Hi Friends!
It’s time for another Recipe Redux post! This month the theme was:
Good Luck Foods: What will you be serving to get the New Year started with a little luck? Be it black eyed peas and greens, Chinese noodles or even a special family recipe you serve on New Year’s Eve or Day. Please share your good luck dish to start off 2014 in a healthy way.
Admittedly, the only good luck foods I knew about before this challenge were black eyed peas and pork & sauerkraut…neither of which particularly appeal to me. However, after doing some research, I found that long noodles are considered good luck food and are believed to signify long life or longevity!
You guys know I love my soba noodles….so I started thinking about something I could make with them. When I was younger we used to go out to eat at Asian restaurants all the time. One of my favorite things to order was chicken lo mein. Strangely, that’s one dish I had never attempted to make at home.
I decided to give it a whirl, and double my luck by making it with pork, which is also a lucky new year’s food!
Here’s the recipe:
Print{Recipe Redux} Pork Lo Mein
A lighter, healthier version of your favorite Chinese restaurant dish
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups mixed veggies, diced (snow peas, peppers, beans, carrots, bok choy, etc)
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ c onion
- 2½ cups cooked pork, cubed
- ¼ c soy sauce
- ½ cup broth
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp fresh ginger
- 1 – 2 tsp sriracha (optional)
- 2 oz soba noodles
- Green onions, to garnish
Instructions
- Cook soba noodles according to package directions and set aside.
- In a large saute pan, saute garlic, onion and vegetables in a little olive oil for 5 min.
- Add pork and saute 5 min more.
- In a bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, broth, sugar and cornstarch.
- Pour into pan, reduce heat and let simmer until sauce thickens slightly (5-10 min).
- Add noodles, fresh ginger and sriracha and mix well.
- Top with green onions before serving.
Hubby loved this dish. Told me I could make it every day if I wanted to 🙂
Dig in!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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That is looking great! Thank you for sharing!
That looks so good! I have already pinned it so that I can share later. 🙂
Yum! This looks really good! I also did a pork recipe for my good luck food. 🙂
This recipe looks awesome!!!
Very tasty looking Lo mein, Lindsay! Happy New Year to you!
Yum looks delicious!
Yum! We always order Chinese food on New Year’s eve so why the heck don’t I make it more often – thanks for the inspiration 🙂
I always feel a bit ‘scared’ making Asian food-yet you make it sound easy and healthy. Yum….
super easy and tasty!!
This looks really good but wondering what the calorie count was per serving? I can’t wait to try it
I don’t have the calorie count available but you could always put the recipe into something like My Fitness Pal to get it!