Garlic Chicken Lo Mein with Sautéed Vegetables – A Flavorful and Healthy Dinner Option
Discover how to make delicious Garlic Chicken Lo Mein with Sautéed Vegetables. A healthy, flavorful, and quick dinner option
Ingredients
Scale
- 2chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 tablespoongarlic powder
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoonfish sauce
- 1 teaspoonfresh ginger, grated
- Vegetables:
- 10garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cupscabbage, shredded
- 2carrots, shredded
- 4green onions, sliced
- 2 teaspoonsfresh ginger, grated
- 6 ouncesmushrooms, sliced
- 2 cupsbroccoli florets
- 2stalks celery, sliced
- For the Lo Mein:
- 8 ouncesbuckwheat lo mein noodles
- For the Sauce:
- 1/4 cupsoy sauce
- 1 tablespoonhoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoonfish sauce
- 1 teaspoonblack pepper
- Cooking oil (vegetable or canola)
- Szechuan peppercorns (optional, for extra hea
Instructions
- Season cubed chicken breasts with garlic powder, salt, pepper, fish sauce, and grated ginger.
- Cook the buckwheat lo mein noodles according to the package directions, cooking them for about one minute less than recommended.
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat, adding cooking oil and a bit of butter. Once the pan is hot, add the seasoned chicken and cook until golden brown (around 15 minutes). In the final two minutes of cooking, add the minced garlic and cook until fragrant. Remove the chicken and garlic mixture from the pan.
- In the same pan, add a little more oil and sauté the vegetables (cabbage, carrots, green onions, ginger, mushrooms, broccoli, and celery) until browned and tender, about 8 minutes.
- Add in another tablespoon of butter to the vegetables.
- Return the cooked chicken to the pan with the vegetables. Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, fish sauce, black pepper, and additional Szechuan peppercorns for extra heat if desired. Stir everything together and heat through.
- Details:
- This garlic chicken lo mein is a delicious and flavorful dish packed with sautéed vegetables, tender chicken, and hearty buckwheat noodles. The mix of savory seasonings like soy sauce and hoisin sauce combined with the heat of Szechuan peppercorns delivers a tasty, satisfying meal.