Slow Cooker Lo Mein
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Skip delivery and try this veggie-packed takeout favorite for a healthy dinnertime meal that is easy to make right in your crockpot!
I know. It’s Friday night. All you want to do is change into sweats and order take-out.
Except it’s bikini season in like 2 months.
So let’s save the calorie-ridden takeout dishes and make this instead – a veggie-loaded favorite made right in your slow cooker.
You can let it all cook through while you’re at work, and when it’s time to serve, simply boil your noodles. That’s it!
Spaghetti noodles can also be swapped out with your favorite type of pasta – fettuccine, ramen, udon – it’s completely up to you.
And with Reynolds slow cooker liners, clean up has never been any quicker.
See, isn’t that easier than ordering takeout?
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Slow Cooker Lo Mein
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2 carrots, julienned
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 5-ounce can sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 1 pound spaghetti
For the sauce
- ⅓ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoons sambal oelek, ground fresh chile paste, or more, to taste
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- LINE a slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner. Open slow cooker liner and place it inside a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker bowl. Fit liner snugly against the bottom and sides of bowl; pull top of liner over rim of bowl.
- WHISK together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sambal oelek, oyster sauce, ginger and sesame oil in the slow cooker. Add pork shoulder, then cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
- REMOVE pork shoulder from the slow cooker and shred the meat before returning to the pot with the juices. Stir in broccoli, carrots, celery, snow peas and chestnuts. Cover and cook on high heat for 15-30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
- COOK pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- SERVE pasta immediately, topped with pork mixture.
Notes
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Reynolds Kitchens. All opinions expressed are my own.
Thank you for putting this recipe into the universe. This meal is SO flavorful and filling. I made it for dinner yesterday, and my husband said it’s one of the best new recipes I’ve made in a while. I took the pasta off the stove right at 7 minutes to prevent it from even thinking about getting mushy. My teen who said I’d served him too big of a portion ate the whole thing. We have a toddler too, so I used half the sambal oelek to be safe. It was not too spicy (I wouldn’t call it spicy at all), so I’ll go with the full tablespoon next time. I appreciate that I didn’t need to add more sauce or spice otherwise, and this is such a score to have so many veggies packed in. A lot of 5-star recipes that I try lack flavor—not the case at all here, and it was even tastier for leftovers today.
You have wonderful recipes my daughter and I really enjoy. Thank you!
I’m excited to try this recipe. I don’t think I’ve ever had restaurant lo mein that was saucy, so I’m going to stick to your recipe because you haven’t failed me yet!
Easy and delicious! Love your recipes.
Loved this recipe! Have made it a couple times now, and my family loves it! It’s even better as leftovers, gives the sauce time to soak in!
I made this for 8 people so I had about 3 lbs of boneless pork loin (my store didn’t have pork shoulder). I cut the loin into smaller pieces, tripled the sauce and added extra veggies. I also steamed the veggies before adding them to the meat and sauce. When I put the veggies in with the meat, I also put in about 1/2 -3/4 cup of chicken broth for extra moisture. I used Soba Japanese noodles rather than spaghetti. The recipe was a huge hit! It had wonderful flavor and plenty of moisture. I will definitely make it again and maybe add some onions, peppers and baby corn. YUM!
Thanks for including the info you prepped the veggies with steam first, I was wondering how celery was going to remotely soften enough to not be raw in 15-20 minutes.
I made this last night for the first time. Very flavorful. I thought I had used to0 much meat because it was not enough sauce. Made another batch of the sauce and that did the trick. Thanks for a great recipe…eating leftovers tonight!
I LOVE your website, and every recipe has been awesome… but not this one :(. Not enough juice. Not thick enough juice. The veggies took WAY longer to cook than recipe stated (and I chopped small). The noodles wouldn’t mix in well with the meat and veggies. The meat really ought to be chopped not shredded, and the sauce needs to be more plentiful and thickened. I had to add Hoison, water and corn starch to make it tolerable. 😉 My family was kind about it, and ate it, but no one was pumped. Anyway, though – your site ROCKS. This one just flopped for us. It sounds like others had similar issues – maybe the recipe needs tweaking? We also used regular spaghetti and the taste just wasn’t right.
I just love, love, love this recipe! So easy and yummy! My mouth is watering by just looking at all your other slow cooker recipes that I can wait to try! Thank you so much!
And ps, LOVED Gilmore Girls but could not get into the 4 new ones! Did you? Lol!
Happy Cooking and Sharing!
Kathleen 🙂
I’m still waiting for the veggies to cook. Have had it on high now for 40 minutes (I used fresh and not frozen) so maybe allot more time for the veggies. Also, wish I would have read the other reviews and doubled the sauce. Sauce has great flavor though!
Is it necessary to use the Slow cooker liner or is it just for easy cleanup? I worry about using things like that for health reasons.
What an amazing dish! I did everything as listed, however my grocery didn’t carry the pork shoulder so I bought pork loin. I wanted to rush the dinner a bit, so I sliced the pork pretty thinly before putting it in the crockpot with the sauce. I cooked meat & sauce on high for an hour and then low for another hour and back to high for the last 30-40 with the veggies. Like others, I doubled the wonderful sauce and had plenty. I used whole wheat speghetti noodles as that’s what I had on hand. I halfed the speghetti and also mixed in a little hoisen sauce as one of the commenters recommended, prior to adding it to the crockpot. What a marvelous dinner! My husband is excited about having the left-overs. He couldn’t stop praising the meal. Thank you for this and your other wonderful recipes (we love the veggie kebabs!).
This is FABULOUS!! Double the sauce if you like it saucy!! I’d glad just cook the pork in this sauce and serve with something else as well!! Soooo good!!
Question…..the recipe header says cook time 8 hrs 30 minutes but the instructions only call for 3-4 hrs + 30 minutes for the veggies. Where is the missing 4 hrs?
It’s 3-4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low. After you put the veggies and shredded pork back in the slow cooker, then you cover and cook on high for 15-30 minutes. Hope that helps.
Can boneless pork chops be substituted for the pork shoulder?
If I were to substitute flank steak for the pork do you think I should cook for the same amount of time?
Thank you!
This was Great…I cheated and used a large bag of the frozen mix veggies and dumped them in…And used chili garlic sauce cause that’s what I had…( It was my lazy day…lol) Kids tore it up said it was better than the chinese place… Will make again…I will double sauce next since its amazing…Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the yummy recipe! I made it in my crockpot, vegetarian style. As our country is under quarantine, and I didn’t want to visit a grocery store, I used a bag of frozen cut up broccoli and layered the remaining veggies on top. I then poured the sauce over and cooked on low for 2 hours. So good! Thanks again! Take care!!
The sauce in this recipe is so good! I did take the suggestion to increase the sauce and actually tripled it for our family of five. The flavour is amazing! It was a hit for our family!
Sorry…not a review but another amateur question..I am worried about the fat in the crockpot after cooking..can I cook the pork almost done and drain and then add sauce ??thanks