diced chicken meat (ayam).
Mont di – A collective term for Burmese dishes made with thin rice noodles; the rice vermicelli is used fresh, as it ferments quickly in Myanmar's tropical climate.
Nan gyi thohk – A thoke salad dish in Burmese cuisine, made with thick round rice noodles mixed with specially prepared chicken curry and chili oil.
Noodle soup – A variety of soups with noodles and other ingredients served in a light broth, a common dish across East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Himalayan states of South Asia; various types of noodles are used, such as rice noodles, wheat noodles, and egg noodles.
Ohn no khao swè – A Burmese dish consisting of wheat noodles in a curried chicken and coconut milk broth thickened with gram flour (chickpea flour).
Pancit – In Filipino cuisine, pancit (also spelt pansít) are noodles and the dishes made from them, typically using rice noodles.
Pancit Malabon – Its sauce has a yellow-orange hue, attributable to achuete (annatto seeds), shrimp broth, and flavor seasoned with patis (fish sauce for a complex umami flavor) and crab fat.
Saimin – A noodle soup dish common in the contemporary cuisine of Hawaii.
Silesian dumplings
Singapore-style noodles – A dish of stir-fried cooked rice vermicelli, curry powder, vegetables, scrambled eggs and meat, most commonly chicken, beef, char siu pork, or prawns, yellow in colour.
Soto ayam – A traditional Indonesian dish that uses ingredients such as chicken, lontong, noodles, and rice vermicelli.
Sukhothai – A style of rice noodle soup (kuai tiao) served in Thailand.
Thenthuk – A hand-pulled noodle soup (thukpa), a very common noodle soup in Tibetan cuisine.
Thukpa – A Tibetan noodle soup.
Yaka mein – A type of beef noodle soup found in many Creole restaurants in New Orleans; also a type of Chinese wheat noodle.
Yakisoba – A Japanese noodle stir-fry dish.
East Asia
Chinese
There is a great variety of Chinese noodles, which vary according to their region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation. They are an important part of most regional cuisines within China, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian nations with sizable overseas Chinese populations.
Ants climbing a tree – Sichuan dish
Banmian – Chinese noodle dish
Beef chow fun – Beef and noodle Cantonese dish
Beef noodle soup – Noodle soup containing beef
Biangbiang noodles – Type of Chinese noodles
Cart noodle – Noodle dish traditionally sold by street vendors from carts
Chongqing noodles – Spicy noodle dish from Chongqing, China
Chow mein – Chinese stir-fried noodles
Crossing the bridge noodles – Rice noodle soup from Yunan, ChinaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
宽粉 (Kuan fen noodles)
Dan zai noodles – Taiwanese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Dandan noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Hokkien mee – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Hot and sour noodles – Sichuan noodle dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Hot dry noodles – Noodle dish from Wuhan, China
Jiangshui noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Lanzhou beef noodle soup – Beef noodle soup from Lanzhou, China
Liangpi – Chinese noodle-like dish
Lo mein – Chinese egg noodle dish
火锅炖粉 (Huoguo dun fen)
Luosifen – Chinese rice noodle dish originated from Liuzhou, Guangxi
Mee pok – Chinese noodle dish
Millinge – Chinese noodle dish
Noodles with tomato egg sauce – Chinese dish
Satay bee hoon – Singaporean satay dish
Shanghai fried noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Su-style noodle – noodle soup originated from SuzhouPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Wonton noodles – Cantonese noodle dish
Yuntunmian – Cantonese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Zhajiangmian – Chinese noodle dish
Hong Kong
Wonton noodles – Cantonese noodle dish
Japanese
Japanese noodles are a staple part of Japanese cuisine. They are often served chilled with dipping sauces, or in soups or hot dishes.
Champon – Noodle dish from Japanese-Chinese cuisine
Hōtō – Popular regional dish from Yamanashi, made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup.
