Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles is the perfect dish to share over Chinese New Year (CNY) with family and friends. Bold Spices, fresh vegetables and EXTRA long good luck Longevity noodles!
You are just going to love the explosion of flavor and texture in this quick stir fry Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles dish. We have included the holy trinity of Chinese flavors; garlic, ginger and chili. We used crispy lotus root, tender succulent beef tenderloin and gluten-free extra long flat rice noodles for the perfect slurping noodle dish.
Have you thought about your Chinese New Year menu?
Will you be hosting guests or will you be traveling to your destination? Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles is a delicious dish to serve to family and friends at your table or as a dish to pass.
Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles for Chinese New Year
The biggest movement of people is starting right now as Chinese New Years (CNY) is almost upon us. The days before New Year witness the planet’s largest mass movement of people, and it is starting right now as about 375 million Chinese or so travel among the cities and countryside around Chinese New Year.
You can just feel the intensity in the air as more and more people are cramming into Asia’s planes, buses, trains, ferries, taxis and cars trying to get back home for the holidays. We want to wish everyone safe travels and please take extra good care of your health during this time of the year.
Eating Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles is an auspicious dish around Chinese New Year as the long noodles represent a long life and longevity and good health. Do not cut the noodles to fit them into the pot or on to a plate, leave the noodles extra long and lovely. Perfect for slurping.
Best Slurping Noodles
We used thick sliced pad thai rice noodles for this recipe to keep it gluten-free but feel free to use Chinese egg noodles for this recipe. If you want a vegan noodle recipe, be sure to try our Better Than Take Out Vegetarian Lo Mein. The noodles are delicious but it the simple homemade sauce that takes this recipe to the next level. Tamari (soy) sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, pinch of sugar and white pepper rock this recipe. We made sure to drizzle our Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles with our Homemade Sichuan Garlic Chili Oil at the very end for that extra kick.
We have been told if you want good luck during the year of your birth zodiac you are to put a half bottle of water under your bed for good measure. Hey it can’t hurt to give it a try…
Chinese New Year Recipe Ideas
There are many other CNY preparations that need to be done but my favorite is shopping for all the delicious food and cooking. There are many types of foods that are considered to be lucky in Chinese culture. Longevity noodles, making sure they are not cut, are especially auspicious in nature and represent long life. They are especially popular during the Chinese New Year season, but you can enjoy them all year-long!
Delicious spicy beef with longevity noodles is fun dish to eat, fast from wok to table and super flavorful. Tender succulent pieces of beef tenderloin that melt in your mouth, flavorful extra long noodles spiced with garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, sesame oil and topped with a Homemade Sichuan Garlic Oil that is to die for.
Once you have your vegetables sliced and ready to go you can have this dish on your table in about 15 little minutes. Quick and easy dishes are a welcome reprieve from all of the hustle and bustle of the CNY. If you are interested in some other delicious Chinese dishes be sure to try our Sweet Sticky Rice Chinese New Year Cake, jiaozi (dumplings), Chinese Vegan Radish Cake, or our Stir Fried Crab with Chinese New Year Cake .
There are so many recipes to enjoy during Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) that it is difficult to decide. Be sure to check out our 10 Fun and Easy Chinese New Year Recipes or click HERE to see all of the delicious Chinese New Year Recipes and all year around.
The recipe ingredients listed are for one person, well one hungry teenager that is, or 2 modest eating adults. We always make Chinese dishes, especially the spicy ones, for one person at a time so that we can make it specific for each person’s taste.
In addition, you really need to have a lot of space in your wok so that you can fry and not overload your wok. Have fun and use whatever vegetables you have in your house or feel free to substitute the beef for tofu, chicken, shrimp or anything your little heart desires.
We put in amounts of items for your convenience but really Chinese cooking is all about a dash of this and a dash of that and handful of this and handful of that. Chinese cooking is all about fast food that is nutritious, delicious, chopped in a symmetrical way and is married with delightful sauces.
Happy Lunar New Year and may all good fortune and happiness happen for you all year around!
