(OT Food) Help! I need a Stir Fry!

thatdarncat

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My parents are coming out this week and Seri and I want to make them dinner on Tuesday. I was thinking some sort of stir fry. Anyone have a recipe they want to suggest?
 

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My stirfrys tend to be rather random, but here's one I've found to taste rather good.

red pepper
yellow pepper
apple
celery
chicken (breasts or tenders)
carrot
little bit of onion
olive oil
balsamic vinegar (or, if you prefer, red wine vinegar)

No real measurements, though. I prescribe to the, "throw in what you've got" method of stirfry.
 

My Signature Recipe

You'll need a wok. Electrical or stovetop, it don't matter.

Cheating to make Chinese with Everyday Veggies

2 lbs. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
2 large onions (vidalia if possible)
4 carrots
1 cucumber
about 2 dozen cherry tomatoes(optional)
1 can diced pineapple
1 Red Bell Pepper

Soy Sauce
Sesame Sauce
lemon juice
your favorite white wine (white grenache, chardonnay or souvignon blanc is reccomended)
cornstarch
honey
pineapple juice

ginger
6-8 cloves fresh garlic, crushed
paprika
salt
pepper

sesame
Cooked Rice. Lots of Rice.

Cut the chicken into long, thin strips. In other words, thinly julienne the chicken. Do the same with the red bell pepper, carrots(peel first) and cucumber. Thinly slice the onions into them little rings, and seperate thoroughly. If using cherry tomatoes, slice in half.

Heat the wok up to high flame or 475 degs. F. drizzle olive oil on sides beforehand to prevent stickage. season veggies(garlic included) with a good powdering of ginger, a few dashed of paprika, a good sprinkling of salt, run the pepper mill (constantly grinding) over them 'till all veggies have at least some peper on them. cook until the onions are about half done. season chicken in same manner and add to cooking veggies, drizzle with honey. keep stirrin' and cookin' 'til the chicken is cooked through and slightly browned, then reduce heat to low flame or 175 degs. F. add pineapple(with juice) and and accompanying juice to almost cover chicken and veggies, about a tablespoon of lemon juice, and equal amounts of soy and sesame sauce until the mixture turns dark. mix about 3/4 cup wine with cornstarch until the consistency of light cream. add to mixture in wok. let simmer, stirring occasionally for about ten minutes. serve over rice. tada.

have fun,:cool:.
 


Re: My Signature Recipe

Angcuru said:
You'll need a wok. Electrical or stovetop, it don't matter.

Cheating to make Chinese with Everyday Veggies

1 cucumber
about 2 dozen cherry tomatoes(optional)
1 can diced pineapple

Heh I think you broke seri with these ingredients.

We do have a very nice wok, and Seri's uncle has a wok I can borrow as well, so we're very well wok'd.
 

Re: Hmmmm....

Aeris Winterood said:
Yeah, skip the cooking and take them to Mongolian Barbeque..... :)

Hear frickin' HEAR! Also try Pho, or Bun, or Pad Thai. THe first two are Vietnamese, and the second is (duh) Thai. Delicious.
 

I stir fry all the time in a wok. I don't have any specific recipes since I just know what I feel like. But here's your basic method for using meats and vegitables. First add 1-2 tablespoons of canola oil into the wok and heat it up on a high flame,then cook the meat first until it's at least not raw. Then add the vegitables. Generally you cook the meat for about 3 minutes, then the vegitables 3-5 minutes depending on how soft you want them. Make sure any noodles you want added have been boiled already and have been drained. Add those in, mix in a little soy, and you're good to go.

I would highly recommend AGAINST using olive oil like recommended above actually. Yes, it's the most healthy, but it will smoke up your kitchen like you wouldn't believe. Canola oil isn't unhealthy, and doesn't smoke everything up, so that's why I recommend that.
 

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