Easy Lo Mein

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I stole this recipe for Easy Lo Mein from damndelicious.net. This quick and easy Chinese recipe can be a side dish or main entrée. A sauce is made with soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and hot sauce. Then vegetables are sliced or julienned. Next minced garlic is cooked in oil with mushrooms, carrots and zucchini. Fresh spinach is added and cooked until wilted. Then cooked stir fry noodles and the sauce are added to the vegetables. Once everything is stirred together this delicious Lo Mein recipe is ready to eat.

Did you know? Lo Mein is a Chinese dish of boiled noodles combined with various stir-fried ingredients, then coated with a stir-fry sauce.¹ (see more trivia in the Trivia tab)

The ingredients for this recipe are: 8 oz lo mein egg noodles, 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 cloves garlic, 2 cups mushrooms, 1 carrot, ½ cup zucchini, 3 cups baby spinach, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil, ½ tsp ground ginger and ½ tsp Sriracha or other hot sauce

First julienne the carrot and set aside.

Then julienne the zucchini and set aside.

Thinly sliced the mushrooms.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Then add minced garlic, carrot and zucchini.

Next add the mushrooms.

While the vegetables are cooking, make the sauce by combining together soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and hot sauce.

Cook the vegetables, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Stir in the spinach until the spinach has wilted, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Next stir in the cooked egg noodles and soy sauce mixture, gently toss to combine.

Serve immediately.

If you liked this recipe for Easy Lo Mein then you can also try Shrimp Stir Fried Noodles, Easy Mongolian Ground Beef, Sesame Noodles or Beef Lo Mein.

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Easy Lo Mein

This quick and easy Chinese recipe can be a side dish or main entrée. A sauce is made with soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and hot sauce. Then vegetables are sliced or julienned. Next minced garlic is cooked in oil with mushrooms, carrots and zucchini. Fresh spinach is added and cooked until wilted. Then cooked stir fry noodles and the sauce are added to the vegetables. Once everything is stirred together this delicious Lo Mein recipe is ready to eat.
Course Side Dish
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 8 oz lo Mein egg noodles
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups mushrooms sliced
  • 1 red pepper julienned
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • ½ cup snow peas
  • 3 cups baby spinach

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp Sriracha or other hot sauce

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and hot sauce. Set aside.
  2. In a large pot of boiling water, cook noodles according to package instructions; drain well.
  3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add garlic, mushrooms, pepper and carrots. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in snow peas and spinach until the spinach has wilted, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Stir in egg noodles and soy sauce mixture, gently toss to combine.
  5. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

I substitute zucchini for the snow peas.