Lo Mein is a perfect change up from the pasta drudgery. It is relatively easy to make and you can add the veggies of your choice. You can also make quadruple the sauce and freeze in individual snack sized ziplock bags to make life easier another night.
Lo Mein
Lo Mein is a perfect change up from the pasta drudgery. It is relatively easy to make and you can add the veggies of your choice. You can also make quadruple the sauce and freeze in individual snack sized ziplock bags to make life easier another night.
Nutrition
Ingredients
Method
- Prep all of the veggies as directed
- Bring 4 quarts water with 1 teaspoon of salt to boil in a large pot. Add low protein noodles and cook for 5 minutes. Noodles will be slightly undercooked. Drain and set aside.
- Whisk soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, five-spice powder and the vegetable broth in small bowl. In yet another small bowl, mix garlic, ginger and sambal oleek with 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil; set aside.
- Heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a wok or large non-stick skillet over high heat. Add mushrooms. Cook, without stirring, 2 minute. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the wine to skillet; cook, stirring constantly, until liquid is reduced and mushrooms are well coated, 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer to a bowl.
- Return skillet to high heat, add 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. Add the broccoli and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally for 2 minutes. Add the water chestnuts and continue to cook, stirring occasionally for one minute longer; transfer vegetables to bowl with mushrooms.
- Add remaining teaspoon vegetable oil and cabbage to now-empty skillet; cook, stirring occasionally, until spotty brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add to the bowl with the other veggies.
- In the skillet add garlic-ginger mixture and cook, mashing mixture with spoon, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the cooked noodles and the vegetable broth-soy mixture to skillet. Simmer on medium heat until half of the liquid has been absorbed, about 4 minutes. Add the cooked veggies, scallions and cilantro, stir. Simmer until thickened and ingredients are well incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
Notes
Flexi-Phe: If you need to make this recipe lower in protein, switch out the broccoli and mushrooms for lower protein veggies such as red pepper and more carrots and water chestnuts. You can replace the soy sauce with more coconut aminos. These simple changes will cut the phe in half!
For the Family: Quadruple the sauce recipe, boil high protein lo mein noodles or spaghetti, follow instructions above and add a protein if desired (chicken, beef, tofu, etc).
