Sweet & Spicy Shrimp Lo Mein
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Shellfish
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Soy
- Peanuts
- Milk
This saucy noodle stir-fry is packed with crisp sugar snap peas, hearty cabbage and bok choy, and succulent shrimp all tossed in a sauce that’s equal parts sweet, salty, and spicy. A squeeze of fresh lime juice brightens the dish while chopped peanuts, sprinkled on top, ties it all together with a crunchy finish.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Sugar Snap Peas
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 unit
Lime
10 ounce
Shrimp
(Contains: Shellfish)
4.5 ounce
Lo Mein Noodles
(Contains: Wheat)
4 tablespoon
Sweet Soy Glaze
(Contains: Wheat, Sesame, Soy)
1 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
1 teaspoon
Korean Chili Flakes
½ ounce
Peanuts
(Contains: Peanuts)
4 ounce
Bok Choy and Napa Cabbage
Not included in your delivery
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Trim and remove strings from snap peas. Quarter lime. Roughly chop cilantro. • Once water is boiling, add noodles to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 5-7 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• While noodles cook, rinse shrimp* under cold water, then pat dry. Season all over with garlic powder. • Drizzle oil in a hot large pan. Add shrimp, snap peas, and bok choy and napa cabbage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are browned and tender and shrimp are opaque and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
• Stir sweet soy glaze, chili sauce, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4), and chili flakes to taste into pan with shrimp and veggies. Cook, stirring, until coated, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat. • Stir in drained noodles and juice from two lime wedges (four wedges for 4) until thoroughly coated and combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (For 4, transfer everything to a large bowl to combine.)
• Garnish lo mein with peanuts and cilantro. (TIP: For an extra-nutty crunch, toast peanuts in a hot dry pan!) Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.
Shrimp are fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the tasty blend of sweet and spicy flavors, though some found it too sweet and wanted more spice 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, perfect for weeknight dinners; a few found deveining shrimp time-consuming.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more vegetables like carrots and green onions for extra crunch and flavor.
- Portions: Some wished for more noodles compared to shrimp; others found the portions generous and filling.
- Texture: Cook noodles for only 5 minutes to keep them al dente and easier to work with.
Reviews from our home cooks
Aside from having to further clean the shrimp, this was excellent. Not too sweet and the chili pulls through nicely. Would change instructions to boil noodles for only 5 minutes, past that they're not aldente enough and are hard to work with. Did 5 minutes this time and everything was perfect
It's super easy to make. I did not use too much of the spicy ingredients because I am a wimp when food is too spicy. But that's why I like the packaging, can use all our just a small amount of the ingredients! Will 100% order this again.
It was awesome to cook a great meal in just a few minutes. Aside from the high sodium, the meal was really tasty! I didn't use all the garlic powder or chili flakes, but everyone has their own palette. Off to a great start with Hello Fresh :)
Another winner! Full of flavor and a generous amount of shrimp!! Also quick and easy to prepare. A win-win
The noodle to shrimp ratio felt off. Way more shrimp than lo mein.
Excellent meal and liked that I was able to control the spice. Would have liked a bit more lo mein noodles.
This reminded me of Shrimp Pad Thai. It was good, great flavor and filling.
Loved the peanuts & cilantro - shrimp were good & sauce was easy
Unfortunately your asian inspired meals use premade sauces that are not complex in flavor. I wish you had a better representation of the flavor profile of this cuisine. This dish did not really seem like "lo mein>' And cilantro? Shrimp is good quality but I would not order this again.
ok but too sweet and not spicy at all, even with the chili flakes. i feel like my feedback for so many recipes is constantly too sweet, too sweet, too sweet, too bland, too sweet, too sweet, too sweet, too bland. if Hello Fresh is going to offer healthy meals, it needs to stop putting so much sugar into its recipes. Also, when the sugar is added I can leave it out, but when it is mixed into an essential sauce, then I cannot do that. Please stop mixing the sugar into the sauces and make it an add-on so at least there is a choice regarding sweetness. Authentic Chinese food is not this sweet. I also did not care for the lemon/lime taste combined with the Chinese food taste.
