Lo Mein

Today, Gary and I decided it was time to try out a Lo Mein recipe, but with our own twist. We had already tried out this recipe back in January and found it quite good, but it seemed to be missing a bit of something so we made these changes and hope they'll turn out well! 

I think one of the things I like most about Lo Mein is that most recipes don't call for onions. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like onions, but it makes for a nice change not having that taste in every single recipe. 

So since there aren't any onions, we started warming our garlic and added all the veggies to the pan right away. In the picture below, you'll see our choices of veggies, as well as the tofu that we added after cooking it in a frying pan for 15-20 minutes. 

You've got your zucchini, your carrots (fave!), your red peppers, your mushrooms and your tofu!

After cooking it all up, we decided not to make the sauce from the original recipe, which we did like though, and went with a thai sauce that was SO delicious. Basically, we were lazy and didn't want to prepare a sauce from scratch, ok? Don't judge us. 

So here's the final product laid out in one of our plates. Looks and smells so good!

Lo Mein

Prep time: 10 mins / Cook time: 35 mins

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients: 

• 3-4 rounds of Asian Noodles
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups mushrooms, sliced (approximately)
• 1 red bell pepper, julienned
• 1 carrot, julienned
• 1 zucchini, julienned
• 1/2 package of tofu, diced
• Sweet Red Chili Thai Sauce

Description: 

1. In a large skillet or wok, heat 1 tbsp olive oil. Add tofu cubes, making sure they do not overlap each other. Let cook for 20 minutes on each side, flipping every so often. Transfer cooked tofu to a bowl. 
2. In the same skillet or wok, heat remaining olive oil. Add garlic, mushrooms, bell pepper, carrot, and zucchini. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 4-5 minutes. Stir in tofu.
3. Meanwhile, cook Asian noodles in medium saucepan, according to package instruction.
4. Stir Asian Noodles into vegetable mixture. Add thai sauce. Serve immediately. 

Rating: 9/10

We really love this recipe, be it with the pre-made sweet red chili sauce or with the homemade sauce from the original recipe. Feel free to try it out if you like a good quick & easy thai meal! 

Original sauce:

2 tbsp tamari, or soya sauce

2 tsp sugar (or less)

1 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp Sriracha, or more, to taste

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