Doesn't that already look good?
And it's just barely started cooking.
Actual Recipe:
(Family Dinner Cookbook by Debbie G. Harman)
3-4 cups fresh vegetables of your choice: chopped onions, peeled and chopped carrots, broccoli florets, sliced zucchini, chopped bell peppers (any color), bean sprouts, mushrooms.
Stir Fry Sauce:
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp hoisin sauce
1 Tbsp honey
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 tsp chicken bouillon
Heat 1 Tbsp oil in large skillet. Stir-fry vegetables of choice until slightly tender but still crisp. Combine all ingredients for sauce, pour over vegetables, and stir over medium heat until thickened and vegetables are well coated. Serve over Hot Cooked Rice.
DONE!!! Perfect!!!
Just the right amount of sauce for the amount of vegetables.
My Variation and Opinion:
I used 4 cups of vegetables and once it was mostly cooked and I had just added the sauce, I decided it needed a little bit more broccoli. I thought it worked well. I chopped up a very small onion, 2 carrots, some celery sticks that I had left over in a bag, forgot the zucchini but meant to put it in and it would have been great, some chopped green bell pepper that I had in a bag as well and some chopped mushrooms.
Just before starting to chop and cook everything up, I put on some brown rice to cook in another pot on the stove. Since brown rice (not the instant kind) takes about 45-50 minutes to cook, it actually worked out perfectly. It finished cooking about 5 minutes early and my dinner was done by then. Perfect timing and not a long time to make dinner. I had originally planned on chopping everything up earlier in the day so that dinner would be really quick but that didn't happen. Just keep that in mind if you want to do this recipe - you can easily prep for it early if you have more time while the kids are at school or taking naps.
I really enjoyed this recipe and plan to use it again. I did have to buy some hoisin sauce as I didn't know what is was and didn't have any on my shelf. But, now I can do a really quick stir fry from scratch - and it will be FRESH. I love FRESH!
My husband's addition to this meal was the chicken. I had planned on doing it as a "Vegetable" stir fry as that is how the recipe is written. But, just before it was done, husband stirred it for me and asked "Can I add some chicken to this?" So, I kindly said yes. He's a man and he likes meat. Me, I could care less most of the time if there is meat at the meal, but it's usually a nice addition.
My opinion: Delicious! Will do this recipe again.
Husband: Very good. Had two servings.
4 yr old: At first he had the rice on one side of his plate and the stir fry on the other. He ate up his rice and didn't care for the stir fry. Too strong of flavor. But, when we convinced him to stir in some rice, he actually really enjoyed it.
2 yr old: He's picky and we had to force him to eat some. He would eat it when we served it to him with a lot of rice, but he wouldn't serve it to himself.
1 yr old: Liked it and didn't throw it on the floor.
