Chinese Vegetable Stir Fry
This vegetable stir fry is easy to make and so delicious. The crisp, tender veggies are tossed in a rich, savory sauce with plenty of aromatics. Serve it as a main or a side for a simple, healthy dinner. {Vegetarian, Gluten Free adaptable}To make the dish gluten-free, use tamari or coconut aminos instead of soy sauce. If you need to replace the fermented black beans, do not use Doubanjiang (it isn’t gluten-free) but rather the other alternatives indicated in the recipe instead.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 small head broccoli (, cut into bite-size florets)
- 2 tbsp peanut oil ((or vegetable oil))
- 2 clove garlic (, minced)
- 2 tsp minced ginger
- 1/2 white onion (, sliced)
- 2 carrots (, sliced)
- 4 oz (113 g) mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 8 oz (227 g) can bamboo shoots, drained
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 small bell pepper (, sliced)
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp fermented black beans ((or Doubanjiang, or Sui Mi Ya Cai, or 1/4 teaspoon of salt) (*Footnote 1))
- 1/4 cup chicken broth ((or water))
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- 1
Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl
- 2
Add 1/4 cup water into a large nonstick skillet (or a wok) and heat over medium high heat, until water is boiling. Spread the broccoli in the skillet and cover it. Let cook until it just starts to get tender, 1 minute or so. Transfer broccoli to a plate. Wipe the remaining water with a few paper towels held in a pair of tongs.
- 3
Add the oil and turn to high heat. Add garlic and ginger. Stir a few times to release the fragrance.
- 4
Add the onion, carrot, and mushroom. Cook and stir for 1 minute, until the veggies just start to turn tender.
- 5
Add the bamboo shoots and bell pepper. Stir and cook for another minute, until all the veggies turn tender but are still crisp. Add back the cooked broccoli.
- 6
Stir the sauce again to dissolve the cornstarch completely. Pour sauce into pan. Quickly stir a few times to mix well.
- 7
Remove pan from stove and carefully taste the vegetables. To adjust seasoning, add a pinch of salt and stir to mix well again, if needed. Transfer everything to a big plate immediately.
- 8
Serve hot as a side dish.