Name: Easy Chicken Lo Mein
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1-2 pounds of chicken (cooked and removed from the bone); 1 pound spaghetti noodles (cooked); 2 carrots (julienned); 1 medium onion (thinly sliced); ½ head of cabbage; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 6 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)

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With 5 main ingredients plus a quick sauce, this Easy Chicken Lo Mein is a great meal to toss together when you are short on time!

white bowls with noodles, chicken and veggies; text overlay reads Easy "take out" Chicken Lo Mein.

Chicken. Again. How many possible ways can there be to cook this little bird? And how many times a week can I serve it to my family before they revolt?

The versatile nature of chicken and its low cost make it a very popular protein option for dinner. So sometimes you just have to get creative when it comes to ~~disguising~~ preparing it. 🙂

Even my kids will gobble it up this Easy Chicken Lo Mein (vegetables included, believe it or not!) and it tastes great as leftovers the next day.

Ingredients needed for Easy Chicken Lo Mein:

cooked chicken-this is a great way to use up leftovers, or a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Sometimes I’ll cook a whole chicken in the Crockpot Express and use it for several recipes like this one.
spaghetti noodles-you can also use thin spaghetti or find actual lo mein or chow mein noodles on the international foods aisle.
carrots-julienne the carrots (cut into matchsticks) for even cooking-see photo below
onion-cut into long, thin slices
cabbage-about 1/2 head, cut into thin strips
vegetable oil-for sautéing the vegetables
soy sauce-use low sodium soy sauce if you’re watching your sodium intake
sugar-either white granulated or brown sugar will work
sesame oil-this adds great flavor and really makes it taste like your favorite Chinese takeout!

Anytime we get takeout from Red Ginger (our local and most favorite Chinese food restaurant) I order the lo mein. I really prefer the soft, flavorful noodles over all the fried and sauced entrees.

Instructions

1. Cook the noodles according to package directions.

2. While the noodles cook, prep and sauté the vegetables

example of carrot segments, carrot planks and carrot matchsticks

Start by cutting the carrots into matchsticks. If a recipe is calling for you to “julienne” something, that’s what it means.

Begin by cutting the carrots into equal segments. Then slice a small amount off one of the sides so you have a flat edge to to lay on the board. Cut the segments into planks about 1/8″ thick.

Stack the planks on top of each other and then cut them into thin strips. This will help the carrots to cook evenly, and it looks nice, too!

Next, cut the onion and cabbage into thin strips. Toss all the vegetables together in a skillet and sauté in oil until tender.

3. Mix the sauce

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. If you prefer your noodles to be even more “saucy”, you can add some chicken stock to the mixture.

4. Toss together the noodles, chicken, sauce and vegetables

If your skillet is large enough, you can pour the noodles into the skillet, add the chicken and then toss it all together with the sauce. If not, you can easily toss it all in the pot with the noodles.

plate of noodles, chicken and vegetables with stack of plates in the background

Give me a big bowl of this easy Chicken Lo Mein and some cream cheese wontons and I’m a happy girl! I think making my own fried cream cheese wontons will be the next item on my TO DO recipe list. Yummy!

Other favorite take-out “copycat” recipes we love:

top down view of plates of chicken lo mein, fried rice and egg rolls

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