This is the easiest, one-pot, healthy vegetable stir fry. Colourful vegetables tossed in an Asian-style sauce, ready in less than 30 minutes.
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What is stir-frying?
Stir-frying is a Chinese technique of cooking food quickly in a wok with hot oil. It is considered one of the healthiest cooking techniques to retain vegetable nutrients, texture, and flavour.
You don’t need to cook the ingredients in a stir fry for very long. There isn’t much oil, sauces, or flour, hence, keeping the calories minimal.
Less cooking + optimal flavour = healthy win!
Easy Vegetable Stir Fry
Vegetable Stir Fry is one of the best fridge forage meals. You can clean out your fridge and use all the vegetables sitting there!
Today we see vegetable stir fry everywhere – at restaurants, as healthy food kits in supermarkets, and as a side dish with the take-out meal. It is excellent for busy weeknight dinners, also.
And you won’t believe it is so easy to make at home with a few basic pantry staples in less than 30 minutes.
Reasons To LOVE Vegetables Stir Fry
- minimal calories
- easy one-pan dish
- gluten and nut free
- vegan and vegetarian
- healthy and wholesome
What Vegetables are good for STIR FRY?
Follow a simple thumb rule – pick vegetables that have similar cooking times. Also, make sure to include colourful vegetables with different textures.
I use red onion, button mushrooms, bell peppers, broccoli, carrot, green beans, baby corn, zucchini, and green onion.
Here are some other vegetables that are great in stir fry:
| Green Leafy Vegetables | Spinach Bok Choi Choy Sum Green Onion Chinese Mustard |
| Green Vegetables | Broccoli Cabbage Capsicum Asparagus Zucchini Sweet Peas Green Beans Napa Cabbage Sugar Snap Peas |
| Other Vegetables | Onion Carrot Eggplant Baby Corn Mushrooms Water Chestnuts |
Avoid vegetables like beetroot, radish, okra (ladyfinger) and bitter gourd.
Ingredients Required
Apart from vegetables, you need:
- Oil: Use either sesame oil or light olive oil for stir-frying.
- Ginger, Garlic, Coriander Stalks, and Onion
- Seasoning: Salt, Black Pepper, Chilli Oil or Chilli Sauce, Soy Sauce
- Water, Spring Onion, Sesame Seeds, Corn Starch
OTHER STIR FRY ADD-INS: In addition to vegetables, you can add all sorts of proteins, like:
- Tofu
- Paneer
- Shrimp
- Scrambled egg
- Chicken, Beef, or Pork
- Peanuts or Cashews
How To Make Stir Fry
Prep Vegetables – Be sure to cut the vegetables in uniform sizes so they cook evenly. Finely chop ginger, coriander stalks, and garlic.
Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok. Stir Fry ginger, garlic, coriander stalks, and onion till translucent and aromatic.
Add the vegetables. Start with hard vegetables like broccoli, baby corn or carrot first, followed by peppers, and lastly leafy greens. Stir Fry for 5 – 6 minutes.
Make a smooth, lump-free, slurry of cornstarch and water.
Season vegetable stir with soy sauce, chilli oil, salt and pepper. Add cornstarch slurry. Stir Fry for 1 – 2 minutes or until vegetables get a delicious glossiness to them. Turn off the heat.
Garnish with spring onion and sesame seeds.
Serving Suggestion
Vegetable Stir Fry is a healthy, wholesome one-pot dish.
Serve it with sides like noodles, rice, quinoa, couscous, or bulgur wheat for a delicious meal. Or you can serve it as a side dish with steaks or grilled meat.
I enjoy stir fry for a light lunch or dinner with a bowl of hearty soup like chicken noodle soup, barley soup, or green curry noodle soup.
My Tried & True Tips
- To help cook the vegetables simultaneously, cut them into equal and bite-sized pieces.
- Use a big wok or skillet and high heat. If your pan is too small, there won’t be enough surface area for the steam to evaporate, and the vegetables will get soggy.
- Don’t overcook the vegetables. You want the vegetables to be al dente with a crunch and vibrant.
- You can customize the flavour of stir fry by adding – soy sauce, oyster sauce, red chilli paste, hoisin sauce, chilli garlic sauce, or BBQ sauce.
More Healthy Vegetable Recipes
- Beetroot Stir Fry
- Air Fryer Green Beans
- Healthy Sprouts Salad
- Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry
- Garlicky Broccoli Stir Fry
- Stir Fry Pasta With Vegetables
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Healthy Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 medium size carrot, peeled and sliced
- 1 small size red bell pepper, diced
- 1 small size yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium size onion, diced
- 4 baby corn, sliced diagonally
- 4 button mushrooms, cut into quarters
- 6 coriander stalks, finely chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, minced or crushed
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chilli oil (see note 1)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper or to taste
- 1 tablespoon corn flour (corn starch)
- 2 tablespoon water
- 2 sprigs spring onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds, roasted
Instructions
- For making any stir fry, the tip is to prep and arrange all ingredients next to the cooking station. This ensures you do not have to stop in the middle of stir frying to look for a particular ingredient.
- Make a smooth, lump-free, slurry of cornstarch and water in a bowl. Keep it next to the cooking station.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok. Stir Fry ginger, garlic, coriander stalks, and onion till translucent and aromatic. This takes appriximately 1 minute.
- Add the vegetables. Start with hard vegetables like broccoli, baby corn or carrot first, followed by peppers, and lastly leafy greens. Stir Fry each time for 1 – 2 minutes. Harder vegetables takes longer to get cooked.
- Season vegetable stir with soy sauce, chilli oil, salt and pepper. Add cornstarch slurry. Stir Fry for 1 – 2 minutes or until vegetables get a delicious glossiness to them. Turn off the heat.
- Garnish with spring onion and sesame seeds.
- Vegetable Stir Fry is ready to serve.
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