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Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles
Ingredients
- 3.5 cup water
to soften your noodles and a couple of tablespoons to steam lotus root - 4 oz Rice noodles
pad Thai thick rice noodles or Chinese egg noodles (Do not break or cut noodles long) - 1-2 tbsp canola oil
- 1/4 pound beef tenderloin
sliced thinly (If using a a tougher cut of beef then marinate your sliced beef for at least 4 hours with a little sesame oil, shaoxing wine, soy sauce, onion and garlic) - 1/4 onions
sliced in moon slices - chili peppers
to taste - 1 inch ginger
knob peeled and grated - 1 clove garlic
peeled and chopped - salt
to taste - 4 lotus root
thin slices (or carrot or other vegetable of choice) peel and slice and set in a little bowl of water with salt to prevent browning. You can use fresh or use pre-peeled and sliced lotus root in the refrigerated section of Asian Grocery store - 1/4 cup broccoli
or small handful (you can use any vegetables you prefer) - 1/4 bell pepper
chopped - 3 garlic chives
chopped into 2 inch long slices - optional - 1 tbsp oyster sauce
(Kikkoman and Lee Kum Lee both have a gluten free oyster sauce in a green bottle- found in standard US grocery store in the Asian Food section) - 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp tamari (soy) sauce
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
or sugar substitute - 1/8 white pepper
or to taste - Homemade Sichuan Garlic Chili Oil drizzle on top of dish as desired- optional.
Instructions
- Bring your water to a boil. Cook your pad Thai rice noodles according to packet directions or about 3-4 minutes just until aldente and have a nice bite to them . Drain. Immediately, Rinse under cold water. Add a little dash of sesame oil so the noodles do not stick to each other and mix well. Set aside.
- (If using a a tougher cut of beef then marinate your sliced beef for at least 4 hours with a little sesame oil, shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, onion and garlic first)
- In a wok or large frying pan place canola oil and over medium-high heat add onions, chili, ginger and stir fry just until aromatic. Add garlic and beef and stirfry quickly until meat is just browned. Season with a little salt and white pepper to taste. Remove from wok and keep warm.
- Place your sliced lotus roots in the wok with a couple of teaspoons of water and a little salt and cover and steam over medium heat for a couple of minutes about 2-3 minutes. The lotus root will be crispy like a raw potato. Steam just until you can pick with a fork. I like my lotus roots that are in a stir fry slightly crisp. Do not overcook or they will just taste like a mashed potato. Remove lid from wok.
- Add canola oil to the wok with the lotus roots and add the broccoli and bell peppers and just stir fry over high heat for a couple of minutes. Remove the vegetables from the wok and set aside and keep warm.
- Add a little more canola oil in the wok. Add the cooked noodles to the wok. Add oyster sauce, sesame oil, tamari soy sauce, pinch of sugar or sugar substitute and white pepper and toss quickly. Add the cooked beef and vegetables back to the wok and keep moving the wok fast. Add the garlic chives. Adjust seasoning to taste. Place your Spicy Beef and Longevity Noodles on a serving plate.
- Garnish with a drizzle of Homemade Sichuan Garlic chili Oil. Eat and Enjoy! 新年快乐!
Wow! This looks fantastic!!!
Oh my I can’t resist noodles. These must have been perfect for the Lunar New Year. I’m sure you had a great time in HK where you are. Thanks for sharing the recipe and the blog-love. Prosperity and good fortune to you and your family, Bam!
I’ve become a huge fan of Chinese noodle dishes and this one looks terrific. Happy New Year, BAM!
Bam – This looks absolutely gorgeous. Great recipe. And happy new year!
Happy new year Bobbi! Noodles are one of my main meals, and with spicy beef they just sound perfect! I’m a monkey, two years from now I think.
I love the flavors you added to this dish and Happy Chinese New Year! I am such a big fan of Chinese food!
What a delicious looking recipe! So tasty, I love noodle dishes.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Hey its your year! Hope you lots of luck and success
Happy New Year. Bam! What a wonderful time to be right in the heart of the celebration! This is a beautiful dish! My family would devour every bite!!
If I had my wish.. I’d be born in the Year of Bam! What a beautiful dish and I love the story behind the noodles. You’ve got some exciting festivities going on over there, you’re so lucky to experience everything first-hand! xx
Love cooking Asian dishes! My husband spent several Chinese New Year’s in various spots in China. He says the fireworks are unbelievable. And I’m happy to find out that both of my kids are horses. I am a rooster and my husband is a monkey. But we all know that! Potstickers have been on my mind for awhile and Chinese New Year always makes me think of that!
