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Ground Beef Lo Mein

December 7, 2014 by Judith Hannemann

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Ground Beef Lo Mein

No reason to visit the take-out.  This lo mein is so easy and delicious, you can make it right at home.

This is one of my all-time favorite Chinese dishes! I order it any time I go to a restaurant or get take out.

I’ve attempted to make a copycat version many times, but it wasn’t until I read the authentic recipe from the wonderful family who authors The Woks of Life, did I finally have the secret to the sauce. If you want the real deal, just follow that link. I didn’t have a lot of the add-ins they use on hand so I used what I had in my veggie crisper and my freezer. My version is a quickie pretty-near-authentic meal that uses budget ingredients.

 

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Cheap, easy and delicious

For years I was under the impression that what you bought on the supermarket shelf was “dark soy sauce.” It’s not–that’s actually more “light soy sauce.” The secret here is having the dark soy sauce.

This is easily obtained if you have a Chinese market nearby. I don’t anymore–and haven’t since I left NYC. It’s available from Amazon, so I purchased it from them.

However, after tasting it and seeing the texture, a pretty good approximation would be a tablespoon of regular off-the-shelf soy sauce and about 1/2 teaspoon of molasses.

I have to say this was pretty darned good!  First of all, it’s cheap, fast, easy and uses what most folks have on hand, but do visit Woks of Life–their blog is truly balm for the soul–food, travel, and plenty of good-natured sibling humor.

 

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Ground Beef Lo Mein

No reason to visit the take-out.  This lo mein is so easy and delicious, you can make it right at home.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: beef, Comfort Foods, skillet dinners
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: ground beef, ground beef recipes, lo mein
Servings: 4
Calories: 348kcal
Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

  • 8 oz lean ground beef
  • 1 stalk celery or bok choy sliced
  • 1/4 cup baby carrots julienne
  • 1/4 cup sliced onions
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce*
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 oz spaghetti dry

SAUCE

  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce**
  • 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
  • 1 tsp dark sesame oil

Instructions

  • *Light soy sauce is not the sodium-reduced soy sauce. It is an actual product. Major major brands of soy sauce closely approximate light soy sauce
  • **Dark soy sauce is available in larger supermarkets and Chinese markets. If you cannot obtain it, a good substitute is 1 tbs regular soy sauce (like La Choy) and 1/2 tsp molasses.
  • Cook spaghetti per package directions to al dente stage. Drain and rinse; set aside.
  • Heat a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add oil.
  • Brown ground beef, breaking up clumps. Add the garlic, light soy sauce, sugar and salt; stir to combine.
  • Add the celery or bok choy, carrots and onions. Stir fry until celery is bright green.
  • Add the cooked and drained spaghetti and the sauce. Toss to coat completely.
  • Turn out on a serving platter.

Nutrition

Serving: 1person | Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 842mg | Potassium: 375mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1103IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 2mg
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Ground Beef Lo Mein

 

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Filed Under: Beef, Comfort Foods, Skillet Dinners Tagged With: chinese take-out, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, lo mein, woks of life

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  1. Rey Trasgo says

    January 8, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    Instead of dark soy sauce I always use oyster sauce. Oyster sauce is what they used at a Chinese restaurant I used to work at for lo mein

  2. Judith Hanneman says

    January 8, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Thanks Rey–I noticed the dark soy was very similar (in consistency at least) to oyster sauce. Oyster sauce is a lot easier to get though. Next time I will try that but I really think our home stoves lack the heat they have in restaurants which is why that special taste really can't be duplicated. Someone once called it "wok mojo" and I think they're right.

  3. chefbecky says

    January 12, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    Yummy, this is definitely going to be a fun recipe to play with! It has so many possibilities. ��

  4. judie says

    February 16, 2015 at 5:28 pm

    Rey is correct, I also worked in Chinese/American restaurants. They also use lots of peanut oil because that oil will take the high heat of the woks without burning/smoking.

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