Spicy-Sweet Szechuan Chicken Lo Mein
with Bell Pepper & Peanuts
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Peanuts
For a flavorful noodle stir-fry with a touch of heat, put down the takeout menu and look no further than your own kitchen! You’ll toss tender lo mein noodles with portobello mushrooms, onion, and bell pepper in a sweet-umami sauce of honey, miso, and Szechuan paste. A final sprinkling of crunchy peanuts makes this bowl sing!
Ingredients
1 unit
Onion
1 unit
Green Bell Pepper
2 unit
Portobello Mushrooms
4 teaspoon
Honey
1 unit
Miso Sauce Concentrate
(Contains: Soy)
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
5 teaspoon
Rice Wine Vinegar
2 tablespoon
Szechuan Paste
(Contains: Soy, Wheat, Sesame)
4.5 ounce
Lo Mein Noodles
(Contains: Wheat)
1 ounce
Peanuts
(Contains: Peanuts)
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
4 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Halve, core, and thinly slice bell pepper into strips. Using the tip of a spoon, remove and discard black gills from undersides of mushrooms; trim any large stems if necessary. Thinly slice mushrooms into strips (if strips are too long, cut them in half crosswise).
• In a small bowl, whisk together honey, miso sauce concentrate, half the soy sauce, half the vinegar, half the Szechuan paste (use more for more heat), and 1⁄4 cup water. (For 4 servings, use all the soy sauce, all the vinegar, and 1/3 cup water.)
Rinse shrimp* under cold water. Pat shrimp or chicken* dry with paper towels; season with salt and pepper. Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add shrimp or chicken in a single layer; cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, 4-6 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, 5-7 minutes. • Stir in Szechuan sauce mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce has reduced and slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes.
Use pan used for shrimp or chicken here.
• Once water is boiling, add noodles to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 5-7 minutes. Drain.
• While noodles cook, roughly chop peanuts. • Add drained noodles to pan with veggies; toss until noodles are thoroughly coated in sauce. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
Add shrimp or chicken to pan along with noodles.
• Divide lo mein between shallow bowls. Top with peanuts and serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the delicious, flavorful dish; some found it a bit sweet and wanted more heat 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to prepare, though cleaning and de-gilling mushrooms was challenging for some.
- Suggestions: Consider adding chicken or shrimp for extra protein; increase veggies and reduce noodles for better balance.
- Portions: Good portion sizes for most, but some families found it small for four people.
- Customization: Many enjoyed adding their own protein choices like chicken or shrimp to personalize the dish.
Reviews from our home cooks
Great flavors to be tasted in this dish and the shrimp made this even better than I thought it would taste. Very easy and quick to cook up as well.
Added shrimp and it was delicious! Sauce was great, though not as spicy as anticipated. Noodle portions seemed a bit small.
Very easy to make, good flavors, and makes a lot of food.
Delicious, we added more Szechuan sauce. Please don't skimp on your delicious sauces, the sauces and flavors are why we love HF!
Very tasty, but substituted a red pepper for the green, wouldn't have liked it with the green. The shrimp was a very generous portion so more love main noodles would have been nice.
This dish had a really nice taste to it and wasn't difficult to make. HOWEVER, it came out REALLY salty and that was with me not adding any extra salt. The only salt in the dish came from the provided sauces. I'm willing to try the recipe again in the future, but I'll have to cut back on how much of the sauces are used.
First time using Portobello mushrooms, which added another level to the dish. We added shrimp, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
We like ours a little more saucy but it was really a nice change of pace and didn't end up using the added chicken so saved it for another day. Great fresh mushrooms they were awesome!
This one was amazing! We added chicken in addition to the mushrooms. Easy meal and it tasted great!!
Enjoyed all the flavors but I feel like it needs another vegetable.
