left knee and lo mein — Les Petites Gourmettes

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon chile paste, or more, to taste
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder
• 3 cups broccoli florets
• 2 carrots, julienned
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 cup sugar snap peas
• 5-ounce can sliced water chestnuts, drained and rinsed
• 1 pound spaghetti