Chicken Lo Mein is a favorite around here, and this easy homemade version is one we love! Fresh egg noodles, delicious hoisin grilled chicken and tons of tender, crisp veggies tossed in a delicious homemade lo mein sauce!
What is Chicken Lo Mein?
We love Lo Mein because I love the combination of tender egg noodles, bean sprouts and lots of mixed fresh vegetables. I love to cook at home because I do love being able to add in my favorite vegetables and customize a dish to my liking! This easy Lo Mein recipe is full of flavor.
What is the Sauce Used in Lo Mein?
The Lo Mein sauce in this recipe is quick and easy to make with a few staples I keep in my fridge. I love the flavor of hoisin, and use it to marinate the chicken so I also add it into the sauce.
If you’re not familiar with Hoisin Sauce, it’s a sweet Chinese sauce often used to glaze meats or add flavor to stir-fries or dips. It’s one of my personal favorites to drizzle on lettuce wraps, add to Stir Fries or to marinate meat before grilling (it’s an excellent chicken marinade). You can find it in the international aisle of most grocery stores or online. If you don’t have hoisin, teriyaki sauce is a good substitute.
The ingredients are simply mixed together and simmered until thickened.
What is the difference between Lo Mein and Chow Mein?
People often confuse Chicken Lo Mein with Chow Mein. While the dishes are very similar, one major difference is the noodles.
Lo Mein uses a soft noodle while Chow Mein uses a crispy fried noodle. Both dishes are delicious and it just boils down to personal preference. The noodles I use in this easy Lo Mein recipe are fresh egg noodles and they are often found in the produce area of your grocery store (or where the wonton wrappers are). You can also sometimes find them in the freezer section.
How to Make Lo Mein Your Way
The best part is that Chicken Lo Mein is very versatile! While I use red peppers, you can add in whatever veggies are in your fridge… broccoli, mushrooms, peppers… pretty much anything can go into this! Have leftover chicken? Chop it up and use that instead of the grilled chicken for an extra quick dish!
Looking for something different? You can replace the chicken with shrimp for an amazing Shrimp Lo Mein (you’ll need to adjust the grilling time just until the shrimp is cooked through) or even use beef or lean pork in place of chicken. The possibilities with this Lo Mein are endless!
More Chinese Food Favorites
- Baked Chinese Chicken and Rice
- Crispy Homemade Egg Roll
- Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Crab Rangoon (Crab & Cream Cheese filled Wontons)
- Skillet Orange Chicken Recipe – Family favorite
- Easy Fried Rice Recipe – So fast and easy!
- Bang Bang Shrimp
- Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry – Weeknight meal
- Shrimp Lo Mein
- Chicken Chop Suey
Chicken Lo Mein
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ½ red bell pepper finely sliced
- 8 oz bean sprouts
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 4 green onions chopped & divided
- 1 package fresh egg noodles (8-10 oz. Asian style)
- ½ cup Hoisin sauce
- Pea Shoots (optional)
Sauce
- ½ cup chicken broth (we use low sodium)
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Pound chicken breasts to ½ inch thick. Marinate in Hoisin sauce 30 minutes (or up to 4 hours).
- Chop scallions and set the green part aside.
- Combine all sauce ingredients and mix well. Grill chicken over medium heat about 5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Slice diagonally.
- Cook noodles according to package directions (mine were "boil 1 minute").
- Heat oil in a large pan or wok over medium heat. Add scallions, ginger and garlic. Cook until fragrant (about 1 minute). Add red pepper slices and cook 1 minute.
- Add cooked noodles, bean sprouts, sliced chicken and sauce. Stir over medium heat until sauce is thickened (about 2 minutes). Top with scallion greens and pea shoots.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Main Course
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I couldn’t find refrigerated lo mein noodles. So, a note to others who may need to use the dry boxed variety, my 14 oz. box, cooked 6 minutes according to the directions on the box made at least 8 CUPS of COOKED NOODLES! That’s a lot of noodles! Had I realized, I would have cooked half the box or less, since this recipe doesn’t give any conversion for dry.
Hi Holly, I love your recipes! I would like to adapt this Chicken Lo Mein to vegetarian, if possible. I can get a frozen veggie chicken substitute that comes in strips and I’m wondering if I can use them? My other question is can I substitute something for oyster sauce, since I’m allergic to oysters?
Thanks!
Hi Essie, I have only made this as written. That being said, oyster sauce adds flavor and a bit of sweetness so you could try a little bit of hoisin sauce (about ⅓ of the amount called for in the recipe). I also am not very familiar with the veggie chicken substitute but I think it should work just fine. Hope that helps.
Absolutely delicious recipe. I added bamboo shoots, mushrooms and crunchy chow mein noodles over top. I also used udon noodles. It was hard to tell that we didn’t order out!
i made your chicken chop suey was so good and fried rice was the best i want to try making sweet and sour chicken, thanks for the best easy way to cook Chinese food we love it :) stay well be safe
Sherry
What can be substituted for the oyster sauce? I have shellfish allergies.
I have only made this as written. That being said, oyster sauce adds flavor and a bit of sweetness so you could try a little bit of hoisin sauce (about ⅓ of the amount called for in the recipe). Hope that helps.
Very Nice!
This recipe was perfect! I used a bit more oil to sauté the carrots I added. I also used a whole red pepper! The meal was a big hit! The Chinese restaurant I usually go to has been closed and I haven’t been able to get my fix! Lol this fit the bill!
Glad we could help satisfy that craving Jody!