Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale and on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, I want to share with
you my take - remember, it's not by any means the traditional way to do this - but this
is my take on a veggie lo mein.
I had such a great response from my beef and broccoli stir fry that I just feel more confident
to share my take on different kinds of things, specifically take out food that so many of
us love, and if you know anything about me, you know that I live in a very small town,
and sometimes it can be quite difficult to get takeout so when we can, we like to make
it at home!
And my veggie lo mein is so good, so easy, you can put any veggies you want in it, this
just happens to be my go-to, but you do you.
Whatever you've got on hand, whatever you like, that's what you use.
Use this as an inspiration to raid your fridge and get to cooking.
The ingredients you'll need are very few, I'm starting off with some carrots that I've
just sliced into little pieces, I've got the onions, ginger, a mixture of mushrooms, I've
got shiitake and cremini, these are some Chinese egg noodles, I've also got some Bok Cgoy that
I've sliced up, I've got some bean sprouts here, I've got a little bit of sugar, oyster
sauce, soy sauce and some scallions (green onions).
What I have is a pot with some boiling water coming up to a boil for my noodles, and I'm
going to get started right away. I have a really big skillet here, I don't have a wok,
but the biggest skillet you have is what you should use.
And I've got a little bit of vegetable oil in there and I'm going to add my carrots,
onions, mushrooms, and ginger and this is on high heat, as hot as it will go.
Add that in, and saute this for about two minutes, you really don't want to go any further
than that, in total, this should cook for about four or five minutes, so it's also really
quick cooking, which I love.
And I have my skillet on the back burner because it's the hottest burner of the two. And I'm
just going to let this cook for two minutes and then we'll proceed.
This looks awesome, okay, it's been two minutes I'm going to add my noodles to the boiling
water, cook them for two minutes and then we'll meet back here and we'll put the whole
thing together.
Okay, I only cooked my noodles for two minutes, now the package instructions says three to
four minutes but I only cook them for about two minutes and twenty seconds or so because
I'm going to cook it together with the sauce and stuff for just another minute and I don't
want them to be over cooked.
Going to just move that back here, going to add my Bok Choy, I'm also going to add my
soy, Oyster Sauce, and sugar just a little bit of sugar just to kind of balance everything
out. I like to mix them together first just for a quick second.
Mix like so.
Pour all of this over.
I love that sound!
Okay, like two minutes and this is done, you just want to make sure that that Bok Choy
wilts a bit and that that sauce coats everything really nicely.
Throwing in my sprouts at the last minute.
Get those in, warm them up, and the Bok Choy has only been in for a minute, at the last
minute I like to add in my sprouts, and then everything cooks together for one more minute
and then it's done!
You will be ready to serve!
Turning that off.
Stirring in some scallions.
Smells phenomenal in here!
You can use baby Bok Choy, I can't - it's hard for me to find it in my local grocery
store so I just take regular Bok Choy and just slice it up nice and thick because I
don't like it to be too mushy.
Serve myself a modest portion before dinner because that's just how I roll my friends.
And you could put snap peas in here, goodness, you could put anything your heart desires
in here.
Chop sticks.
Because contrary to many beliefs, I can get quite fancy.
Haha!
Love.
Ah, this smells like, like take out!
But better, because I know exactly what's in it and, oh goodness, like I can just play
around with whatever my heart desires.
It's going to be way too much.
Give me a second.
Mmm!
That is the bomb diggiddy!
Hot!
It's amazing!
Really hot though!
Really delicious, really simple, the texture of the veggies is fantastic, I don't like
to take them too far as far as a little bit of crunch.
Fabulous!
Okay, go to LauraintheKitchen.com to get the written recipe, I hope you have enjoyed spending
time with me, leave me your requests down below for take out videos, for your favorite
takeout dishes you want me to do here on Laura in the Kitchen because, as you can see, It's
so easy!
It takes absolutely no time and I would love to hear from you what some of your favorites
are so I can recreate them for you, so that you can make them in the comfort of your very
own home!
LauraintheKitchen.com has the recipe waiting for you, hope you've enjoyed spending time
with me and I'll see you next time!
Bye!