Okinawa soba – Type of Japanese noodle
Ramen – Japanese dish of Chinese origin consisting of wheat noodles in a meat or fish broth
Shirataki noodles – Type of Japanese noodles made from konjac
Sara udon – Japanese noodle dish topped with vegetables
Udon – Thick Japanese noodle made from wheat flour
Sōmen – Type of East Asian noodles
Tensoba – Japanese noodle dish
Toshikoshi soba – Noodle dish eaten in Japan on New Year's Eve
Tsukemen – Japanese noodle dish
Yaki udon – Japanese fried noodle dish
Yakisoba – Japanese fried noodle dish
Korean
Bibim guksu – Korean cold, spicy dish made with thin wheat flour noodlesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Ulmyeon – Korean-Chinese noodle dish
Japchae – Korean dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables
Janchi guksu – Korean noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Jatguksu – Korean noodle dish in pine nut brothPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Jjolmyeon – Korean noodle dish
Makguksu – Korean buckwheat noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Milmyeon – Korean noodle dish
Naengmyeon – Korean dish of handmade long and thin cold noodles
Kalguksu – Korean noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Kongguksu – Korean noodle dish in soy milk brothPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Milmyeon – Korean noodle dish
Jjamppong – Korean spicy noodle dish
Jjajangmyeon – Korean Chinese-style noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Ulmyeon – Korean-Chinese noodle dish
Mongolian
Tsuivan - Mongolian noodle dish with meat and vegetables; usually served plain or in milk tea.
Guriltai Shul – Mongolian noodle soup; consists of mutton or beef with vegetables and fried noodles.
Khuitsai - Mongolian noodle; consists of glass noodles with beef or meatballs.
Taiwanese
Ants climbing a tree – Sichuan dish
A-gei – Taiwanese dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Banmian – Chinese noodle dish
Beef chow fun – Beef and noodle Cantonese dish
Beef noodle soup – Noodle soup containing beef
Biangbiang noodles – Type of Chinese noodles
Cart noodle – Noodle dish traditionally sold by street vendors from carts
Chongqing noodles – Spicy noodle dish from Chongqing, China
Chow mein – Chinese stir-fried noodles
Crossing the bridge noodles – Rice noodle soup from Yunan, ChinaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
寬粉 (Kuan fen noodles)
Dan zai noodles – Taiwanese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Dandan noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Eel noodles – Taiwanese noodle dish
Hokkien mee – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Hot and sour noodles – Sichuan noodle dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Hot dry noodles – Noodle dish from Wuhan, China
Jiangshui noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Lanzhou beef noodle soup – Beef noodle soup from Lanzhou, China
Liangpi – Chinese noodle-like dish
Lo mein – Chinese egg noodle dish
火鍋燉粉 (Huoguo dun fen)
Luosifen – Chinese rice noodle dish originated from Liuzhou, Guangxi
Mee pok – Chinese noodle dish
Millinge – Chinese noodle dish
Noodles with tomato egg sauce – Chinese dish
Oyster vermicelli – Taiwanese noodle soup
Satay bee hoon – Singaporean satay dish
Shanghai fried noodles – Chinese noodle dish
Su-style noodle – noodle soup originated from SuzhouPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Ta-a noodles – Taiwanese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Taiwanese beef noodle soup – Taiwanese soup dish
Wonton noodles – Cantonese noodle dish
Yuntunmian – Cantonese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Zhajiangmian – Chinese noodle dish
Tibetan
Laping – Tibetan noodle dish
Thukpa – Tibetan noodle soup
South East Asia
Burmese
Kat kyi kaik – a spicy Burmese fried noodle dish
Khauk swè thoke – a wheat noodle salad made with dried shrimp, shredded cabbage, carrots, fish sauce, lime and dressed with fried peanut oil
Kyay oh – a popular noodle soup made with pork and egg
Kya zan hinga – a glass noodle in chicken consommé dish
Meeshay – rice noodles with a meat sauce
Mohinga – rice noodle and fish soup considered by many to be the national dish of Myanmar
Mont di – a collective term for Burmese dishes made with thin rice noodles
Nan gyi thohk – an a thoke salad dish made with thick round rice noodles mixed with chicken curry and chili oil
Ohn no khao swè – wheat noodles in a curried chicken and coconut milk broth thickened with chickpea flour
Sigyet khauk swè – a fried noodle dish usually including garlic and duck
Shan khauk swè – a "soup version" of meeshay without gel, and fish sauce instead of soy sauce, with flat or round noodles, where the soup is part of the dish itself, rather than as consommé
Cambodian
Banh kanh – thick noodles used in Cambodia and Vietnam
Banh sung – thin noodles used in Cambodia and Vietnam
