Afternoon everyone,
I don’t like to post a lot of the food I cook for myself, mainly because I’m more interested in taste and actually eating the food than I am with pretty presentation and photographing my plate but if there’s one quick dish that I like to whip up when hunger strikes it’s a stir fry.
Last week I had a bunch of leftover vegetables so I figured that I would chuck them all in and see what the result would be. First I heated some oil then added chopped garlic and frozen chopped onion, once this started to gain some colour I added chili powder, cayenne powder, salt and pepper. After I put the dry seasonings in the pan and mixed them with the garlic and onion I added slices of avocado, half a tin of water chestnuts and a handful of sliced greens. While these were frying I boiled some water and used it to cover a pack of instant noodles and some frozen peas in a bowl so they partially cooked. A few minutes later I added sliced radishes and spring onions to the pan, and then the noodles and peas. I gave everything a couple of minutes to cook and then added the liquid seasonings, I used rice wine vinegar, smoke flavouring, mirin and toasted sesame oil. The stir fry came out with a good mixture of soft noodles and crunchy vegetables and the flavour was great. I will be using more vegetables in my stir frys when I am able, I usually just use tinned and frozen vegetables. You will also notice that I haven’t given directions as to how much seasoning to use, this is because I add seasoning and taste to tailor the recipe to what I want in that moment. This is how I usually cook and it usually comes out exactly how I wanted.
So for a simple list this is what went into the dish
- Chopped garlic
- Frozen chopped onion
- Mild chili powder
- Cayenne powder
- Salt and pepper
- Avocado
- Tinned water chestnuts
- Instant noodles
- Rice wine vinegar
- Mirin
- Smoke flavouring
- Toasted sesame oil
- Frozen peas
- Sliced greens
- Sliced radishes
- Spring onions
I hope you’re having a great day,
Sophie
