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Vegetable Stir-Fry

I was really happy with this recipe! Tyler said he thinks he’d like it more without the ginger, but my taste buds said it was fine :) You could change this recipe up with many different kinds of vegetables. I couldn’t find shiitake mushrooms (our store NEVER has them) so I used cremeni instead.

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Vegetable Stir-Fry (from Weight Watchers)

Ingredients:

3 T reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 T rice vinegar
1 T canola oil
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced (I used a mix of frozen peppers)
1/4 lb fresh shitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
2 t grated peeled fresh ginger
2 1/2 cups cold cooked brown rice
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 cup frozen peas, thawed (I left these out because I HATE peas)
1/4 t crushed red pepper

Directions:
Combine the soy sauce and vinegar in a small bowl, set aside. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet or wok set over high heat until a drop of water sizzles in it. Add the bell pepper, mushrooms, and ginger; stir-fry until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the rice, stirring well to break up any clumps; stir-fry until heated through, 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle the soy sauce mixture over the rice. Add the green onions and crushed red pepper, stir-fry 1 minute. Serve at once.

1 serving =2/3 cup stir fry.

WW points per serving=3

Source: Adapted from Weight Watchers All-Time Favorites: Over 200 Best-Ever Recipes from the Weight Watchers Test Kitchens, Wiley Publishing, 2008.


3 comments February 23, 2008

Tyler’s turn in the kitchen

Tyler discovered this stir-fry recipe about 6 months ago and it is now one of our favorite meals. We’ve tried other stir-frys but keep coming back to this one. Our recipe is adapted from a Rachael Ray 30 minute meal recipe. You can make this with chicken or beef. We eat so much chicken that we usually make this with london broil just to shake things up. Tyler is not comfortable enough with this whole “food blogging thing” to write an intro himself but here’s what he said when I asked if he had tips for this recipe: “Taste the sauce as you go along, be careful not to let it get too salty.” There you go folks, tips from the chef himself ;)


Satay Stir-Fry with Orange Scented Jasmine Rice (made by Tyler)

3 3/4 cups water
2 oranges, zested
2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed
2 tablespoons canola oil
Flank steak or london broil cut into thin strips
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 bag of your favorite variety of stir fry veggies.

Satay sauce:
4 rounded tablespoonfuls chunky peanut butter
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons honey
1-inch ginger root, peeled and minced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 orange, juiced

Heat water with orange zest to boiling. Add rice, return to boil, stir. Cover pot and reduce heat to simmer. Cook rice until tender, 18 minutes. Fluff with fork.

For stir-fry, heat a large nonstick skillet or wok over high heat. Add beef, garlic and onion, stir-fry 3 minutes. Add remaining veggies and stir-fry 5 minutes more. Heat all ingredients for sauce together in a small pot over low heat, stirring the sauce until all ingredients are combined. Add sauce to meat & veggie mix, stir until coated. Serve over orange-scented jasmine rice.


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