Cha kuyteav – stir fry noodles with pork belly
Kuyteav – a soup with rice noodles and pork stock with toppings
Kuyteav kha kou – rice noodles in a beef stew or thick broth soup
Lort cha – rice pin noodles stir-fried in fish sauce, soy sauce and palm sugar, with garlic, bean sprouts and scallions or chives
Nem – many kinds of salads are made with this type of clear noodle
Num banhchok – consists of rice vermicelli topped with a cool fish gravy and raw vegetables
Num banhchok samla kari – similar, with curry
Phnom Penh noodle soup – hot pork broth simmered with pork bone, dried shrimps, dried squids, and fresh daikon, grilled onion, and spices
Filipino
Batchoy – Filipino noodle soup
Kinalas – Philippine noodle dish
Lomi – Filipino noodle dish
Mami – Philippine noodle soup
Pancit canton – Filipino fried noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit choca – Filipino black seafood noodle dish
Pancit bihon – Thin dried noodles made of ricePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit estacion – Filipino noodle dish
Pancit luglug – Filipino fried noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit malabon
Pancit molo – Filipino pork dumpling soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit miki – Filipino fried noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit palabok – Filipino fried noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pancit sotanghon
Sopa de fideo – Type of stock-based noodle soup
Indonesian
Bakso – Indonesian meatball dish
Bakmi – Indonesian noodles with meat
Banmian – Chinese noodle dish
Bihun goreng – Southeast Asian fried rice vermicelli dish
Char kway teow – Southeast Asian rice noodle dish
Cwie mie
I fu mi – Indonesian noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Karupuak mie
Kincipan
Kwetiau ayam – Indonesian flat rice noodle dish
Kwetiau goreng – Indonesian flat rice noodle dish
Kwetiau siram sapi – Southeast Asian flat rice noodle dish
Laksa – Spicy noodle dish from Southeast Asia
Lakso – Indonesian spicy noodle dish
Lomie
Lontong mie
Mie aceh – Indonesian curried spicy noodle dish
Mie ayam – Indonesian chicken noodle dish
Mie bakso – Indonesian noodle soup
Mie bancir
Mie belitung
Mie cakalang – Indonesian skipjack tuna noodle
Mie caluk – Indonesian noodle dish
Mie celor – Indonesian noodle soup dish
Mie combor – Indonesian noodle dish
Mie eungkot suree
Mie golosor
Mie gomak – Indonesian spicy noodle soup dish
Mie goreng – Indonesian stir fried noodle dish
Mie ikan namlea
Mie ikan sabang
Mie ikan toboali
Mie jawa – Indonesian traditional noodle dish
Mie juhi – Southeast Asian fruit and vegetable dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mie kari – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Mie kangkung – Indonesian vegetable noodle soup dish
Mie keling
Mie kepiting pontianak
Mie kering – Indonesian dried noodle dish
Mie kluntung
Mie koba
Mie koclok – Indonesian chicken noodle food
Mie kocok – Indonesian noodle soup
Mie koples
Mie kopyok – Indonesian noodle dish
Mie kuah – Noodle soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mie lendir
Mie letheg
Mie ongklok
Mie pangsit – Cantonese noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mie pecel – Indonesian vegetable dish
Mie pentil
Mie rebus bengkalis
Mie rebus medan – Noodle soup
Mie sagu
Mie sop
Mie tarempa – Indonesian noodle dish
Mie tayel
Mie toprak
Miedal – Indonesian porridge dish
Miedes
Misoa – Type of Chinese wheat noodles
Oseng-oseng mie
Oseng-oseng soun
Pantiaw
Rujak mie palembang – Southeast Asian fruit and vegetable dish
Sapo mie
Soto – Traditional Indonesian soup
Soto mi – Indonesian noodle soup dish
Tekwan – Indonesian fish soup dish
Tempe alakatak
Laotian
Khao poon - Lao rice vermicelli soup
Lao Khao soi - Hand-sliced noodle soup popular in northern Laos
Feu (food) - Laotian-style Vietnamese Pho soup
Lard na - Lao-Chinese stir-fried wide rice noodle covered with gravy
Khao piak sen - Lao wet rice noodle soup in chicken or pork broth
Malaysian
Banmian – Chinese noodle dish
Char kway teow – Southeast Asian rice noodle dish
Curry Mee – Southeast Asian noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Duck soup noodles – Malaysian dish; consists of duck meat in hot soup with mixed herbs and mee-sua (slim white noodles)Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Hae mee – Southeast Asian noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Hokkien mee – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Laksa – Spicy noodle dish from Southeast Asia
Lor mee – Hokkien noodle dish from Zhangzhou, China
Mee bandung - Malaysian shrimp and beef flavoured noodle soup
Mee goreng
Mee kolo – Malaysian dish of dry noodles
Mee pok – Chinese noodle dish
Mee rebus – Noodle soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mee siam – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Mee sotong – Malaysian noodle with squid.
