Pork and Vegetable Lo Mein

By jsides

My family loves this hearty main dish. I get requests for it often. It's very quick and easy to prepare, great for when you're in a hurry. You can buy a couple of the ingredients already prepared in the produce section of the grocery store, if you like.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces spaghetti, cooked al dente and drained
• 1 lb pork tenderloin, sliced thinly into strips
• 1 medium onion, sliced in wedges
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or more to taste)
• 2 cups shredded cabbage (see note below)
• 2 stalks bok choy, sliced (or celery ribs)
• 1 cup sliced carrot (see note below)
• 2 sweet bell peppers, thinly sliced (red-orange-or yellow)
• 1/3 cup soy sauce

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 ***NOTE:I like to buy the coleslaw mix in the produce section. 2 Already shredded--a real time saver. 3 ***NOTE:If I'm in a hurry, I also buy the carrots already shredded in the produce section, and use instead of sliced. 4 Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet or wok. 5 Sauté pork, onion, garlic and pepper flakes until meat is no longer pink. 6 Remove this mixture from pan and keep warm. 7 Add remaining tbsp of oil (or more as needed) to pan and sauté cabbage, bok choy or celery, carrots and peppers until crisp tender. 8 Add spaghetti to cooked veggies in the pan. 9 Stir in soy sauce and add pork mixture back to the pan. 10 Cook for 5 minutes or until heated through. 11 (At this step, I like to get the noodles nice and dark, by cooking a bit longer. You decide).