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Easy Vegetable Stir Fry is a mixture of colorful vegetables sautéed in a sweet and savory sauce that makes for a simple weeknight meal! Less than 30 minutes to make from start to finish!
Quick and simple recipe that can be made to your liking! If you love stir fry as much as we do try this Honey Garlic Chicken Stir Fry, or Slow Cooker Cashew Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry.
Easiest Vegetable Stir Fry
This is it! This is the recipe that gets me through the week! I love how simple and easy it is to cook and how delicious it tastes. There are so many variations to this recipe that it is perfect to make with a family.
Busy weeknights has me making 30 minutes or less recipes. They are easier and turn out to be, oh. so. good!
This past month I have been doing some meal prep and I decided to try this as well. I cooked it up on Sunday and added it into 5 days of lunches for me. It was simple to warm up and was filling all day.
The colors from the vegetables are so vibrant and blend so well together. You have a crunchy, soft and sweet texture that blends so well together leaving you wanting another bite.
My kids loved every bits of it and even asked for seconds. They loved it and wanted to
You can make this ahead, prepare it for dinner or freeze it for later. It is one stir fry that is simple, easy and delicious!
What is stir fry?
Stir frying is a Chinese cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred in a wok.
The technique originated in China and in recent centuries has spread into other parts of Asia and the West.
Stir fry ingredients
I like to stir fry the vegetables that take a little longer to cook first. Like the carrots, mushrooms and baby corn. Then I add in the remainder ingredients. Broccoli, snow peas and the bell peppers do not take as long to cook.
- Olive Oil
- Vegetables: red bell pepper, yellow bell peppers, sugar snap peas, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, baby corn, water chestnuts.
- Sauce: soy sauce, garlic cloves (minced), brown sugar, sesame oil, chicken broth, cornstarch
- Garnish: green onions and sesame seeds
How to make vegetable stir fry?
The first step is to cook up your veggies. I used a combination of red and yellow peppers, snow peas, broccoli, carrots, and mushrooms. I also added some baby corn and water chestnuts into the mix for variety. While the veggies are cooking, I make a simple garlic sauce. The sauce gets poured over the veggies then is simmered until thickened. You can enjoy your veggie stir fry as-is, or over rice.
- Sauté: In a wok or large skillet add 1 Tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat. Add bell pepper, peas, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, baby corn, and water chestnuts. Sauté 2-3 minutes until veggies are almost tender.
- Whisk: In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sesame oil, chicken broth, and cornstarch.
- Mix: Pour over veggies and cook until the sauce has thickened.
- Garnish: add chopped green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
Other variations of stir fry
There are so many different ways to customize your veggie stir fry, the combinations are endless!
- Meat: add in some chicken, pork, shrimp, beef or tofu.
- Vegetables: asparagus, bean sprouts, celery, zucchini, cauliflower, onions or tomatoes add more of variety of vegetables.
- Nuts: almonds and cashews are great to stir in as well.
- Spicy: make it spicy by adding some heat with sriracha or crushed red pepper flakes.
Are stir fry vegetables healthy?
Stir-frying is a fast way to cook small pieces of food in a hot skillet or wok. In addition to being quick and easy, stir-frying is also healthy.
It results in tender-crisp vegetables that retain more nutrients than if they were boiled.
And since stir-frying requires only a small amount of oil, the fat content is low.
Tips for stir fry
- To help cook the vegetables at the same rate, make sure to cut into similar and smaller sized pieces.
- Store your vegetable stir fry in the refrigerator for 5 days. You can even meal prep!
- Baby corn and water chestnuts are found in cans down the ethnic food aisles.
- Make ahead the sauce for this vegetable stir fry. It will last in the refrigeratior for 3 days. You can freeze this for later use if needed.
What goes well with stir fry?
- White, brown or Fried Rice
- Noodles
- Ramen
- Lo Mein
- Zoodles
- Spinach
Looking for more stir fry recipes? Try these!
- Amazing Pepper Steak Stir Fry
- Korean Ground Beef Stir Fry
- Cashew Chicken Stir Fry
- Garlic Chicken and Broccoli Cashew Stir Fry
- Honey Garlic Chicken Stir Fry
- 15 Minute Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry
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The Easiest Vegetable Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 1 cup sugar snap peas
- 1 cup carrots, sliced
- 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups broccoli
- 1 cup baby corn
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- chopped green onions and sesame seeds for garnish optional
Instructions
- Add one tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat in a wok or large skillet. Add bell pepper, peas, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, baby corn, and water chestnuts. Sauté 2-3 minutes until veggies are almost tender.
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sesame oil, chicken broth, and cornstarch.
- Pour over veggies and cook until the sauce has thickened. Garnish with chopped green onions and sesame seeds if desired
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wonderful Thanx. I hope I enjoy it…but now I don’t know how to make the sauce.
Thank you for your comment! Here are the instructions for the stir fry found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
1.Add 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat in a wok or large skillet. Add bell pepper, peas, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, baby corn, and water chestnuts. Sauté 2-3 minutes until veggies are almost tender.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sesame oil, chicken broth, and cornstarch.
3. Pour over veggies and cook until the sauce has thickened. Garnish with chopped green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
I hope this helps!
I found the recipe very bland. Added ginger, Worcestershire and Chinese five spice.
I was looking for a stir fry that wouldn’t taste crazy salty. This one was great! Next time I would spice it up a bit, but it was nonetheless very tasty.
Amazing comfort food! We subbed some veggies we had on hand and added chicken and doubled the sauce. Everyone loved it, Thanks!
Just a note– don’t use extra virgin olive oil, it has a low smoke point and may give your stir fry a bitter/ burnt flavor. You should use a refined oil instead, such as refined olive oil, canola, peanut or (refined) avocado oil.
My kids loved this! Is the brown sugar necessary? My blood sugar spiked after eating, so curious if it could be lessened or omitted. Thanks!
Hi Kristin, thanks for the question. No, the brown sugar is not necessary. If you want, you could use a sugar substitute to keep a little sweetness in the sauce. I hope this helps!
The picture of this dish shows what appears to be chorizo and zucchini. Is this something else that was made in substitute of the recipe?
Hey! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment! This is a vegetable stir fry so there is no chorizo in it. Which picture are you referring to? I’d love to help you figure this out!
I think it’s the carrots, could be mistaken for chorizo lol
Awesome recipe. Any substitute for corn starch?
The corn starch is a thickening agent, to replace it you can add a tablespoon of flour and 2 tablespoons of water together, whisk well so no clump remain. Pour the water and flour mixture over the vegetables with the rest of the sauce to thicken it. This will make it more of a gravy. You could also just leave the cornstarch out, the sauce will be runnier but still good!
Love the recipe – just right
Cornstarch makes a difference as does the baby corn & waterchestnutsxx
Used random veggies, but the sauce was solid! Well done on that.
I just made this dish and it was wonderful! I added cooked chicken breast and made rice to go with it. The sauce was very good!
Reallyyy good 🙂
Can this be served over ramen noodles?
I can only rate the sauce, I used frozen mixed Asian vegetables. The sause was easy & tasted excellent. Thank you!
The Easiest Vegetable Stir Fry, is one of the best stir fry’s ever. We love it!!! Thank you so much.
So good! On our family rotation! Added chicken and used arrowroot instead of corn starch to make it healthier.