Quick and Easy Vegetable Lo Mein! Make one of your favorite Chinese food take-out dishes at home, in under 30 minutes! It’s so good and perfect for a weeknight dinner!
Chinese Lo Mein At Home
In my single girl days, I was a huge fan of Chinese take-out dishes. I had my favorite Chinese place on speed dial and they always knew my order. Vegetable Lo Mein and Chicken Broccoli Stir Fry. This love for Chinese take-out continued in my married pre-kids phase of life. That is, until I quickly discovered how easy it was to make Chinese food at home. And good thing I did because we eventually had kids and Asian food (especially noodles) became one of their favorites.
Vegetable Lo Mein
I’m so glad I started cooking my favorite Chinese food dishes at home because I know exactly what the ingredients are and I can change it up! Add chicken, pork, tofu or beef, or use your family’s favorite vegetables and make it as colorful as a rainbow.
The key to my Lo Mein is using fresh, quality ingredients and produce and making sure you have the right pan or wok. When making Vegetable Lo Mein, I always go for fresh and colorful vegetables. My favorites are:
- bell peppers
- carrots
- red onions
- red cabbage (for color)
- sugar snap peas.
I like to add my vegetables in batches because some require more cooking than others and I like to keep a little bite on the bell peppers so I add those towards the end. Add the cooked linguine noodles into the pan along with the mushroom broth, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and oyster sauce. Toss together for a few minutes, or until the noodles are well coated and heated through. Garnish with diced green onions and you’ve got your favorite Chinese take-out dish made at home!
Make-Ahead Instructions
MAKE-AHEAD Cook the pasta noodles and chop up all of the veggies the night before and keep in the refrigerator. This way, everything will be prepped and ready to go for dinner after a busy day!
I hope you enjoy it!
Quick and Easy Vegetable Lo Mein
Vegans should read the labels at the Asian market and should purchase a vegetarian oyster sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small sized onion peeled and sliced
- 1/2 medium sized zucchini unpeeled and chopped
- 1/2 medium sized summer squash unpeeled and chopped (if in season)
- 1 cup sugar snap peas cut once in half crosswise, or left whole
- 1 1/2 cups shiitake mushrooms chopped
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves minced
- Pinch of salt
- pepper
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 cup red cabbage shredded
- 2 small carrots peeled and shaved into strips
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 pound linguine noodles cooked
- 1/4 cup mushroom broth
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce + more if needed
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce + more if needed
- 2 tablespoons vegetarian Chinese oyster sauce
- Green onions diced for garnish
Instructions
- Using a large sauté pan or skillet, heat your oil over medium-high heat. After a minute or two, add the onions and sauté for a few minutes until slightly softened. Add in the zucchini, summer squash if using, snap peas, shiitake mushrooms and minced garlic and sauté for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper and continue sautéing for a few minutes longer until the vegetables are tender but not too soft.
- Add in the bell peppers, red cabbage and carrots and sauté for 2 to 3 more minutes. Drizzle in the sesame oil and mix together. Add the cooked linguine noodles into the pan along with the mushroom broth, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and oyster sauce. Toss together for a few minutes, or until the noodles are well coated and heated through. Taste and adjust any ingredients as needed.
- Garnish with diced green onions and serve immediately. Enjoy!
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Mmmm…I love lo mein but I rarely make it. I have no idea why that is! This looks delicious, Alice. According to my mom, Chinese food is the easiest thing to cook because she uses the same four ingredients as the base for all her dishes: salt, sugar, soy sauce and oil. That’s it, lol. No matter how many times I try to recreate the recipes of my mom and my mother-in-law, it’s never as good. Hopefully I can try this recipe and it’ll be as tasty as your photos look!
Nancy, you have to make this. . I think you and Tony will love it. . and yes, your mom is right. . cooking Chinese food at home is a lot easier than you think!
I like the use of pasta, with the asian flavours you have here. My brother made something similar once and it had a really great texture. Veggies are always much more fun with delicious noodles too! Even for big kids like me!
Thank you, Alice! yeah some might think it’s odd to use linguine noodles here but I love it. . . slurp!!
Hi just wondering do we have to add the mushroom broth in this recipe?
Hi Chelsea, if you don’t add mushroom broth, I would add vegetable stock . . it needs something in my opinion. Hope you try it!
I was trying to meal prep something like this for work last week and I got overwhelmed and stopped. I think this is easy enough for me to recreate for the week!
Can you hear my tummy growling from Minnesota?!!!! xx
haha, love it! You need to make this lo mein! 🙂
I am craving this so badly right now Alice, it looks incredible!!
Thanks so much, Matt!!
This lo mein is exactly what I need for dinner right now! Heading over to check out the recipe…
Thanks so much, Ashley!! Hope you like it and give it a try!
Girl this looks delicious! And you said quick? What? Definitely need to try this!
haha, yes! You need to try this! Super easy weeknight meal!
Recipes that contain the words quick and easy are my absolute favorite!!! I can’t wait to hop on over and get the recipe. It looks fantastic!
Thanks so much, Kathi! I’m with you . . quick and easy rocks!
Ohhhhh Alice this lo mein looks SO SO SOOOOO delish!!!!! <3 I'm all for quick dinners since by the time I return home from college in the evenings, I'm DRAINED and the last thing I want is to spend hours in the kitchen . This is just PERFECT! Heading over to get the recipe! 🙂
Thank you, Samina! I just added a “make-ahead” note: cook the pasta and chop all the veggies the night before. .. this way, everything is prepped and ready to go which will make for an even faster dinner!
Yes, I totally need a “Chinese Food for Dummies” recipe! I’m scarred by too many greasy restaurant meals and am intimidated to make my own–I can’t wait to give this one a try!
Thanks so much Elizabeth! yes, I hear you on the greasy meals. . this is why I make mine at home! I hope you do give the recipe a try! Happy Friday!
Oh Alice, your lo mein noodles look absolutely perfect and are totally making me drool! This is exactly what I want for dinner tonight, I love that you used linguine noodles! Hopping over to check out the recipe 🙂
Thanks so much, Kelly!! Linguine noodles are easy and so delicious, right?!
I can imagine how much your children love this! I taught myself to cook Chinese food when I was in my late twenties. My husband loved that stage. He would go to work with Chinese food that was the envy of the office guys.
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Please let me know how it goes!!
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All your recipes always look amazing!! Can you please tell me what brand vegetarian Chinese oyster sauce you use? All of the oyster sauces I have found are not vegetarian. If you could provide a picture too that would be AMAZING! Thank you so much!!
I am not home right now but here they are: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Wan-Ja-Shan-Vegetarian-Oyster-Sauce-33-8-Fl-Oz/841254023?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227071015177&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=181756892139&wl4=aud-310687321802:pla-284042806460&wl5=9019668&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=841254023&wl13=&veh=sem or this one: http://www.posharpstore.com/en/lee-brand-vegetarian-oyster-sauce-dau-hao-chay-267oz?gclid=CjwKCAjwnLjVBRAdEiwAKSGPI3UTbmzzGuvrGxIqETh-MchmG000XoUC8F-pT823VTx0XcACDFsmQxoCGs0QAvD_BwE
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Hi Reem! You can buy mushroom broth from the grocery store. . it’s with the chicken and beef stock. . or, you can use vegetable stock if you can’t find it!
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