Name: Quick & Easy Vegetable Lo Mein
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 to 6 oz uncooked soba noodles ( or noodles of choice); 3 tablespoons olive oil (or oil of choice); 3 cups vegetables (julienne cut or chopped, we used broccoli, brussel sprouts and carrots); Optional: 1 1/2 Tablespoons minced garlic (add to veggies when stir frying); ¼ cup vegan soy sauce; 2-3 tablespoons brown sugar; ¼ teaspoon garlic powder; Optional additions to sauce for additional flavor layers: 1 teaspoon sriracha

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This tasty Vegetable Lo Mein recipe is the tastiest! If you love lo mein like us, you’ll find this amazing healthy dish is not as complicated like you might think. In fact, it’s so quick and easy, because you’ll bring everything together in one pan to stir fry in something like 15 minutes, from start to finish! Yes Please and better than takeout!

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What is Lo Mein?

Lo mein is a very popular Asian take-out food, but you can make the same thing at home with whatever veggies you have on hand. Keep in mind, it will be a lot faster than waiting for it to come to your house for delivery, or going out to pick it up.

It tastes way better too! You know exactly what is going into it, which is very important. Plus you can spice it up if you want with some sriracha or some red pepper flakes if you’re one of those people that like it on a hot “5” on a scale from 1 to 5! The best part is this vegetable lo mein recipe is vegan and it’s healthy!

This Quick & Easy Vegetable Lo Mein is vegan, healthy and loaded with veggies. But best of all it’s super delish! It can be served as a main dish or as a side dish.

This Healthy Vegan Lo Mein Recipe Is Versatile. Use Veggies Of Your Choice!

Use whatever veggies you have in your fridge. Mushrooms, red bell peppers, snow peas, bok choy, cabbage, peppers, spinach, onions, green scallions and edamame are just some of the more popular veggies you can use.

We used brussels sprouts, broccoli florets and carrots and stir fried them up for 2 minutes. The key to making the veggies taste so amazing is to let them steam just a bit with a couple tablespoons of water after you have stir fried them, for another 2 minutes to soften them up just a tad.

Then add this really easy soy sauce recipe. Toss those noodles with the veggies to get the tastiest veggie lo mein in a matter of minutes! Voila! Success and yumminess!

When using soy sauce, we like using the low sodium and I swear we can’t tell the difference. But there is dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, low sodium soy sauce, soy sauce with coconut aminos, tamari sauce, but overall you need to make sure it’s vegan-friendly. Most likely you won’t need to add salt to this recipe because of the soy sauce. As for the noodles, you can use just about any eggless noodles. We used Soba noodles, made of buckwheat flour and wheat flour. They have a hearty, nutty flavor. They contain all eight essential amino acids, along with antioxidants and other nutrients. But other noodles you could use, would be lo mein noodles, ramen, vermicelli or spaghetti.

Ingredients You Need

Quick & Vegan Vegetable Easy Lo Mein Recipe

4 –6 ounces uncooked soba noodles or ramen noodles, egg noodles, spaghetti noodles or noodles of choice
3 tablespoons olive oil or oil of choice
3 cups julienne cut or chopped vegetables we used broccoli, Brussel sprouts and carrots
Optional: 1 1/2 Tablespoons minced garlic add to veggies when stir frying

lo mein Sauce

¼ cup soy sauce (Kikkoman is a good vegan choice) – make sure your soy sauce is vegan or you could use a tamari sauce (This sauce is vegan and gluten-free, and has a similar flavor to soy sauce.)
2-3 tablespoons brown sugar
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Optional additions to sauce for additional flavor layers: 1 teaspoon sriracha, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce, 1 teaspoon oyster sauce

Instructions How to Make Vegan Lo Mein or Vegetable Lo Mein

In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, brown sugar and garlic powder and set aside.
In a large pot of boiling water, make sure you cook noodles according to package instructions and drain well when done. (See soba noodle tips below)
Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat.
Add broccoli, Brussel sprouts and carrots.
Cook, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of water and minced garlic (if using). Continue cooking for 2 more minutes.
Stir in soba noodles and soy sauce mixture, and gently toss to combine.
Serve immediately. Top with some green onions!

More Options!

You can also add cashews or almonds for a crunchy bite, with some added protein to your dish!
Add some ginger for a spicy, sweet flavor!
Love tofu? You can definitely add some good protein to your lo mein! Just fry some up and add it in!