Quick and Easy Lo Mein Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce

  *see notes
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

  *see notes
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  *see notes
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine

  or Mirin (see notes)
• 6-8 ounces uncooked ramen noodles
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 garlic cloves

  minced or pressed
• 3 green onions

  chopped (separate green parts from white parts – you’ll use both separately)
• 2 cups cremini mushrooms

  sliced
• 1 red bell pepper

  julienned
• 1 carrot

  julienned
• ½ cup snow peas
• 3 cups baby spinach

Instructions

• 1 Sauce: Whisk the cornstarch and dark soy sauce together in a small bowl or jar,
  then whisk in the remaining ingredients or shake it together in a lidded jar.
• 2 Noodles: Cook the noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• 3 Stirfry: Heat oil in a large wok or skillet. Add garlic, the white part of green
  onions, mushrooms, bell pepper, and carrots to the hot pan and cook, stirring
  frequently, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in snow peas and spinach until
  the spinach has wilted, about 2-3 minutes.
• 4 Stir in the cooked noodles and the lo mein sauce and gently toss to combine.
  Cook for a minute or until the noodles are coated and the sauce has thickened
  slightly. Serve with green onions sliced on the diagonal.

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