Mee udang – Malaysian prawn noodles.
Rice noodle roll – Cantonese rice dish
Singaporean
Banmian – Chinese noodle dish
Char kway teow – Southeast Asian rice noodle dish
Hae mee – Southeast Asian noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Hokkien mee – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Katong Laksa – Singaporean noodle dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mee pok – Chinese noodle dish
Mee siam – Southeast Asian noodle dish
Mee Soto – Indonesian noodle soup dish
Mie goreng – Indonesian stir fried noodle dish
Mi rebus – Noodle soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Satay bee hoon – Singaporean satay dish
Singapore style noodles – Cantonese stir-fried dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Vegetarian bee hoon – Singaporean noodle dish
Wonton noodles – Cantonese noodle dish
Thai
Boat noodles – Thai noodle dish
Drunken noodles – Thai noodle dish
Khao soi – Thai noodle soup
Mi krop – Thai dish
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Pad see ew – Stir-fried noodle dish from Thailand
Pad thai – Stir-fried noodle dish from Thailand
Rat na – Thai-Chinese noodle dish
Vietnamese
Central Asia
Kyrgyz
Ashlan-fu – Karakol cold noodles.
Uzbek
Laghman – Central Asian noodle dish
Naryn – Central Asian meat and noodle dish
Shivit oshi – Khiva green noodle dish.
South Asia
Bhutanese
Bagthuk – rich potato soup with wholemeal hand-cut noodles
Jangbuli – whole-wheat pasta served with curd and chives
Nepalese
Laping – Tibetan noodle dish
Thukpa – Tibetan noodle soup
Sri Lanka
idiyappam – Rice noodle dish
Sevai – Indian rice noodle
Middle East
Palestinian
Rqaq w Adas – Palestinian noodle with lentils.
Pan American
United States
Chicken noodle soup – Soup made from chickenPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Chicken riggies – Pasta dish
Kraft Dinner – Boxed macaroni and cheese product
Chinese-American
Chow mein sandwich – typically consists of a brown gravy-based chow mein mixture placed between halves of a hamburger-style bun, and is popular on Chinese-American restaurant menus throughout southeastern Massachusetts and parts of neighboring Rhode Island
Hawaii
Saimin – Hawaiian noodle dish
Peruvian
Aeropuerto - Combination of Arroz chaufa and Tallarín saltado.
Caldo de Gallina - Peruvian soup with potatoes, egg noodles and whole pieces of chicken or hen.
Sopa de fideos - Peruvian noodle soup, usually served with chicken, potatoes, small pieces of carrot and cabello de ángel noodles.
Sopa a la minuta - Peruvian soup with meat, milk, eggs and cabello de ángel noodles.
Sopa seca - Tallarín verde served with Carapulcra.
Tallarín rojo - Peruvian spaghetti bolognese with chicken and tomato, garlic and carrot sauce.
Tallarín saltado - Peruvian stir-fried noodle.
Tallarín saltado criollo - Peruvian stir-fried noodle with more Peruvian style.
Tallarines verdes - Peruvian green spaghetti usually served with steak or breaded steak.