Need some help making lo-mein at home. What is the best way to make the sauce for it? Right now I use a simple 2:1 Chinese soy sauce: Fish sauce, ginger, and a pinch of sugar...im not even sure how plebian this is ,it just taste good to me. But I cant help but feel I can improve this somehow or something different is out there.
>>9369214
Tienmenjiang aka "sweet noodle sauce" is what you're missing.
Start with oil in your wok/pan. High heat. Briefly fry your aromatics/veggies, add the Tienmenjiang and cook it out. Noodles (pre-boiled) go in. Perhaps add a splash of cornstarch-water slurry at the end to thicken it up.
>>9369214
Add bok choy, some diced peppers and a protein. You can also add some broth and make it more like a pho. Personally I like to squeeze a citrus on it after it's plated like a lime or lemon wedge...but that's just me.
>>9369234
If using this sauce should I still Use soy sauce? Will one overpower the other?
>>9369214
Mix 2 tbps hoisin sauce with a 2 tbsp of peanut oil, add a tbsp of soy sauce, a tsp of brown sugar, grated garlic, grated ginger about a tsp you can add some chili flakes or some siracha it you want it spicy, stir well add to noodles.