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Easy Stir Fry

June 21, 2006 on 7:29 am | In Recipes | No Comments

A stir fry is just another name for sauteed meats and/or vegetables. The stir fry I made was very simple, it didn’t even use soy sauce.

6 to 8 ounces of beef small cubes
1 tbs olive oil
4 cloves of garlic
1 small onion
3 stalks of celery sliced on bias
1 squash cubed (zucchini or yellow squash will work)
Salt and Pepper

Heat up half the oil in a non-stick frying pan at a high heat.  The oil should be shimmering, almost to the point of smoking.
Then toss the cubed beef into the pan.  Sear the meat, being careful not to put too much into the pan at one time.  If you need to, cook it in a couple of batches.  Once the first side is seared nicely, then stir it so that you can sear the other sides of the cubes, but don’t over cook, take it off the heat and put in a bowl or plate to the side.  Heat up the rest of the oil, and add the garlic and onion.  Saute for about a minute, and add in the celery.  After one more minute, add squash and saute until vegies are crisp/tender, or to your preference add beef back in and heat.  Add salt and pepper to taste and you have a simple but healthy stir fry.

If you want to step it up a bit, replace the salt with a little bit of soy sauce or sesame oil but don’t over do it.  If you want to have a thicker sauce for your stir fry, add 1 tsp corn starch to 1/3 to 1/2 cup of stock or low sodium broth, and add to stir fry when the vegetables are almost ready and keep stirring while it thickens.