DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Chinese vegetable lo mein
Also known as: Restaurant, Chinese, vegetable lo mein, without meat
Maggie Zhu’s selected vegetable lo mein combines prepared semi-fresh noodles, baby bok choy, snow peas and carrots with garlic, ginger and green onion. An own light-soy, dark-soy, sugar and sesame dressing coats the hot noodles.
About Chinese vegetable lo mein
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Maggie Zhu’s selected vegetable lo mein tosses noodles with baby bok choy, snow peas and carrots. Dark soy sauce gives the savoury dressing its rich brown colour, while the vegetables retain contrasting soft greens and crunchy stems.
The selected semi-fresh noodles boil according to their package instructions, then rinse with cool water. Garlic, ginger and chopped green onions start the stir-fry in peanut oil.
Carrots, snow peas and prepared baby bok choy cook briefly over high heat. The greens begin to soften while the other vegetable pieces keep some crunch.
Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil form the four-part dressing. The noodles are tossed with the vegetables before this sauce is added and absorbed, coating the strands evenly.
The complete lo mein is served hot as a main dish or a side. Zhu also describes pairing it with separately prepared egg-drop soup and offering chili oil alongside, leaving the vegetable noodles central to this selected preparation.
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