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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I just made this tonight and first of all I am feeling very proud of myself! It is absolutely delicious and quite easy. The lo mein noodles I used were pretty wide and soaked up all of the sauce, all became a little dry. I made another bowl of the sauce, added and it was perfect. I used peas, spinach, onion, mushrooms and shrimp.
So delish! Doubled the sauce and swapped spinach for cabbage. I will definitely make this again!!!
I had lo mein noodles so used them. Make sure you don’t let them get too soft! I doubled the veggies. Marinated chicken tenders in sesame dressing and sautéed them before proceeding and served over the noodles. I will double the sauce next time because even with just 75% of the recommended amount they really soaked it up. Yummy! We cleaned our plates.
Well this was a very tasty dish! I added a whole bunch of different veggies, carrots, celery, bok Choy, cabbage plus the veggies in the recipe! Your right it definitely needed a double amount of sauce. I added a small chili plus chili flakes. Nice bite! I tossed in some chicken to add to the meal! Will definitely make again! Very pleased!
Love it. I used angel hair pasta and added water chestnuts. Very tasty! Thank you.
The very best lo mein and so easy!
Great recipe and tastes wonderful. My only suggestion is to provide the weight in ounces/grams when listing ingredients like spinach, snow peas and mushrooms which are almost impossible to be accurately measured in cups. That would go a long way toward getting the right balance.
Kitchen scales are so inexpensive and readily available online or in local kitchen shops.
Again, thanks for your delicious recipes! I love them.
These flavors are amazing! Classic lo main!
Fantastic and quick. Love the base that will let you incorporate any and all combos of veggies and try with beef strips or shrimp.
Where do you buy the lo mein egg noodles? What brand do you recommend?
Linguine works really well.
I love Lo Mien …Going to make it this weekend for my company.
I wasn’t sure if I would be able to pull this recipe off. But it was delicious. Now I am hooked and will be adding Chicken tonight .
Thanks Joy
Wonderful flavor and so easy to make! I did double the amount of sauce as i think I threw in more veggies than the recipe called for. I might x4 the sauce next time. I will DEFINITELY be making this again.
Very delicious lo mein my family enjoyed it all thank you so much
So delicious and easy! Thanks for the great recipe 🙂
Sooo good! Better than ordering out. I found the measurements for the sauce to be too little so I x4 and it was so much better and flavourful.
The noodles were a gelatinous glob. I don’t know if you can rinse lo menu noodles after draining? Or use more oil or less cooking time? The flavor was excellent. I used fresh ginger and added some oyster sauce; used some Asian stir fry frozen veggies. Will have to try a different brand of noodles or method.
We loved it!
Instead of snow peas I used Baby Bok Choy cut up. I didn’t use Sriracha, we don’t like spicy food and I used fresh ginger. I added more sauce as it was a little dry.
DELICIOUS!
Would definitely make it again!
Very good recipe ! Basic for the ingredients u could use. Personally I added more vegetables
That didn’t work at all for me… tasted like i was drinking seasame oil.