Grammy's Kitchen · Lo Mein · Mushroom Chow Mein
One of 79 lo mein recipes we measured
1 cooks on www.kitchensanctuary.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 79.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 19% | 4% |
| protein add | 95% | 100% |
| aromatics | 783% | 24% |
| vegetables and beans | 431% | 111% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| sweetener | 16% | 12% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 200 g | 200 g (7 oz) dried chow mein noodles |
| 41 g | 3 tbsp oil |
| 400 g | 400 g (14 oz) chestnut (cremini) mushrooms (sliced) |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp ground black pepper |
| 150 g | 1 onion (peeled and sliced) |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (peeled and minced) |
| 61 g | 1 large carrot (peeled and sliced into matchsticks) |
| 2 g | 1 red (bell) pepper (deseeded and sliced) |
| 450 g | 1/2 savoy cabbage (thinly sliced) |
| 200 g | 200 g (7 oz) beansprouts ((mung bean sprouts in USA)) |
| 1500 g | 10 spring onions (scallions) (cut into 5cm (2in) lengths) |
| 8 g | 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch in USA) |
| 32 g | 2 tbsp dark soy sauce |
| 12 g | 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine |
| 32 g | 2 tbsp kecap manis ((sweet soy sauce)) |
| 34 g | 2 tbsp hoisin sauce |
| 90 ml (1/3 cup) vegetable stock | |
| 14 g | 1 tbsp sesame oil |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp white pepper |
| spring onions (scallions) | |
| sesame seeds | |
| chilli (red pepper) flakes |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.kitchensanctuary.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Amazing. It tasted so good! We loved it so much.” — a cook, 5.0★