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Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir-Fry

Here's how you make Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir-Fry
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • FOR HARD VEGETABLES
  • Broccoli, cut in 2" florets
  • Cauliflower, cut in 2" florets
  • Carrot, in julienne strips
  • Celery, in julienne strips
  • Onion, chopped or cut in thin rings
  • FOR MEDIUM
  • Cabbage, shredded
  • Red or green pepper, in julienne strips
  • Bok choy, sliced diagonally
  • Turnips, sliced thin and cut in strips
  • FOR SOFT
  • Pea pods, stemmed
  • Mung bean sprouts
  • Mushrooms
  • Scallions
  • Cilantro, chopped
  • Canned baby corn
  • Canned bamboo shoots
  • Also, as one of the "soft" vegetables you may substitute chopped pineapple (or pineapple chunks)
  • FOR SAUCE
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons oil (vegetable oil)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 to 3 minced garlic cloves
  • 1 1/2 cup vegetable stock (or water or up to 1/2 cup pineapple juice)
  • 4 tablespoons soy sauce (or more)
  • 3 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ginger root (freshly grated, or more)
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup vinegar (white or rice vinegar)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Assemble and prepare all ingredients and set aside.

  • Step 2: Heat large skillet, add 1 Tbsp. of the sesame oil, the vegetable oil, and the water and heat on moderately high heat.

  • Step 3: When the mixture is quite hot, stir-fry the "hard" vegetables.

  • Step 4: When they are halfway to crisp-tender, add the "medium" vegetables, then the "soft" ones, which should just wilt. For sprouts, this takes 2-3 minutes; pea pods--5-8 minutes.

  • Step 5: Stir till all of the vegetables are crisp-tender, then turn off the heat and leave uncovered while making the sauce.

  • Step 6: Heat the remaining 1 Tbsp. sesame oil in a heavy saucepan, then add the garlic and sauté over low heat.

  • Step 7: Pour stock (pineapple juice) over the garlic, then add the soy sauce, sherry, ginger, vinegar, and honey.

  • Step 8: Dissolve the cornstarch in a little cold water before adding to the liquid in the pan.

  • Step 9: When the liquid is just about to boil, lower heat and whisk in the cornstarch.

  • Step 10: Heat just till thick, stirring constantly.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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