Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein
on Nov 20, 2024, Updated Mar 30, 2025
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What Makes This Recipe Great
If you have never cooked with spaghetti squash and feel that it’s too large of an undertaking I promise you its a delicious way to increase veggies and cut carbs without missing out on taste. This Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein is a great option if you need a side dish or a base for a delicious steak. This is such a lower carbohydrate option for typical Chow Mein. Also the ingredients are limited and clean (both Whole30 & Paleo compliant) so you don’t have all that MSG, additives or added sugars that the typical Chow Mein comes with as well. This recipe has less than 10 ingredients all said and done and comes in at less than 150 calories per serving! Much less calories than made with regular noodles. Spaghetti Squash is packed with nutritious from fiber and vitamin C and beta carotene.
Spaghetti Squash is a great vehicle for delicious sauces and reminds you enough of the original to keep you very satisfied! Another favorite swap of mine is this Cauliflower Fried Rice – it is paleo and whole30 approved! But you really need to try this Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein, you are bound to be pleasantly surprised!
Ingredient List
- Spaghetti Squash
- Coconut Aminos
- Garlic
- Coconut Sugar
- Grated Ginger
- Pepper
- Olive Oil
- Onion
- Celery
- Cole Slaw Mix
Step By Step
- Cut a spaghetti squash in half length wise and scoop out seeds. Lay skin side up in a 13 x 9 pyrex and pour 1/2 inch of water in the bottom of the pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until flesh is very tender. Once done, scoop out flesh with a fork so it breaks apart into strings, set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together coconut aminos, garlic, coconut sugar, ginger and white pepper; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and celery, and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in cabbage until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in spaghetti squash and sauce mixture until well combined, about 2 minutes.
Pro Tip
- With spaghetti squash its best to eat it the day you make it, sadly this does not hold up well in the fridge.
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Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein
Ingredients
- 1 large spaghetti squash
- ¼ cup coconut aminos, or tamari if not paleo
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper, or black pepper!
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 stalks celery, sliced diagonally
- 2 cups cole slaw mix, shredded cabbage and carrots
Instructions
- Cut a spaghetti squash in half length wise and scoop out seeds. Lay skin side up in a 13 x 9 pyrex and pour 1/2 inch of water in the bottom of the pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until flesh is very tender. Once done, scoop out flesh with a fork so it breaks apart into strings, set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together coconut aminos, garlic, coconut sugar, ginger and white pepper; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and celery, and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in cabbage until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in spaghetti squash and sauce mixture until well combined, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Can you prepare this in a crock pot?
Hi Nicole! I have not tried it in a crockpot so I can’t be positive but give it a try and let me know how it goes!
It was fantastic! I do like the chicken in it! Super easy!
YAY! So great to hear. I luh luh love adding chicken!! 🙂
It is only gluten free if you use gluten free soy sauce, soy sauce has gluten :). I am going to make this tonight it looks fantastic!c Might make cauliflower fried rice with it!
Yes definitely, only if you use tamari!! I hope you enjoy!! 🙂
This is soooo good! I used green onions and added a zucchini and mushrooms.
Thanks Maegan!! So great to hear and I will have to try the zucchini and mushroom addition!! 🙂
Thank you so much for this recipe!! Made this tonight and it was a huge hit- even for my one year old! So yummy and didn’t miss the noodles one bit. Added about a tablespoon of hoisin sauce and two teaspoons of red chili paste to the soy sauce and brown sugar mixture. And did about 6 cloves of garlic. Will absolutely be making this again!
Great to hear!! Love those little changes you made, you can really mix it up with whatever your favorite flavors are! Thanks for reading!
I loved this recipe! Next time I would use a little less sauce but it was so great! Thanks!
Thanks!! Yes all spaghetti squashes are different sizes so it’s hard to estimate how much to use!! Thanks for reading!
Amazing dish!! Can’t wait to make it again! I wasn’t sure my husband would like it but he said that dish was so f*ing good ha! I added chicken and next time am going to add water chestnuts and maybe fried eggs. Thanks again!
Hahaha that’s amazing!!! Water chestnuts would be a perfect addition!! 🙂
This was very good! I made this paleo – omitting the brown sugar and adding honey instead. I also add pork sausage and it was excellent. My husband loved this and he hates spaghetti squash. I will make again!
YUM!!! I love making the paleo version!!
Absolutely love this recipe! Tastes exactly like chow mein, the only thing I change is that I don’t include the entire squash because I think it needs a little more sauce
I was pleasantly surprised with how good this dish was! I made it for dinner tonight and I love it!!!! I made a couple of changes to save money and added a few extras I had in the fridge. I used soy sauce instead of coconut aminos, brown sugar instead of coconut sugar and I added chicken and snow pea. It was 10/10, I can’t wait to make it again for friends!
That is awesome to hear!! So glad you liked it – it’s one of my favorite recipes!