Name: Easy Homemade Chow Mein Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 cloves garlic; 1 tsp ginger; ½ cup carrots; 1 cup Napa cabbage; 1 cup Bean Sprouts; 6 oz chow mein noodles; 3 Green Onions; 1 tsp Sesame seeds; Sauce; ⅓ cup chicken broth; ¼ cup soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; ½ tsp sesame oil; 1½ tsp cornstarch

Easy Homemade Chow Mein Recipe

Gayler Solorzano Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Easy Homemade Chow Mein

Skip the takeout and get straight to fresh homemade meals with our easy chow mein recipe that comes with a sweet and savory sauce to get that Asian flavor.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tbspVegetable Oil
2clovesgarlicminced
1tspginger
½cupcarrotsjulienned
1cupnapa cabbagesliced
1cupBean Sprouts
6ozchow mein noodlescooked according to package directions
3green onionssliced
1tspSesame seeds

Sauce

⅓cupchicken brothlow sodium
¼cupsoy saucelow sodium
2tbspoyster sauce
½tspsesame oil
1½tspcornstarch

Instructions

Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
Heat the oil in a stir fry pan or deep skillet over high heat. Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 30 to 60 seconds.
Add carrots and cabbage. Stir fry 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly tender.
Add bean sprouts, noodles, and sauce and stir fry an additional 2 to 3 minutes or until heated through.
Top with green onions and sesame seeds if desired. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 281.05kcal
Fat: 10.33g
Saturated Fat: 1.20g
Trans Fat: 0.08g
Monounsaturated Fat: 6.09g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.31g
Carbohydrates: 38.67g
Fiber: 3.06g
Sugar: 3.47g
Protein: 9.58g
Cholesterol: 36.32mg
Sodium: 1184.70mg
Calcium: 68.64mg
Potassium: 373.27mg
Iron: 2.73mg
Vitamin A: 179.68µg
Vitamin C: 14.86mg

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