Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons aromatics (garlic, ginger, green onions)
- 6 cups vegetables
- 2–3 cups meat (firm tofu, seafood, or add more veggies)
- season with salt and pepper to taste OR finish with a seasoned stir-fry sauce
Optional toppings:
- nuts (seeds, or fresh herbs of your choice)
Instructions
- Chop your veggies and other ingredients into bite-sized pieces.
- Add oil to a hot wok or frying pan with high sides.
- Add your aromatics and stir fry for about 10-15 seconds then add your meat or tofu and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Add your longer-cooking veggies. If you’re using seafood, add it now.
- Add your shorter-cooking veggies.
- Finally season or finish with a stir-fry sauce.
- Serve on brown rice or another whole grain of your choice.
- Top with nuts, seeds, or fresh herbs of your choice.
Notes
We recommend organic ingredients if possible.
Avocado and peanut oil are two great higher-temperature cooking oil options for stir-fries.
While how finely you chop your vegetables will determine its cook time, here’s a general guide of how long traditional, bite-sized pieces will take to cook. So it’s best to add vegetables in order of first to last:
First: coarsely chopped onions, broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots
Second: more thinly cut carrots or vegetables with thicker stems (asparagus, stems of bok choy)
Third: squash, peppers, and mushrooms
Fourth: celery, snow peas, leafy greens (spinach, bok choy leaves, cabbage), bean sprouts, or anything already cooked/canned (mushrooms, bamboo shoots, baby corn, artichokes)
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
