Chicken Lo Mein Recipe
This Chicken lo mein recipe is a flavorful Chinese stir fry with chicken, veggies, and chewy noodles cooked in a sweet and savory sauce. Make it from scratch in 30 minutes!
Servings: 6 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 1½ pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into 1-inch cubes
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
For the Sauce
- ¼ cup oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3 tablespoons refined sesame oil
- 1½ teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ⅔ cup chicken stock
- 2 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
For the Stir Fry
- 1 pound lo mein noodles or spaghetti
- 1 teaspoon salt for the pasta water
- 3 tablespoons refined sesame oil
- 2 heaping handfuls cabbage
- 1 heaping handful shredded carrots
- 5 green onions sliced (whites and greens divided)
- sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Marinade the chicken. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, toss the chicken with soy sauce. Let the chicken marinade for ~15 minutes. Make the sauce in the meantime.
- Make the sauce. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the oyster sauce, hoisin, soy sauce, honey, refined sesame oil, toasted sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, garlic, chicken stock, and cornstarch. Whisk until smooth and set aside.
- Make the noodles. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the salt. Add the noodles and cook per the package’s instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Brown the chicken. While the noodles are cooking, heat the refined sesame oil over medium-high heat in a wok or a large, heavy-bottomed skillet. Add the chicken (discard the soy sauce it was marinating in) and saute until golden brown and almost cooked through.
- Saute the veggies. Add the cabbage, carrots, and the whites of the green onions to the wok. Saute until slightly wilted. The chicken should be cooked through at this point.
- Put it all together. Stir the cooked noodles into the chicken mixture along with the oyster-sauce mixture. Saute until the sauce has thickened and the noodles are thoroughly coated in it.
- Serve. Serve warm, garnished with sesame seeds and the greens of the green onions.
Nutrition
Calories: 596kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 2125mg | Potassium: 434mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1610IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg
