The Stir-fry

Beef Tenderloin w/Mushrooms Stir-fry

Although we have literally hundreds of easy and quick to make recipes in our Recipe Archives, when my husband and I are looking for a yummy meal with minimal preparation time, we gravitate towards stir-frys.  Quick, easy and always bursting with flavor, stir-frys also offer another great feature; they can be made with whatever you have on hand.  Left-over meats, poultry or bits and pieces of vegetables can be combined to create new and different recipes at the drop of a hat.

Great stir-frys are made with three general components:

1. Main ingredients:  Main ingredients can be anything including meat, poultry , fish, shellfish, pasta and almost any vegetable

2. Seasonings:  Aromatic ingredients, like garlic or ginger

Santa Fe Chicken Stir-fry

3. Sauce:  Wet ingredients that will flavor the dish such as gf soy sauce, fish sauce, wine, sesame oil, stocks and usually a touch of cornstarch mixed with water to thicken

Stir-frys take only minutes to cook, so the time involved is in the prep.  Before you begin a stir-fry make sure all your ingredients are cut and measured so when the wok or skillet is hot, you can simply add the ingredients and stir.

Here are a few of our favorite stir-fry recipes:

Chicken Broccoli & Cashew StirFry

Beef Tenderloin w/Mushrooms Stir-fry

Garlic Beef Stir-fry

Thai Pork & Basil Stir-fry

Pasta & Vegetable Stir-fry

Santa Fe Chicken Stir-fry

Scallops & Cherry Tomato Stir-fry

Shrimp & Peppers Stir-fry

Thai Pork & Basil Stir-fry

- Chef Yvonne

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