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Real Chinese Takeout Recipe!
Our pork lo mein recipe is the real deal, made the same way we cooked it in our family’s Chinese restaurant. Use Chinese BBQ pork from a restaurant/roast meat shop, or make your own with our recipe!

PREP: 45 mins
COOK: 15 mins

ALL ABOUT COOKING CHINESE LO MEIN:

Over the years, we’ve posted just about every variation of lo mein. But the beauty of lo mein is that it’s a great dish for cooking up odds and ends from the refrigerator.

We often make lo mein when we have a bunch of random veggies and small pieces of pork, beef, or chicken. Once you master the basic recipe, you can get perfect results with almost any combination.

The overall formula is julienned veggies + sliced protein + noodles.

Once you’re familiar with the overall process, feel free to make substitutions and experiment with different combinations of protein and veggies!
Ingredients
  • subheading: FOR THE SAUCE MIXTURE:
  • 15 ml light soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
  • 15 ml oyster sauce
  • 15 ml hot water
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • subheading: FOR THE REST OF THE DISH:
  • 225 g Chinese roast pork (char siu)
  • julienned into strips
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • 30 g carrot (julienned)
  • 70 g water chestnuts (sliced)
  • 70 g canned bamboo shoots (in strips or sliced into bite-sized pieces)
  • 70 g sliced mushrooms (such as shiitake, oyster, button, or baby portobello)
  • 225 g napa cabbage (shredded)
  • 70 g snow peas (ends trimmed with fibrous string removed)
  • 150 g mung bean sprouts (optional)
  • 400 g cooked lo mein noodles (you can use fresh uncooked noodles, but they need to be boiled according to the package instructions first)
  • 25 ml vegetable oil
  • 15 ml Shaoxing wine
  • 2 scallions (julienned)
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