Happy Family Stir Fry
Happy Family Stir Fry is a Chinese-inspired dish that is a mashup of meat, seafood and vegetables tossed in a flavourful light brown gravy. The stir fry is usually served with white jasmine rice but you can also have it with crispy fried noodles.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 shitake mushrooms (dried or canned) (sliced thinly)
- 3 slices of ginger
- 1 spring onion (roughly chopped)
- 1 carrot (peeled and sliced thinly)
- 150 gm broccoli (1 small head of broccoli, cut into florets)
- 6 spears canned baby corn (cut in half widthways)
- 1/2 onion (cut into thin wedges)
- 3 garlic cloves (peeled and chopped finely)
- 2 chicken thigh fillets (sliced)
- 8 prawns (peeled)
- 8 squid rings
- 3 tbsp neutral oil (divided)
- salt (to taste)
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- pepper (to taste)
- 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
- coriander (roughly chopped (optional))
Instructions
- 1
Shiitake mushrooms - if using dried then cut in half with a pair of kitchen scissors and soak for 30 minutes in just-boiled water. Skip if using canned shiitake mushrooms.
- 2
Cut the vegetables (including the soaked/canned shiitake mushrooms), chicken and seafood. Set aside until needed.
- 3
Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl. Set aside until needed.
- 4
Combine the thickener ingredients in a separate bowl. Set aside until needed.
- 5
Heat a wok / large fry pan on high. Once the wok / fry pan comes to temperature, add a tbsp of oil.
- 6
Add the chicken to the wok with a pinch of salt and fry until cooked. Once cooked pour into a bowl and leave aside until needed.
- 7
Add another tbsp of oil and add the prawns and squid. Add a pinch of salt and cook until done. Pour the seafood into the bowl with the chicken.
- 8
Add 1 tbsp of oil to the wok / fry pan and add the ginger and the spring onions. Fry for about 1 minute or until fragrant.
- 9
Add the carrots, broccoli and baby corn with 1 tbsp of water. Toss and cook for 2 minutes.
- 10
Add the shiitake mushrooms, onions and garlic. Toss and cook for another 1 minute, adding another splash of water if it seems too dry.
- 11
Add the chicken, prawns and squid back and toss to combine.
- 12
Pour the sauce in and mix well for 30 seconds.
- 13
Add the thickener and keep stirring until the sauce has thickened.
- 14
Taste check the stir fry and adjust to your taste.
- 15
Serve with steamed rice or crispy noodles and garnish with fresh coriander.