Sunday, February 11, 2018

Stir-Fries

Japanese Beef:
Season 12 ounces sliced sirloin with salt and pepper. Cook in vegetable oil, undisturbed, 1 min.; remove. Add more oil; stir-fry 2 cups each chopped cabbage and sliced shiitake mushrooms and 3 chopped garlic cloves, 3 min. Add 3 tbsp. ponzu sauce, 1 tbsp. butter and the beef; toss to heat through.

Sesame Chicken:
Whisk 1 cup flour with 1/4 cup cornstarch, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. kosher salt and 1 cup water. Season 12 oz. cubed skinless chicken thighs with salt and pepper; dredge in flour, then dip in the batter. Deep-fry in 375F vegetable oil, 4-5 min.; drain. Whisk 1/2 cup chicken broth with 1 tbsp. each sugar and soy sauce, 2 tsp. each cornstarch, sesame oil, rice vinegar and ketchup and 1/2 tsp. chili-garlic sauce. Stir-Fry 1 tbsp. each grated ginger and minced garlic in vegetable oil, 1 min. Add the sauce; simmer until thickened. Add the chicken; toss. Top with toasted sesame seeds.

Sweet & Sour Chicken:
Batter and fry sesame chicken. Whisk 1/3 cup pineapple juice, 2 tbsp. each brown sugar, ketchup, and water, 1 tbsp. each soy sauce and rice vinegar and 2 tsp. cornstarch. Stir-fry 1 cubed red bell pepper, 1 cubed red onion and 1 tbsp. chopped ginger in vegetable oil, 3 min. Add the sauce and 1 cup cubed pineapple; simmer until thickened. Add the chicken; toss.

Spicy Orange Chicken:
Make sesame chicken, replacing the broth with orange juice. Use 2 tsp. chili-garlic sauce and add 3 wide strips orange zest and 8 dried arbol chiles with the ginger

Bacon Fried Rice:
Stir-fry 4 oz. diced slab bacon over medium heat, 2 min. Increase the heat to high. Add 1 cup cubed pineapple, 1 tbsp. each chopped garlic and ginger and 1 bunch chopped scallions; stir-fry 1 min. Stir in 2 scrambled eggs, 3 cup cooked rice, 3 tbsp. soy sauce and 1 tbsp. each rice wine and sesame oil.

Vegetable Fried Rice (how I make it):
 Make rice. Heat 1-1 1/2 cup frozen vegetables (or fresh). Add 2-3 scrambled eggs and cook well. Turn off the heat and add cooked rice and soy sauce to taste. Mix together until all the rice is covered with soy sauce. You may also add diced cooked chicken.

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