Easy Lo Mein
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The easiest lo mein you will ever make in 15 minutes from start to finish. It is so much quicker, tastier and healthier than take-out!
Back when I had a day job, I had this boss who was obsessed with the lo mein from the restaurant across the street. She’d have me order it at least 3 times a week, and I would get so excited because she would always pass along a plate for me to share.
But since blogging became a full-time gig, I find myself longing for that lo mein almost daily.
Those long noodles chockfull of all those fresh veggies… How it was always so perfect with a side of potstickers. And general tso’s chicken. And monoglian beef… Sorry. I digress.
But surely enough, there’s a homemade lo mein version that can be made in just 15 minutes from start to finish with ingredients you already have on hand.
Best of all, you can clean out the fridge with all kinds of lingering veggies and you can also add in your favorite proteins!
Plus, this definitely hits the spot when you’re craving Chinese take-out, except this version is a million times quicker and tastier. You can’t beat that!
Easy Lo Mein
Ingredients
- 8 ounces lo mein egg noodles*
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, julienned
- 1 carrot, julienned
- ½ cup snow peas
- 3 cups baby spinach
For the sauce
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce, or more, to taste
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
Equipment
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and Sriracha; set aside.
- In a large pot of boiling water, cook noodles according to package instructions; drain well.
- Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic, mushrooms, bell pepper and carrot. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in snow peas and spinach until the spinach has wilted, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in egg noodles and soy sauce mixture, and gently toss to combine.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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Hey! This looks super easy and I wana try it so bad. I am from India and I have no idea where I can find Sriracha sauce. Any other sauce I can replace this with?
Because it is such a small amount, it may be best to omit it in its entirety.
Have never attempted Chinese food before – always looked too complicated. This was so easy and quick. I could not find lo mein noodles, so I used buccatelli (thick spaghetti with a thin hole down through the middle). My husband and I could not believe how delicious this dish was. He always says “Another Pinterest meal, huh?” Tonight he said “I hope you’re going to make this one again.” Don’t always hear that!! Thanks for a great dinner.
Just made this tonight. WOW! So good!
The only difference is that I used frozen broccoli and frozen peas & carrots (it’s what I hand on hand). Came out perfect. My husband loves it too. I’ll be adding this to our menu repertoire.
I love your quick and easy lo mein sauce recipe. I have a wheat sensitivity so made a gluten free shrimp lo mein last night using rice noodles. Your sauce was perfect in the dish. I referenced your site in my blog http://www.hungryhappyhealthy.net
I’ll be coming back for more delicious recipes!
My chinese take-out has just lost a 20 year customer!
I’ve been looking for a lo mein sauce recipe for a long time. This one is SPOT ON.
You live up to your name of damndelicious!
I made this last night for dinner. It was absolutely delicious and an absolute hit…no leftovers!!! This is a great recipe and thanks for sharing. I’m looking forward to trying some of your other recipes.
looks delicious! What brand of lo mein noodles do you use? I happen to live in a city with lots of Asian grocery stores so I want to make this as close to your recipe as possible! 🙂
Nicole, I used Wel Pac Lo Mein Egg Noodles but any brand of lo mein noodles should work just fine.
While this tastes nothing like the lo mein I get at the restaurant it is, nevertheless, delicious! I would say it tastes more like the Thai noodle dish at Noodles & Co.
This meal was absolutely delicious! I didn’t change a thing. A definite keeper in my my house!
I am going to make this today but have a question. I will be using fresh mushrooms, but need to use a frozen Asian veggie mix. I also want to add some thinly sliced beef. What order should those be added to skillet so as not to over or under good anything?
Michelle, you can add the beef first and set it aside while everything else is cooking and add it back at the very end – that way it is not overcooked. The Asian veggie mix can be added along with the mushrooms.
I made this tonight for dinner and it was a bit hit. Thanks for sharing. I added broccoli, carrots and onion to the vegetable mixture and I garnished it before serving with chopped cucumber and cilantro 🙂 Delish 🙂
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this recipe!! I’m a terrible cook and even I pulled this off ;). The second time I made it I doubled the sauce–wasn’t quite enough for me the first time. I also omitted the sriracha because I’m a baby when it comes to spice.
This is a new staple in my kitchen, previously known only to toast and boiled water 🙂 Thank you!
This is amazing!! I’m not much of a cook but this was pretty easy and delicious! I didn’t use sriracha because I can’t handle any amount of kick, but I did add baby corn because I love them 🙂 Thank you for this recipe! My boyfriend and I love lo mein and now I’ll be able to make it for him
I made this exactly as directions say. It’s great and I love it!
I made my first lo mein using this recipe and it came out great thank you very much
Made lo mein for the 1st time today and used this recipe, plus or minus the vegetables I had on hand. I added shrimp that I had sauteed in olive oil with scallions, minced garlic and a pinch of ginger powder and fresh ground black pepper. It was delicious! Best of all, I know there was no msg, an ingredient popular in Asian cuisine. Thanks for a quick and scrumptious recipe.
This was really good! I added more sauces just cos I like mine saucier haha…any idea on how many calories per serving in this dish? I tried looking it up but I couldn’t find calories in homemade veggie lo mein. Thanks!
Nutritional information is provided only for select and new recipes at this time. However, if it is not available for a specific recipe, it is best that you use free online resources at your discretion (you can gooogle “nutritional calculator”) to obtain such information.
OMG so good thanks!
Eating this now! So yummy! Used yakuza a noodles since that what I could find at my grocery store tonight and used chop suey vegetables so I didn’t have to prep anything. My teenage son inhaled it, he loved the kick the sirachi gave it.
Made these tonight. OMG so good. I’m not a fan of sesame oil because I find the taste overwhelming. I’ve made a few noodle recipes before that I didn’t enjoy because of that reason, but this one was delish. You can’t taste the sesame , yet it’s there. I didn’t have lo mein noodles so I used spaghettini. Noodles and it was perfect. Definitely a keeper. Thanks