Vegetable Stir Fry

Last Thursday night, I was deciding what I wanted to eat for dinner and decided that I wanted a stir fry of some kind. I then decided to look online for a stir fry recipe and stumbled upon this recipe from the Pioneer Woman on Food Network: https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/veggie-stir-fry/

I love cooking recipes from the Pioneer Woman and most of her recipes that I have cooked so far have been really good. So, naturally, I decided to cook this one without any hesitation.

This recipe requires the following ingredients-

• cooked thin spaghetti or cooked rice
• sesame seeds- for garnish
• sesame oil– as needed
• 3 diced zucchini
• 1 can canned baby corn– I recommend getting the one that says cut in half, not the one that says whole
• 1 diced onion
• 2 diced bell pepper- one red, one yellow for color
• 1 broccoli crown- cut into florets
• minced ginger– as much as you want, more= spicier
• minced garlic- 2 gloves
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• sriracha- to taste, I added a lot for flavor as I like spicy
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Here are the steps that I followed when I cooked this recipe (these are the exact steps from the Pioneer Woman’s recipe with a few modifications):

• Cook the pasta or rice according to directions. If using pasta, after its done draining, pour sesame oil and soy sauce on top– add a lot so the noodles can soak up the flavors.
• Cut all of your vegetables and set aside. You mostly want large pieces for your veggies as they will all be cooked down
• Once you are done with cutting the vegetables, in a bowl, combine the soy sauce, cornstarch, brown sugar, ginger and sriracha. Mix well
• Start up a wok or deep bottomed pan over medium high heat, add about 2 tablespoons of olive oil or peanut oil and let heat up
• Add onions+bell peppers and let cook for 2 minutes. Then add zucchini, broccoli and baby corn as well as garlic and let cook until all vegetables are soft and fragrant. This should take about 4 minutes.
• Once the veggies are soft, add the sauce that you made earlier to the pan and let cook for a little bit. If there is no sauce left in the pan after 2 minutes of cooking, add 1/2 cup of warm water and some soy sauce. Let cook for a little while longer.
• Turn off the heat. Put noodles or rice into bowls and put vegetables on top. Serve with toasted sesame seeds and or green onions for a garnish.

  

Overall, I really enjoyed making this recipe as it was quick, easy and healthy. I definitely plan to make this Stir Fry again and I also plan to make more recipes from the Pioneer Woman in the future as well. The vegetables in this dish were amazing as they had a ton of flavor. But overall, I wish the noodles had more flavor. I added a lot of sriracha after I realized that the noodles were lacking flavor and that helped a lot. But, if you do not like spicy food then I would recommend adding more soy sauce and sesame oil to your noodles to give them a little bit more flavor.

All in all, I really enjoyed making this dish and I highly recommend it. Thanks Pioneer Woman!