This is a list of notable types of noodles. A separate list is available for noodle dishes. Noodles are a type of staple food[1] made from some type of unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into long strips or strings. 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. Noodles can be refrigerated for short-term storage, or dried and stored for future use.

Various noodles commonly found in Southeast Asia
Misua noodle-making in Lukang, Taiwan

Noodles

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Fideo is a type of pasta commonly used in soups
 
Thai rice noodles
 
Commercial thin spätzle

Chinese noodles

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Cellophane noodles
 
Shrimp roe noodles
 
Rice vermicelli

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.

Hong Kong

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Indian

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Filipino

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Indonesian

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Japanese

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Fresh ramen
 
Slicing soba noodles as part of its preparation at the Kanda Matsuri

Japanese noodles are a staple part of Japanese cuisine. They are often served chilled with dipping sauces, or in soups or hot dishes.[2]

Korean

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Korean noodles are noodles or noodle dishes in Korean cuisine, and are collectively referred to as guksu in native Korean or myeon (cf. mien) in Sino-Korean vocabulary.

Malaysian

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Wonton noodles

Thai

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Vietnamese

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Dried banh pho

Italian

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Type Image Description Translation Synonyms Origin or main area of consumption
Barbine Thin strands, often coiled into nests Little beards[3] Barbina
Bavette   Narrower version of tagliatelle Bibs[4] Baverine, bavettine, lasagneddi (in Sicily)[5] Liguria[5]
Bigoli   Thick, softer, spaghetti-like pasta. Made with whole wheat rather than durum. Sometimes made with duck egg.[6] From bigolaro, the pasta press used to make bigoli[7] Fusarioi[6] Veneto[6]
Bucatini   Thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center Hollow straws[4] Translated from Italian: buco, meaning "hole", and Italian: bucato, meaning "pierced". Boccolotti, perciatellini, foratini, fidelini bucati, fide bucate, agoni bucati, spilloni bucati[8][9] Lazio[6]
Capellini   Very thin spaghetti, often coiled into nests. Capelli d'angelo are slightly thinner. Thin hair, little hair[3] Angel Hair,[10] Capelli d'angelo, cabellos de angel, capelvenere, fidelini, fedelini, cappellini, sopracappellini, capellini fini, bassetti, tagliolini a nido, barbine a nido, ramicia, vrimiciddi[9][11] Liguria[6]
Fedelini   Very thin spaghetti[12] Little faithful ones Naples, Genoa and Liguria[13]
Fettuccine   Ribbon of pasta approximately 6.5 millimeters wide. Larger and thicker than tagliatelle[14] Little ribbons:[15] from affettare, "to slice".[14] Lasagnette, fettucce, ramicce, sagne[9][14] Rome[14]
Linguine   Flattened spaghetti Little tongues[4] Bavettine, bavette fini, radichini, linguettine[9]
Lagane[16]
Maccheroni alla molinara   Very thick, long, hand-pulled pasta. The miller’s wife’s pasta Abruzzo
Maccheroncini di Campofilone   Thin strands of egg-based pasta. Similar to Capelli d'angelo. Marche[17]
Mafalde   Long rectangular ribbons with ruffled sides. Named in honor of Princess Mafalda of Savoy[16][18] Reginette, frese, tagliatelle nervate,[9] signorine, trinette, ricciarelle, sfresatine, nastri, nastrini[18] Naples[18]
Matriciani Similar to perciatelli, but folded over rather than hollowed out
Pappardelle   Thick flat ribbons[19] of egg-based dough From Tuscan papparsi, "to pig out".[20] Papparelle,[9] paparele (Veneto); paspardelle (Marche)[20] Tuscany and northern Italy[20]
Perciatelli   "Virtually identical to bucatini"[21] From perciare, "to hollow" Maccheroncelli, Maccheronicini, Mezzanelli, Long Macaroni[9] Campania[6]
Pici   Very thick, irregular and long, hand-rolled pasta.[22] From appiciare, "to stick".[22] Lunghetti (Montalcino); pinci (Montepulciano); umbrici/ciriole (Umbria)[22][23] Tuscany[22]
Rustiche   Serrated ribbons literally the feminine plural of rustico, meaning 'rustic'[24] Apulia
Sagne 'ncannulate   Long tube formed of twisted ribbon Caned lasagne
Spaghetti   A long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin, made of semolina or flour and water.[25] Spaghettini and spaghettoni are slightly thinner or thicker, respectively.[26] "Little strings".[4] Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning "thin string" or "twine".[25] Fide/fidi, fidelini, ristoranti, vermicelloni, filatelli, vermicelloni giganti[9][26] Sicily
Spaghetti alla chitarra   Square spaghetti,[27] made of egg and flour Named after the guitar-like device used to cut the pasta,[27] which has a wooden frame strung with metal wires, sheets of pasta are pressed down onto the device, and then the wires are "strummed" so the slivers of pasta fall through. Tonnarelli, maccheroni alla chitarra Abruzzo
Spaghettini A slightly thinner version of spaghetti[28] Thin spaghetti[28] Thin spaghetti
Spaghettoni   A slightly thicker version of spaghetti[26] Thick spaghetti Spaghetti spessi
Stringozzi   Similar to shoelaces Shoestring-like, shoelaces[29]
Su Filindeu Extremely rare pasta, made of thinly pulled and folded dough which is laid in the sun to dry.[30] The threads (or wool) of God[30] Sardinia[30]
Tagliatelle   Ribbons of egg-based pasta.[31] Generally narrower than fettuccine. From the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut".[31] Tagliarelli, reginelle, fresine, nastri, fettuccelle, fettucce romane, fiadi, tagliolini; tagliatelle smalzade (Trentino); lesagnetes (Veneto); bardele (Lombardia); fettuccine (Lazio); pincinelle (Colonna); tagghiarini (Sicily); taddarini (Sardinia)[9][31] Emilia-Romagna (part. Bologna)[31]
Tagliolini   Thinner version of tagliatelle From the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut". Tagliolini; tagliatini (Tuscany); tajarin (Piedmont)[32] Liguria, Piedmont[32]
Trenette   Thin ribbon ridged on one side. Slightly thicker than linguine.
Tripoline Thick ribbon ridged on one side[33] Signorine[9]
Vermicelli   A traditional pasta round that is thinner than spaghetti.[34][35] Little worms[4][36] Campania[6]
Ziti   Long, narrow hose-like tubes[19] larger than mezzani (also called mezzi ziti) or bucatini that are traditionally broken before being put to cook.[37] The addition of the word rigati (e.g. ziti rigati) denotes lines or ridges on the pasta's surface. Ziti candelati are longer, zitoni a bit larger. Bride and bridegroom (ziti is plural) in Sicilian dialect.[37] Boccolotti, zitoni, zituane, candele, ziti candelati[9][37] Sicily,[38] Southern Italy[37]

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References

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