Shrimp Chow Mein One Pot Meal

Shrimp chow mein is one of my favorite Chinese dishes! It’s great as a one pot meal, but if I’m feeding a big group I like to serve it with cream cheese wontons and sesame chicken.

It’s one pot meal time again! You all know how much I love my one pot meals and this super easy shrimp chow mein is no exception. In fact, this may be one of my easiest one pot meals yet! It’s essentially a shrimp stir fry tossed together with noodles and a 4 ingredient sauce. If you’re not into shrimp you could absolutely substitute in cut up chicken and this dish would be just as delicious that way. But I love the shrimp, and my kids love the noodles so it’s a win-win situation all around.

How Do You Make Shrimp Chow Mein?

This dish uses pre-cooked yakisoba noodles. They sell packets of them at my grocery store near the tofu and wonton wrappers, which in my case is in the refrigerated area in the produce section. Since these noodles are already cooked, all you have to do is open the package, run hot water over the noodles to loosen them up, then toss them into the stir fry. It’s a huge time saver; dinner is ready in about 20 minutes, which is exactly what I need most nights. And that easy sauce I was referring to earlier – it’s just soy sauce, honey, ginger, sesame oil and garlic, simple right?

The beauty of this shrimp chow mein is that it’s easily customizable – you can switch up the protein and vegetables to come up with different variations that you know your family will love. I’ve started keeping packets of the yakisoba noodles in the fridge for those busy nights when I’m trying to put together dinner at the last minute – how can you go wrong with protein, noodles and veggies all in one pot?!

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