Easy Stir Fry Recipe

Tired of the same old dinners? Want to make a healthy meal, which is economical as well?

I love ordering Chinese food to go, and enjoy Chinese food in general, but sometimes it is quite costly. Here is a low cost and quick recipe that you can try at home.

How easy is it to make stir fry? I received a wok as a present some time back, and it is so simple to make stir fry - just put your wok over a stove burner, and you are on your way.

I find that a traditional frying pan was hard to use before, all my ingredients kept getting tossed over the side due to lack of room!

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 bags of frozen vegetables (I usually get two different varities, like one bag with red peppers/carrots/snow peas and one bag with a broccoli/water chestnuts/onions)

Seasonings

• Ginger
• Garlic
• Fresh ground pepper
• Spike® Vege-Sal (I use this in place of regular salt)
• Celery Seed

Meat

• Chicken
• Pork
• Shrimp

Meatless

• Tofu

Other

• Olive oil
• Chinese crunchy noodles
• Rice

Directions:

1. Add some olive oil, and heat up the wok.
2. Add the add your spices, and mix with a wooden spoon.
3. Add you meat or tofu (cut up into thin strips, or bite sized pieces).
4. When the meat is mostly cooked, add the frozen veggies.
5. I usually add a dash of water after I put the vegetables in, let sit on medium for 5 minutes, then stir the mixture in my wok with a wooden spoon.

Note: It is important to start your rice (takes 15-20 minutes), when the oil starts to heat up, so you can time both together (rice and stir fry).

If you are using brown rice (which takes about 45 minutes), make sure to start the brown rice first.

Serve with Chinese crunchy noodles and soy sauce.

You can also make stir fry using all fresh vegetables, but that gets quite expensive - especially the red peppers, not to mention it can be time consuming to cut up a lot of veggies.

Preparation Time: 25-30 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

By all means, if you have the money and time, I would suggest you buy fresh veggies. Fresh red and green peppers, onions, celery, water chestnuts, carrots, and broccoli, are wonderful additions to a healthy (and colorful) stir fry.

Note: With fresh vegetables, it is important to remember to add the ones that require the least cooking (ie mushrooms) last.

Another point to consider, if you add your own spices, the flavor is so delicious, that you do not need soy sauce. However, I recommend having soy sauce available to serve to your guests or family.

And the best thing about leftover Chinese food, is that the flavor from the sauces soaks into the veggies and meat, and it tastes great the next day.

Enjoy!