Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Vegetable Lo Mein

Ingredients
  • 2 cups sliced button mushrooms
  • 1 red pepper sliced into thin strips
  • 4 heads of bok choy, leaves and stems chopped and separated
  • 2 cups bean sprouts
  • 2 large carrots, peeled and julienned
  • 1 large white onion, chopped
  • 2 sticks chopped celery
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 pkg Lo Mein noodles (or spaghetti noodles if you can't find them)
  • 1/2 cup Hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp minced garlic in oil
  • 1 tbsp sweet chili sauce
  • 1 tsp Siracha
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1/2 cup chopped roasted unsalted cashews

Directions
  1.  Mix the Hoisin sauce, soy sauce, garlic, sweet chili sauce, Siracha, and fish sauce. Set aside.
  2. Heat the sesame oil in a non stick electric wok or a large non stick pan. Add the onion, carrots, celery, and bok choy stems and stir fry about five minutes until the onions begin to grow soft and translucent.
  3. Add the mushrooms, peppers, Bok Choy leaves, and  bean sprouts and continue to stir fry and toss.
  4. Put a large pot of water on to boil and cook a half package of your favourite Chinese noodles for about three minutes - just until barley al dente - so cooked but still with a bit of firmness. 
  5.  While the noodles boil, add the reserved sauce to the vegetables.
  6. Drain the noodles and add to the wok. Toss and turn using two large spoons to coat the noodles and then leave them to cook in the sauce for aabout 2-3 more minutes until they're cooked the way you like them - pull a noodle out periodically to test for firmness. 
  7. Serve sprinkled with toasted unsalted cashews.