Stir Fry for Everyday

We are all busy and it’s easy to fall into a food rotation because you are tired of thinking about what to serve for dinner. It’s the “Tacos on Tuesday” syndrome. Here is a fun recipe that allows you to shake things up a little just by changing an ingredient or two. This is a dish I don’t mind having often because it takes five minutes to pull together with a little prep, it is absolutely delicious, and you can switch the ingredients up every time. This is my version of a simple stir-fry.

The sauce is a mix of honey, soy sauce, garlic and pepper flakes. That’s easy. The rest is up to personal preference.

The protein can be chicken, pork, beef, or shrimp. The veggies are anything your heart desires! I like green beans or broccoli, red and yellow peppers, and onions. Also consider any combination of snow peas, asparagus, mushrooms, carrots, and water chestnuts. Slice everything up ahead of time and then you are good to go. When you are hungry add a bit of oil to a wok or skillet and sauté your protein for a couple of minutes. Take it out and sauté the vegetables for a minute or two.

Put the protein back in the pan and add the sauce. Stir to heat and serve. Rice is a simple accompaniment. Now you have a beautiful, healthy easy dinner. Make it again next week and change the ingredients. It doesn’t get better than that. Enjoy!

Stir Fry for Everyday

Ingredients:   Serves 4 easy to add or subtract

Sauce:

4 Tbsp soy sauce

2 Tbsp honey

2 cloves garlic, minced

¼ tsp red pepper flakes

Stir fry Ingredients: (my choices see above for more options)

1-2 Tbsp canola oil

12 oz beef, pork or chicken sliced into thin strips or shrimp – peeled and deveined

Fresh green beans about 8-10 oz (Note: blanching green beans for a couple of minutes either on the stove or in a microwave is a good idea.)

1 sliced red bell pepper

1 sliced yellow pepper

1 sliced onion

Ginger (cubed frozen ginger is available at Trader Joe’s and other groceries)

Optional for serving – rice

Optional for topping — peanuts and green onions

Directions

Mix ingredients for the sauce.

Heat oil in a medium high wok or skillet.

Add protein and stir to quickly cook.

Remove protein from the skillet, add more oil if necessary and sauté vegetables.

Stir for a minute before adding protein back into the pan.

Add sauce and heat for a minute.