Vegetarian Spicy Hoisin Lo Mein Noodles

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Happy Chinese New Year!  Welcome year of the fire monkey!

Chinese New Year celebrates the Lunar New Year which says goodbye to winter and the year past and rings in the spring and a fresh year.  Making wishes for luck, prosperity and good fortune while warding off evil spirits are central to many Lunar New Year traditions.    It’s time to start fresh with hopes for luck and happiness.

Food is an epicenter of traditions that celebrate luck and a long, healthy life.  And one of my favorite foods of all time, noodles, are good luck and represent longevity.  Heck Yeah!  I never met a noodle I didn’t like and they are lucky.  TOTAL BONUS.

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Vegetarian Hoisin Lo Mein Noodles

Course Main

Cuisine Chinese

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

Sauce

• ¼ cup hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce more for more spice

Noodles

• 1 pound lo mien noodle cooked al dente (you can use spaghetti as an altertive)
• 1 eggplant cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 cup straw or shiitake mushrooms or a combination of both cut into large pieces
• 1 cup baby corn cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 cup water chestnuts diced largely
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 3 shallots sliced thin

Instructions

Sauce

1. Whisk all ingredients in a bowl and reserve

Noodles

1. In a large wok or frying pan, heat pan then add oil. Turn heat to medium.
2. Add garlic, shallots and ginger. Cook until shallots are soft.
3. Add eggplant, corn water chestnuts. Cook until eggplant is soft.
4. Add sauce and combine with vegetables
5. Add noodles and combine until noodles are mixed with vegetables coated with sauce.
6. Plate and Enjoy!

I created this simple noodle dish using lo mien noodles and traditional Chinese ingredients. I could eat this dish for days, and I do because it makes fantastic leftovers.  Enjoy!  And much luck and happens to you in the year of the fire monkey! Check back the rest of this week for more Lunar New Year inspired recipes.  This week I’m making homemade dumplings in an ALL NEW In the Kitchen With!  You will not want to miss this post where my good friend Lori Keller and I explore making Chinese Dumplings from scratch.