Easy vegetable chow mein
User Reviews
4.5
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
12 mins
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Total Time
17 mins
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Servings
4
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Course
Side Dish, Main Course
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Cuisine
Vegan
Easy vegetable chow mein
Description
This recipe balances crisp, colorful vegetables with tender egg noodles in a classic chow mein style. The cooking starts by frying aromatics—spring onions, garlic, and ginger—alongside mushrooms and bell peppers to build flavor. Additional vegetables like broccolini, sugar snap peas, baby corn, and spinach are added gradually to keep a balanced texture where vegetables remain firm without being raw.
Soy sauce, oyster sauce, and a small amount of sesame oil create a richly savory sauce that coats the ingredients and noodles. Fresh lemon juice is added at the end to brighten the flavors. The cooked egg noodles are tossed in last, absorbing the sauce while maintaining their softness without being mushy.
Chili can be added optionally as a fresh garnish for heat. This chow mein offers a satisfying mix of textures and tastes that make it a filling vegetarian main or side.
Ingredients
- 3 spring green onions, finely chopped
- 3 garlic finely chopped, cloves
- 2 teaspoons ginger minced
- 2 cups mushrooms thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper de-seeded and thinly sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper de-seeded and thinly sliced
- 2 cups broccolini halved lengthwise
- 1 cup sugar snap peas halved lengthwise
- 10 baby corn halved lengthwise
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 2-3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- lemon juice of half
- 300 g egg noodles dry weight, cooked and cooled
- chilli to serve (optional, fresh chopped
Instructions
- In a hot wok, add a splash of vegetable oil then add the spring onion, garlic, ginger, mushrooms and peppers and stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the broccolini, sugar snaps and corn and fry for another 5 minutes until the vegetables are cooked but still firm.
- Add the baby spinach, soy, oyster sauce and sesame oil then stir fry for another 2 minutes to wilt the spinach.
- Add the cooked noodles then toss to combine, Season with lemon juice and more soy if necessary and serve.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.5
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