Simple and satisfying, this easy homemade lo mein makes the perfect dinner. Skip the takeout with this authentic, delicious recipe. Sauce made from scratch is combined with fresh vegetables and stir fry noodles for this classic meal. Add your favorite meat for an even heartier dish. You’ll love this traditional Asian dinner.
Try this recipe alongside our Spicy Thai Noodles, Fried Rice or Cauliflower Fried Rice and Chinese Chicken Salad.
Lo Mein:
Lo mein is a Chinese dish made with noodles. It contains vegetables and often some type of meat or seafood, usually beef, chicken, pork, shrimp or wontons. It can also be eaten with just vegetables.
Both lo mein and chow mein have noodles in them. So what makes them different? Chow mein has noodles that are fried to a crispy crunch. Lo mein has noodles that are cooked softer and more tender.
Lo Mein Ingredients
You will need:
- Half of a 6-ounce package stir fry noodles
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup matchstick carrots
- 1 cup cabbage, sliced (Napa or regular cabbage)
- 1 celery stick, diced small
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- 2 green onions, sliced on a bias
PRO TIP: You can use fresh or dried egg noodles for this recipe. I used dried.
additions & Substitutions
You can use spaghetti or linguine in this recipe.
You can add chicken, beef, pork, tofu, shrimp or any other seafood you love to this recipe.
You can enjoy almost any veggies in this simple recipe: red pepper, carrots, spinach, bok choy, bean sprouts, zucchini, mushrooms, snap peas, onions, cabbage, or broccoli to name a few.
How to Make Lo Mein
STEP ONE: Mix together all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
STEP TWO: Heat a large skillet or wok over medium heat. Add oil and sesame oil to skillet. Add garlic and stir for about 30 seconds. Then add carrots, celery, and onions to the pan cooking and stirring until they soften.
STEP THREE: Add the cabbage to the pan and stir as it begins to wilt.
STEP FOUR: After the cabbage has wilted add the dry noodles to the pan. Give the sauce a quick stir and then pour over the noodles.
STEP FIVE: Let the noodles sit a few minutes to begin to soak up the sauce. Then being to slowly stir the noodles moving them apart as they cook and soften.
This will keep for three to four days in the fridge in an airtight container. The leftovers heat up great, too!
Delicious and easy, this authentic Chinese lo mein is the best simple dinner. A rich homemade, sauce is made from scratch and then added to fresh vegetables and stir fry noodles in this takeout classic. Add your favorite meat: chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or other seafood for a hearty meal. You’ll love this lo mein recipe!
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Lo Mein
Ingredients
- Half of a 6-ounce package stir fry noodles I used Wel-Pac
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup matchstick carrots
- 1 cup cabbage sliced (Napa or regular cabbage)
- 1 celery stick diced small
- 1 small onion sliced
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Sauce ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- 2 green onions sliced on a bias
Instructions
- Mix together all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Heat a large skillet or wok over medium heat. Add oil and sesame oil to skillet. Add garlic and stir for about 30 seconds.
- Then add carrots, celery and onions to the pan cooking and stirring until they soften.
- Add the cabbage to the pan and stir as it begins to wilt.
- After cabbage has wilted add the dry noodles to the pan.
- Give the sauce a quick stir and then pour over the noodles. Let the noodles sit a few minutes to begin to soak up the sauce. Then being to slowly stir the noodles moving them apart as they cook and soften.
- Remove from heat.
- Garnish with additional green onions.
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