With snow peas, bell peppers, chicken and a sweet and spicy sauce, low-carb chicken chow mein is a tasty meal with 6 grams net carbs.
What Is Chicken Chow Mein
This tasty Chinese chicken dinner is filled with juicy chicken breast, crispy veggies, and coated in a sweet and spicy sauce. Traditional chow mein is made with egg noodles and stir-fried veggies.
Sometimes you’ll find crispy chow mein noodles, other times they might be softer.
Chicken chow mein is a zesty Chinese dinner recipe. It has a distinctly sweet and sour sauce with a little bite from the ginger paste.
Low-Carb Chow Mein
To keep this recipe low-carb, you can use your favorite keto-friendly noodles. I noticed that zucchini noodles don’t fry up as well as Palmini noodles.
I used Palmini noodles because they are low-carb, tasty, and react really well to being fried with the snow peas and bell pepper in the skillet.
Chicken Chow Mein
This is a fantastic recipe to make for your weekly meal prep. It reheats wonderfully, especially as the sauce soaks even deeper into the noodles overnight.
Store leftovers in an airtight container and keep it in the refrigerator for up to three days. It’s best to reheat it in a skillet or air fryer. The microwave will work too, but it will make the noodles and veggies softer.
What To Eat With Chow Mein
This low-carb chicken chow mein recipe is an entire meal by itself. You really don’t have to serve much with it. If you want, you can add some low-carb veggie fried rice or a keto egg roll in a bowl.
A bowl of egg drop soup also tastes great with it!
Chow Mein Vs Low Mein
The biggest difference between chow mein and low mein is the type of noodles people use. Normally, chow mein noodles are crispy and fried, while lo mein noodles are thick and soft (like spaghetti noodles).
It might surprise you that there are a lot of other differences between them too! In fact, there are some places that serve steamed chow mein noodles.
The biggest difference between the two of them is what you do with the noodles. In chow mein dishes, you stir fry the pasta with the protein and veggies.
With lo mein, people typically boil the noodles and then toss them with the sauce and add them to the other ingredients. Since I stir-fried the palmini noodles with the other ingredients, this is a chow mein dish.
Low-Carb Chicken Chow Mein Recipe
Here’s the list of ingredients that you’ll need to make this easy l0w-carb chicken chow mein recipe. Exact measurements and instructions are located in the printable recipe card, just a little bit further below.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20-25 minutes
Servings:5
Net Carbs: 6
Ingredients:
Snow peas
Red bell pepper
Napa cabbage
Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Palmini noodles
Soy sauce
Sugar free honey
Rice vinegar
Ginger paste
Water
Salt and pepper
Instructions:
In a bowl, stir together the soy sauce, sugar free honey, rice vinegar, ginger paste and water. Set aside.
Add the sesame oil to a skillet over medium high heat.
Saute the chicken in the skillet until cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Mix the snow peas, palmini noodles and bell pepper into the skillet, and saute until beginning to soften.
Stir in the napa cabbage, and pour in the sauce.
Saute until well combined, and until some of the liquid has absorbed.
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Low-Carb Chicken Chow Mein
With snow peas, bell peppers, chicken and a sweet and spicy sauce, low-carb chicken chow mein is a tasty meal with 6 grams net carbs.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Snow Peas
- 1 Red Bell Pepper Sliced
- 2 cups Napa Cabbage chopped
- 1 pound Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast cut into small pieces
- 1 can Palmini Noodles drained and rinsed
- 2 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar-Free Honey
- 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar
- 1 tsp Ginger Paste
- 2 tbsp Water
Instructions
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In a bowl, stir together the soy sauce, sugar free honey, rice vinegar, ginger paste and water. Set aside.
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Add the sesame oil to a skillet over medium high heat.
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Saute the chicken in the skillet until cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Mix the snow peas, palmini noodles and bell pepper into the skillet, and saute until beginning to soften.
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Stir in the napa cabbage, and pour in the sauce. Saute until well combined, and until some of the liquid has absorbed.
Recipe Notes
Calories: 375
Net Carbs: 6 Net Carbs Per Serving
The nutritional information for this recipe is calculated as a courtesy and is an approximate only. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipes on this site.
Keto Chinese Recipes
If you enjoyed this low-carb chicken chow mein recipe, then I have some more amazing keto Chinese recipes you should make next. You won’t believe they are keto-friendly!
