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hokkien noodle
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hokkien noodle hokkien fried noodles
Hokkien noodles
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Hokkien:
福建面
福建麵
poj:
Hok-kiàn-mī
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English:
noodles
definitions
noun
- yellow alkaline egg noodles slightly thicker than spaghetti, often used in Hokkien cuisine but also now common in other local and regional cuisines. They are usually sold fresh, rather than dried. The use of a carbonate salt (typically sodium or potassium carbonate) gives the noodles a unique taste and springy texture, as well as causing their distinctive bright yellow colour.
- a dry noodle dish of Singaporean Hokkien origin, usually using a mixture of yellow noodles and rice noodles stir-fried with prawns, squid, pork slices, fish cake, lard, eggs, spring onions, and other ingredients, together with a savoury sauce made of prawn stock. It is usually served with a sliced calamansi or other lime and a dollop of sambal chilli.
- any of the other variants of a prawn noodle dish, usually of Hokkien or other South Chinese origin
The modern version of the dish is made using a mixture of Hokkien noodles and thick rice vermicelli (chor bee hoon) or laksa noodles, cooked and simmered together in the stock.
— 2015, Temasek Polytechnic (managed by Glenn Wray; edited by Lydia Leong). Singapore Hawker Classics Unveiled. Marshall Cavendish Cuisine. ISBN: 9789814677868. p.26
FORTY-TWO noodle manufacturers announced that wholesale prices for their products, ranging from yellow Hokkien noodles to kway teow, will go up.
— 1995 October 3. The New Paper, "Noodle prices up". p.4
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...Tuckshop, the air-conditioned food centre in Cusacden Road, is offering an across-the-border version of fried Hokkien noodles. ... Kuala-Lumpur-style.
— 1988 March 6, Margaret Chan. The Straits Times, "Fried and true: Local version of KL Hokkien mee". p.4
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usage notes
More often refers to the noodles themselves, rather than the noodle dish (which is more commonly known as Hokkien mee). When not referring to the most common Singaporean variety of the dish, it is usually qualified, e.g. 'KL fried Hokkien noodles'.