Classic mixed vegetable stir-fry
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Total time: 29 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 4 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
This veggie side dish would partner well with baked or seared fish or chicken to make a light Asian-inspired meal. Look for fresh, firm water chestnuts in the produce section of Asian markets. Rinse well and peel like an apple with a paring knife. If freshwater chestnuts are not available, use jicama instead. Halve any large broccoli florets. This recipe is a template for how to stir-fry vegetables with hard, medium-hard and soft textures. Blanching “hard” broccoli enables it to be stir-fried together with “medium hard” shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts and “soft” cherry tomatoes. You can substitute button mushrooms for the shiitake mushrooms.
Ingredients
Broccoli
5 cup(s), chopped
Fat free chicken broth
2 Tbsp
Sherry wine (dry)
2 Tbsp
Low sodium soy sauce
1 Tbsp
Cornstarch
1 tsp
Peanut oil
4 tsp
Minced ginger
1 Tbsp
Red pepper flakes
¼ tsp
Shiitake mushroom
6 medium
Water chestnut
½ cup(s)
Grape tomatoes
1 cup(s)
Table salt
½ tsp
Instructions
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In a medium saucepan, bring 3 c water to a boil over high heat; add broccoli. Cook, stirring, 1 minute or until broccoli is bright green and water has almost returned to a boil. Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking; drain again, shaking well to remove excess water.
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In a small bowl, combine broth, sherry, soy sauce and cornstarch.
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Heat a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or 12-inch skillet over high heat until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact; swirl in oil. Add ginger and red pepper flakes; stir-fry 10 seconds or until aromatics are fragrant. Add broccoli, shiitake mushrooms and water chestnuts; stir-fry 1 minute. Add cherry tomatoes; stir-fry 15 seconds or until just combined. Sprinkle on salt.
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Re-stir sherry mixture and swirl into wok; stir-fry 1 minute or until vegetables are crisp-tender and tomatoes have wilted.
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Serving size: 3/4 c
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