Stir fry sauce

Name: Stir fry sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 75 ml soy sauce; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp chinese rice vinegar; 3 tsp runny honey; 1 2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed; 2 tsp finely grated ginger; 1 pinch dried chilli flakes; 1 tbsp rice bran; 500 g mix of stir fry vegetables meat or fish

Prep: 5 minsCook: 5 mins

Prep

5 mins

Cook

5 mins

Servings

Difficulty

Easy

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This stir fry sauce has become my go to for weeknight dinners because it comes together in just five minutes and tastes like it came straight from a restaurant. The magic is in balancing soy sauce with a touch of honey and rice vinegar, then boosting everything with fresh ginger and garlic for that authentic Asian flavor. Ginger is wonderful for digestion and can help reduce nausea, so you're getting something genuinely good for you with every bite. What I love most is how versatile it is, working beautifully with whatever vegetables or proteins you have on hand, making it the ultimate time saving solution when you're short on ideas.

Ella x

Ingredients

Servings:

75 mlsoy sauce
1 tbsptoasted sesame oil
1 tspchinese rice vinegar
3 tsprunny honey
12 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
2 tspfinely grated ginger
1 pinchdried chilli flakes(optional)
1 tbsprice bran(sunflower or vegetable oil to cook)
500 gmix of stir fry vegetables meat or fish

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Instructions

1
Place all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together. The sauce can be used to stir fry vegetables, meat, fish and noodles.
2
To use the sauce, heat the oil in a wok, then add your choice of meat, vegetables or fish. Fry for a minute over a high heat to seal, and then add the stir fry sauce, before continuing to stir-fry for a further four minutes or so until the ingredients are fully cooked. Serve immediately.

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