Easy Stir Fry Vegetables

Name: Easy Stir Fry Vegetables
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ¼ cup honey; ¼ cup apple cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon fresh ginger (peeled and grated (about 1-inch piece)); ½ pound broccoli; 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil; 3 carrots (cut into matchstick strips); 1 onion (cut into wedges); 8 ounce can sliced water chestnuts (drained); ¼ cup unsalted roasted cashews; 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

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Easy and delicious Stir Fry Vegetables

This is the kind of dish you’ll love having in your back pocket for a quick meatless-Monday meal, any day of the week!

This is one of those ‘lost but never forgotten’ recipes I used to make all the time. I remember that my kids always enjoyed it, so if they’ll eat it, I bet your kids will too!

Who doesn’t love a true 15 minute meal loaded with tender crisp broccoli, carrots, onions, and water chestnuts coated in a tangy, sweet sauce, then topped with cashews and served over a bowl of rice? Did I mention it’s healthy too?

Ingredients for Stir Fry Vegetables:

honey
apple cider vinegar
cornstarch
low sodium soy sauce
fresh ginger
broccoli
vegetable oil
carrots
onion
canned sliced water chestnuts
unsalted roasted cashews
toasted sesame seeds

How to make easy Stir Fry Vegetables:

First combine the sauce ingredients: honey, vinegar, cornstarch, soy sauce and ginger.

Next prepare the broccoli by separating the tops into florets, and peel and slice the stems into matchstick strip or rounds.

Heat a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the oil and heat until shimmering. Stir in the broccoli stems, carrots and onions. Stir fry until crisp-tender then add the florets and water chestnuts.

Remove the pan from the heat. Add the sauce mixture and stir to coat the vegetables.

Serve over rice garnished with cashews and sesame seeds.

The sauce is easily doubled for serving over rice.

First, you don’t have to limit this dish to just broccoli, onions and carrots. Feel free to clean out the vegetable drawer and cook up whatever you have on hand. Peppers or snow peas are terrific additions and if you have leftover chicken, toss it in too.

If serving with rice or noodles, you can easily double the sauce ingredients. It’s all good!

Serve these easy Stir-Fry Vegetables as a meatless main course or vegetable side dish.

I don’t often see water chestnuts used in recipes any more, but I love their crispy crunch. Don’t forget the cashews and a few toasted sesame seeds too.

This is the perfect easy-to-make vegetable dish that doubles as a meatless main. It’s highly adaptable to just about any vegetable, or any protein including tofu.

Finally, you might want to set the table before the vegetables are chopped and the sauce is blended, because this cooks in about 5 minutes!

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