Chinese Southern Belle

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1-Minute Vegetable Stir Fry!

stir fry

Want a break from salads or craving something hot and saucy? This vegetable stir fry is so fast, easy, delicious and versatile, we enjoy it every week! No special wok or tools needed. Use your own favorite stir fry sauce or use ours, You Saucy Thing Soy Ginger Vidalia. It’s my grandma’s classic recipe, natural and fresh ingredients all in one bottle!  (Store locations in SE or Shop easy online!)

This stir fry dish that highlights the color and flavor of fresh, seasonal vegetables and can be adapted for simple or seasonal “what’s growing in the garden or farmers market.”

Versatile, healthy and delicious, this stir fry recipe can feature a single vegetable or a beautiful medley.  Popular ones include: Bok choy, Napa cabbage, Chinese broccoli (gai-lan), shitake mushroom, spinach, mustard greens, pea greens/sprouts, broccoli, chard, kale, beet greens, even shredded potato!  Experiment with new vegetables from the farmers market or your garden!

No chopping or shopping, super-express version? Try pre-cut vegetables or superfood/slaw kits. Meat-lover? Top with grilled meat or fish.

Video Stir Fry!

WATCH Natalie Cook Up 1-Minute Stir Fry on TV!

Eating healthy doesn’t mean only salads. Chinese stir fry isn’t just oily “drowned in brown sauce” takeout. Authentic Asian home cooking doesn’t have to mean hours of chopping, shopping or require special equipment like a wok and cleaver.

Natalie Keng of Chinese Southern Belle, to the rescue! Watch as she simplifies–and demystifies–the seemingly simple, but elusive Perfect Stir Fry in “1-Minute Stir Fry” featuring her mother’s signature 3G’s tip and their scrumptious homemade, natural sauces. Even show host, Christina Pullara, is impressed with the tasty results of her own creation and does the wok ‘n’ roll  right alongside Natalie.

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Be sure to take notes on the Time Saver shortcuts, technique tips and shop local and eat with the season in your neighborhood farmers markets!

Let’s Farm to Wok, Y’ALL!

 

Short on time or need help finding a good stir sauce that’s not flat-tasting, no MSG, no cheap syrupy or starchy fillers, too salty, not too ginger-heavy but JUST RIGHT? Try our sauce blends with fresh ingredients – natural, fast and healthy, low sodium and no MSG.  What we use at home. Tasty to mix ‘n’ match, too.  BUY NOW

 

 

Prep Time:

1 min

Cook Time:

1 minute

Feeds:

2-3

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh vegetables, julienned (Any combination: bok choy, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, red pepper)

[Timesaver Tip: 2 cups Superfood or Slaw mix]

1/3 cup You Saucy Thing Soy Ginger Vidalia cooking sauce (or your favorite teriyaki or soy ginger sauce)

1 T vegetable oil

¼ t toasted sesame oil

Instructions:

Place skillet on medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil and wait 30-60 seconds until pan is hot. Add vegetables and sauce to hot pan. Stir fry 1 minute. Drizzle with sesame oil. Serve hot with rice, noodles or as a side. Optional: Top with grilled meat, rotisserie chicken or roasted tofu.

Easy, Creative Variations (Natalie’s Leftover Makeovers :)

-Fried Chicken Stir Fry: Mix in sliced rotisserie or fried chicken with vegetables. Add extra sauce if desired.
-Asian Bowls: Serve Stir Fry over Brown Rice. Top with grilled chicken, shrimp, beef, pork. Drizzle with extra sauce. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped scallions.
-Chinese Spaghetti: Serve Stir Fry over any shape cooked pasta. Drizzle with extra sauce.

*MAKE YOUR OWN SAUCE – DIY From Scratch -- Recipe below, mix all ingredients together. (Double recipe if you like extra sauce or keep in fridge for later.)

1/3 cup naturally brewed soy sauce
1/4 cup water
3 T hoisin sauce
2 T rice wine (or sherry)
1 T rice vinegar
1 T sugar
1 T corn starch
1 t toasted sesame oil
1/8 t white pepper
1/8 t black pepper