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Lo Mein

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This lo mein recipe is very flexible. Add what ever ingredients you think will fit. A popular combination is pork with water chestnuts and asparagus. "Stir fry-style meats and vegetables" simply refers to ingredients cut in pieces that are slightly smaller than bite-size and perfect for pan frying.

Total 00:25
Yield variable

Ingredients

  • 1 part stir fry meat (e.g. pork, beef, shrimp)
  • 1 part stir fry vegetables (e.g. water chestnuts, asparagus, broccoli, squash, bamboo shoots)
  • 1 part cooked lo mein noodles
  • Enough soy sauce to heavily coat all the ingredients
  • Enough olive oil to coat a skillet
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • Crushed/minced garlic (optional) (optional)
  • Bean sprouts (optional) (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cook noodles in a pot according to the package directions.
  2. 2
    Coat a skillet with olive oil and place on stove with medium to low heat. Add garlic if desired, but don't let it burn.
  3. 3
    Add meat and vegetables to skillet, season with salt and pepper, lightly coat with soy sauce, and cook everything until it's done (about 8–10 minutes).
  4. 4
    If using, add bean sprouts right before everything is finished cooking, and cook them until they turn mildly translucent.
  5. 5
    Strain noodles and add them to the stir fry.
  6. 6
    Coat with soy sauce and cook for roughly 1 minute in order to sear in the flavor.
Method
Frying

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lo_Mein