Chinese Lo Mein & Eggrolls

Day 16

Laura informs me that I need to type fast because she's making this up as she goes and will be filling me in.

Chinese Lo Mein & Eggrolls

Lo Mein

Something Laura has made many times is lo mein. It's also something we order at Chinese restaurants a lot since we both love it. It's a mixture of noodles, veggies and a stir-fry sauce. We've made it with lots of types of noodles and lots of combinations of sauces, veggies and meat, although we no longer make it with meat. Always turns out fantastic, and tonight is no exception.

Lo mein, cooking

Laura's Yummy Stir-fry Sauce
Mix:
3 tbs soy sauce
pinch red chili flakes
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp Hoisin sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil

Sauce ingredients

The Veggies & Almonds
1 cup toasted almonds
2 carrots
2 cups broccoli florets
2 small onions
1 lb mushrooms

Roasted almonds

Roast the almonds in a dry frying pan on medium heat. Remove from heat and set aside. * Do not burn them four times and have to start over.

Slice the carrots at an angle for a fancy presentation. Cut the larger broccoli florets into more manageable bite-size pieces. Chop the onions coarsely. Slice the mushrooms thickly. We bought ours already sliced to save time.

Sautéeing Veggies
Laura sautés the onions, broccoli and carrots first, sets aside, then sautés mushrooms separately because they take less time to cook and she is picky about everything being stir-fried for the perfect amount of time. She's not going to like that I wrote that. But, it's true.

Sautéed onions, carrots & broccoli

Sautéeing mushrooms

Noodles

We used Compliments spaghettini noodles and Laura only cooked them for about 4 minutes so they're super al dente when they're added to the veggies and sauce at the end.

Spaghettini, cooked al dente

Eggrolls

We bought the eggrolls at Sobeys, tonight, because, time. Sometimes we make our own, so hopefully we'll be sharing that with you down the road. For tonight though, we only had to put 6 Compliments Vegetable Egg Rolls in the oven at 375 (degrees F) for 20 minutes. They're a mixture of cabbage, peas, onions and carrots plus whatever other seasonings and preservatives they use. They're ok. Our favorite eggrolls are Trans Palace's. Mmmm. But, these will do, especially with homemade plum sauce to smarten them up a bit. The lo mein is the highlight of the meal tonight.

Compliments Vegetable Egg Rolls

Homemade plum sauce

Chinese Lo Mein & Eggrolls

Reviews/Comments

I'm super full. The lo mein was amazing, as always. Even better than usual, I think. And I love, love, love the homemade plum sauce. I made it using a bottle of plum jam and this recipe.

Laura's review: "It's delicious!" She only gives it a 7 because she's hard on herself. For me, this meal is a 9 for enjoyment and flavor.