last night's lo mein

EASY LO MEIN

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time15 minutes

Total Time25 minutes

Yield4 servings

The easiest lo mein you will ever make in 15 min from start to finish. And it's so much quicker, tastier and healthier than take-out!

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
• 1/2 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
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste

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 lo mein egg noodles according to package instructions; drain well.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok 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

*If lo mein egg noodles cannot be found, spaghetti can be substituted.

Adapted from The Woks of Life

Faircloth Kitchen NOTES: We used this recipe from damndelicious.net as a basis for last night's lo mein! We left out the snow peas, and added some onion, pre-cooked sliced venison strips, green bell pepper instead of red, and of course added a "leeetle" more olive oil and a dollop of real butter. We substituted linguine noodles since I couldn't find lo mein at Piggly Wiggly. We rated our finished product with 5 stars! I was especially impressed with the wilted spinach. If you don't have sesame oil and Sriracha as kitchen staples, you need to buy them! Also keep a supply of chopsticks handy for such occasions as eating with the authentic utensils enhances ethic food flavor! All we lacked was the fortune cookies! 

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