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Learn how to make chow mien noodles recipe at home, in a healthy and low calorie way.
This healthy Chinese Chow Mein Recipe is under 300 calories and makes a wonderful meal. We’ve even included protein “add in’s” for all diets, so you can boost the nutrition and stay full longer. 
In this article, you’ll learn how to boost the ingredients of chow mein, so they work for you. Cutting hundreds of calories, and supplying you with a extra healthy chow mein noodle recipe.
This is the best chow mein recipe! You can make this a chicken chow mein recipe, a vegetarian chow mein recipe, a beef chow mein recipe… It’s all included in the recipe card below!
This simple chow mein recipe is only 291 calories and can be made in under 30 minutes!
How to Make Healthy Chow Mein Noodles Recipe At Home
This article will supply you with everything you need to learn how to cook chow mein at home. You’ll find out what noodles are used in chow mein, what chow mein spices you’ll need to pick up, and even find a low-calorie chow mein sauce recipe.
We’ve made these chow mein recipe is easy, by supplying you with a shopping list, printable recipe card, nutrition, and more.
This simple chow mein recipe comes with lots of helpful sections so you can learn how to make chowmein easily, at home.
To make this Healthy Chow Mein Recipe easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.
Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Homemade Chow Main Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Chow Mein at Home
- Healthy Chow Mein Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Chow Mein Recipes
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Homemade Chow Main Ingredients
This low calorie chow mein recipe is packed full of vegetables, to help boost nutrition, and lower calories. We’ve also used our favorite calorie cutting track, Olive oil spray.
You can find out more about how we lower the calories in this low calorie chow mein stir fry in the nutrition section below.
Chow Main Noodle Options:
These chowmein ingredients are all packed full of nutrition. Make sure to get fresh whenever you can, and if you want to make spicy chow mein, simply add an extra Sriracha sauce.
Shopping List for Chinese Chow Mein:
Homemade Chow Mein Recipe:
- Oyster sauce
- Soy sauce
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Sriracha
- Yakisoba noodles, Udon Noodles,or whole wheat spaghetti
- Pepper
- Olive oil spray
- Yellow onion
- Celery
- Baby bok choy
Optional Protein Add Ins for Chinese Chow Mein:
- Firm tofu
- Chicken breast
- Steak
Special Tip:You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this easy chow mien recipe you want to make, and the recipe card will do all the measurement math for you!
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How to Make Chow Mein at Home
It’s easy to make homemade chow mein recipes! We’re taking all the guesswork out, and supplied you with a handy how to guide in this section.
In this how to make chow mien noodles recipe section, you will learn how to make healthy chow mein noodles at home, for a fraction of the calories, and in less time than it would take for take out to arrive.
Equipment For Simple Chowmein Recipe:
This how to make chow mein noodles recipe at home guide shows you just how easy it is to whip up a quick chow mein dinner at home in less than 30 minutes, including prep time.
How to Make Chow Mein Noodles:
- Cook the noodles according to the direction on package. (Takes about 20 minutes total, this can be done ahead of time.)
- In a small bowl, whisk together oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and Sriracha and set aside to marinate.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the onion, celery and bok choy. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until starting to soften.
- Add noodles and cook for 3 more minutes
- Stir in the chow mein sauce, remove from heat and serve immediately.
Special Tip:You can find these directions, plus measurements, ingredients, nutrition and more in the recipe card below.
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Healthy Chow Mein Recipe
This low-calorie chow mein recipe can be made in less than 30 minutes, including prep time! Plus, it’s only 291 calories, and extra filling.
More Chinese Take-Out Favorites Made Healthy:
- Low Calorie Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
- Healthy Homemade Orange Chicken
- Authentic Kung Pao Chicken Recipe
- Easy Fried Rice Recipe (10 Healthy Recipes for Fried Rice)
- Healthy Beef Teriyaki Recipe
5 BEST Low Calorie Chow Mein Recipes
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This low calorie homemade Chow Mein recipe is just 291 calories and so yummy!
We've included some "protein add ins" so you can learn how to make Chow Mein noodles recipe at home, while saving money and calories.
This healthy recipe for Chow Mein tastes just as good as take out and can be made in under 30 minutes, start to finish!
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 minutes mins
Total Time 28 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 5 servings
Calories 291 kcal
Ingredients
Homemade Chow Mein Recipe:
- ¼ cup oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha
- 10- ounces Yakisoba noodles, Udon Noodles, or whole wheat spaghetti
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Olive oil spray
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 4 celery stalks sliced
- 4 baby bok choy chopped
Optional Protein Add Ins:
- 1 cup firm tofu cubed
- 1 cup sliced chicken breast
- 1 cup sliced steak
- 3 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
Instructions
Cook the noodles according to the direction on package. (Takes about 20 minutes total, this can be done ahead of time.)
In a small bowl, whisk together oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and Sriracha and set aside to marinate.
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the onion, celery and bok choy. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until starting to soften.
Add noodles and cook for 3 more minutes
Stir in the chow mein sauce, remove from heat and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 59.3gProtein: 18.7gFat: 1.9gSaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 1172mgPotassium: 1897mgFiber: 7.1gSugar: 8.2gCalcium: 737mgIron: 7mg
Keyword Main Course, noodles, Side Dish, vegetarian
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Nutrition and Calories in Chow Mein Recipes
Chow mein recipes are often full of calories and fat. Panda Express’ chow mien is over 500 calories, for the same serving size as ours… And our’s is under 300 calories!
Tips to Make Chow Mein Healthy:
- USE OLIVE OIL SPRAY: You won’t need so much oil and will end up saving 100’s of calories and lots of fat!
- DOUBLE THE VEGGIES: So you can have a larger portion, and more hide healthy ingredients in chow main sauce!
The nutrition below is based off 1 serving (about 1 cup) of the Healthy Chow Mein Recipe above.
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