Pesto Stir-Fried Carrots, Cauliflower & Cherry Tomatoes
4
Points®
Total time: 21 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 6 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Pesto's famous ingredients—pine nuts, lots of fresh basil, and grated Parmesan—give this dish great flavor. But you don't prep it the traditional way by blending it all together; instead, the ingredients are incorporated at different stages directly into the stir-fry. Cauliflower florets are a “hard” vegetable, which means they may require a few more minutes than the rest of the ingredients to stir-fry. To shorten the cook time, you can quarter any large florets. If you want to make this into a main dish, increase the pine nuts and Parmesan, and add some cooked orzo.
Ingredients
Pine nuts (unsalted, raw or dry roasted, no sugar added)
2 Tbsp
Peanut oil
2 Tbsp, or canola oil
Jarred minced garlic
2 Tbsp
Cauliflower
2 cup(s), chopped, florets
Carrots
2 cup(s), thinly sliced
Table salt
¾ tsp
Black pepper
½ tsp
Reduced sodium chicken broth
3 Tbsp
Cherry tomatoes
2 cup(s), halved
Fresh basil
¼ cup(s), chopped (packed)
Grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup(s)
Instructions
1
In a dry 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or 12 inch skillet toast pine nuts over medium heat, stir-frying 2 or 3 minutes or until light golden. Transfer to a small dish.
2
Heat wok over high heat until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact. Swirl in oil, add garlic and stir-fry 10 seconds or until fragrant. Add cauliflower and carrots, sprinkle on salt and pepper, and stir-fry 1 minute or until carrots are bright orange. Swirl broth into wok, cover 1 minute until nearly all the liquid is gone. Add cherry tomatoes and basil and stir-fry 30 seconds to 1 minute or until vegetables are tender-crisp. Remove from heat and sprinkle on parmesan and pine nuts. Yields 1 cup per serving.
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