What a fantastic looking dish! We have a big parade in San Francisco to celebrate the Chinese New Year, I am looking forward to it 🙂
These look lovely! Everyone here is getting ready for CNY too, I can imagine the bustle and festivity there!
I think I’m a monkey. I love the traditions of the Chinese New Year & probably should take a stab at what your upstairs neighbor’s doing. Do you think with all the people moving around that the earth might tip?
Now that spicy beef looks fabulous. You have such a knack for making every dish look tempting.
I think I’m a “rat”… I can’t really remember. Hope you have a fun time… it sounds like it’s going to be so busy out in the streets. I’m glad I’m up here with a bit of space to move around in!
Lovely looking dish Bam – I really want to take a big bite out of that lotus root in the foreground there! 😀
I am not a beautiful horse. It probably wouldn’t surprise you to find out that I’m a pig. In every sense of the word. 🙂
Your noodle and beef dish left me drooling!
OOh – I might need to double up the ingredients on this one! What a stunning and totally delectable dish!
I loved the idea of this recipe so much
These noodles look so good! I’m trying to expand my Asian food repertoire and my skills, this looks like great one to start with. Happy new year!
What a fabulous looking dish Bam! What a mistake reading your post at 10:15 PM!
What a beautiful post! Your colours are all so vivid. Hope you have a wonderful Chinese New Year!
I love the lotus root – this looks like such a wonderful dish!
Bobbi, what a wonderful stir-fried dish with the traditional longetivity noodles! I love all the fresh vegetables you use and you get extra points for the lotus roots 🙂 On Chinese New Year’s eve, my family normally makes lo mien (Cantonese style) or a simple noodle soup as one of the many dishes we serve. I am already counting down for this year’s CNY dinner!
When I got married to a Chinese (Taiwanese) husband, I learned about the longevity noodles in Chinese culture. We eat soba noodles on the 12/31 in Japan, and I’m sure the tradition probably came from China (but we eat soba noodles). This looks so delicious. I’m a huge lotus root fan!
yummy delicious dish
Love the sound of this dish, especially with the lotus root!
Just finished dinner but after seeing your photos I am hungry again. Love lotus roots, need to make a trip to NYC Chinatown to get some.
Oh Bobbi ~ this is delightful: most like the look the lotus root gives: unfortunately that is the one vegetable I can usually only get in a tin – not the same thing at all! And you truly have convinced me that Asian fusion is [and I daresay always will be] my natural kind of cooking – I use all of the flavouring ingredients every day without regarding them as spicy 🙂 ! When one basically lives alone, stir frying is surely the easiest, fastest and most fun to put something exciting on the plate in about 15 minutes flat 😀 !! And something a little different every time!!!
Hello Eha, Asian dishes are perfect for one person quick and delicious dinners that can be on the table in less than 15 minutes. In just about the time it would take you to make a salad or sandwich you can have something hot and nutritious. I know that lotus roots are not common everywhere, but I get to enjoy them while I am living in Asia. Feel free to exchange with any vegetables you like or have access to. Have a super weekend. BAM
Happy Lunar New Year!
This was such a fun post to read and the recipe looks fantastic, love the spicy touch!
Seems like a very fun time to be in Hong Kong. I know that my many coworkers in China are all getting ready for the festivities. Great dish!!
I would definitely have to use less spice in mine! None of my family really like a lot of spice in their food. A little is okay, but not too much. Your noodles look tasty, though. I was born in ’75. I think I am the year of the rat??
Haha… Nope year of the rabbit. I knew it was one of the two… 😉
MMmmm, I’m loving this dish, Bobbi! I have a weakness for egg noodles with fresh veggies and this is making me very hungry. Lovely photography!
What a great dish! I love all of the Asian noodle dishes, and make so few of them. Some day I’m really going to buckle down and learn enough about making dishes like this so they become intuitive to me. And maybe start with this one! It’s lovely – thanks.
Those noodles look delicious, especially with those fresh veggies!