Description
Delightful vegetable stir fry emerges as a quick, nutritious dish packed with colorful Asian-inspired flavors. Crisp vegetables and savory sauce create a perfect balance for health-conscious cooks seeking a simple weeknight meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 cup snap peas
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsps (15 milliliters) vegetable oil
- 2 tbsps (30 milliliters) soy sauce
- 1 tbsps (15 milliliters) hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp (5 milliliters) sesame oil
- 1 tbsps (15 grams) cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsps (30 milliliters) water (optional, for thickening)
- Sesame seeds (for garnish)
- Green onions, chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
- Sizzle Setup: Heat a spacious skillet or wok over high flame, coating the surface with vegetable oil to create an ideal stir-frying environment.
- Aromatic Foundation: Rapidly sauté minced garlic and grated ginger in the hot oil, releasing their intense flavors and creating a golden base for the dish.
- Vegetable Dynamics: Introduce bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas, and carrots into the skillet, vigorously tossing to ensure rapid, even cooking while maintaining their vibrant colors and crisp texture.
- Flavor Acceleration: Drizzle soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and sesame oil across the vegetables, using swift circular motions to create a glossy, umami-rich coating that penetrates every morsel.
- Sauce Transformation: Incorporate cornstarch mixture to enhance sauce consistency, stirring continuously to prevent clumping and create a silky, clingy glaze that embraces the vegetables.
- Finishing Touch: Remove from heat once vegetables reach perfect tenderness and sauce achieves a glossy finish, then garnish with toasted sesame seeds and finely chopped green onions for added visual appeal and flavor complexity.
Notes
- Prep Vegetables Uniformly: Cut vegetables into similar-sized pieces for even cooking and consistent texture, ensuring each bite delivers balanced flavor and crunch.
- Control Heat Precisely: Maintain high, consistent heat to prevent vegetable soggy texture while preserving vibrant colors and crisp-tender quality.
- Layer Flavors Strategically: Add aromatics like garlic and ginger first to release deep, foundational flavor notes before introducing vegetables to the pan.
- Sauce Consistency Matters: Whisk cornstarch mixture thoroughly to prevent lumps and achieve smooth, glossy sauce that clings perfectly to vegetables without becoming watery.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg