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 pepper , finely sliced
- 8 oz bean sprouts
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 4 scallions , 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 corn starch
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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delicious! kids cleaned their plates!
So glad they loved it!
Looks delicious. I’m going to try for sure! Thanks!
Enjoy Nancy! Thank you for stopping by!
Where do you find the noodles you use in this, with other noodles are they refrigerated?
They are refrigerated but not with the pasta. I find them near the produce area where the won ton wrappers and the tofu are. They’re called fresh Chow Mein noodles. I hope that helps!
This looks really tasty and being on a tight budget this would help curb the take out desire!
We love it Tami, not only more affordable but tastes so much better too! :)
I made this tonight and everyone loved it, even my picky 3 year old!
Any ideas on what I can substitute for the sesame oil? My husband has a sesame allergy
In this recipe sesame oil is included for flavor. While most light oils will work in place of sesame oil in most recipes, they won’t duplicate the flavor so in this case I would just leave the oil out.
Thank you
I made this recipe for dinner tonight, and oh my goodness, was it ever good! I only used three cloves of garlic instead of four and I added snow peas. This recipe is a definite keeper !!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Mona!
I have a food saver and wondered can you make this sauce ahead and freeze then prep the main ingredients and freeze for ready made meals??
I haven’t tried freezing it so I can’t say for sure although I can’t see why it wouldn’t work.
Thank you so much for sharing your post with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
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Delicious this lo mein is calling my name. Thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop. pinning it.
I am going to try this. Looks amazing!
Cheers,
Dee
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Thanks for stopping by Dee! I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!
How important is the oyster sauce to this recipie?
It does add a great flavor. If you dont have oyster sauce on hand, you can substitute it with extra soy sauce! Enjoy!
Oh wow! I had to pin to try this weekend! These photos are amazing and I am drooling because I want to taste this!
That looks great! I’m always intimidated by Chinese dishes. This looks really easy and delicious. Thanks for sharing. ;-D
Ohhh that looks just wonderful!
This looks delicious! Great photos too, makes me hungry!
Looks delish!
Your photography is amazing!
<3 Thank you Laura!
I made this tonight for my husband (who is Korean) and 3 kids. Raves all around! Very easy and restaurant quality – we will be making this again, next time for company!
I’m so glad you and your family enjoyed this recipe Catherine! We love this one too!
Pecan cake looks good.
Thank you! It was delicious!