Stir Fry Sauce – A Lovely Mess

We make quite a lot of stir fry at our home and at present I’m right here to share our recipe for selfmade stir fry sauce. This 5 minute recipe is really easy to make!

I feel with the ability to make an amazing stir fry is a kind of meals everybody ought to know—it ought to be taught in colleges as a fundamental life talent. I like rice, I like noodles and I like utilizing up no matter leftover meats and greens are sitting in my fridge.

Whereas sure, you would actually use a store-bought stir fry sauce I feel there’s quite a lot of worth in with the ability to throw one collectively from stuff you probably have already got available. This straightforward stir fry sauce recipe is flavorful, barely candy and slightly bit spicy. It goes nice with virtually something you might be throwing into your stir fry.

Associated: Candy Chili Sauce, Spring Roll Sauce, Dumpling Sauce, Candy and Bitter Sauce, Orange Hen Sauce.

Stir Fry Sauce Components

• Soy sauce – You need to use custom soy sauce or low sodium or gluten-free.
• Hen inventory – Or hen broth.
• Sesame oil – Provides depth of taste.
• Rice vinegar
• Worcestershire sauce
• Garlic – Contemporary garlic, minced.
• Ginger – Contemporary ginger, minced.
• Brown sugar
• Pink pepper flakes – For slightly kick.

Whereas this will appear to be quite a lot of components, remember that a lot of them are both shelf secure or might be saved within the fridge for lengthy intervals (so you should use them up over time).

Instructions

In a small- to medium-size mixing bowl, mix all components. Whisk collectively till the sugar is absolutely dissolved.

An alternative choice is so as to add all of the components to a jar, like a mason jar, with a lid. Then shake properly till the sugar has dissolved.

Now you may pour the stir fry sauce over your stir fry combination whereas cooking in a big skillet or pan. Retailer any unused sauce in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as every week. This makes a couple of cup of sauce (the excellent quantity), so I can sometimes use this recipe twice. Nevertheless it relies upon how a lot stir fry you make/how large your loved ones is.

Suggestions & Substitutions

• As an alternative of soy sauce, you would use low-sodium soy sauce, liquid aminos or gluten-free soy sauce. 
• You’ll be able to substitute vegetable or beef inventory for hen for those who choose. You may additionally use vegetable broth if you wish to make a vegan stir fry sauce. 
• Should you don’t have sesame oil and don’t wish to purchase it, you should use one other cooking oil like olive oil. However, I do suppose the taste of the sesame oil provides to this recipe.
• Should you don’t have rice vinegar and don’t wish to purchase it, you should use apple cider vinegar. I just like the sweetness of rice vinegar, however ACV will work properly too.
• As an alternative of brown sugar, you would use granulated white, honey, or maple syrup. You may as well scale back the quantity of sugar for those who choose.
• I don’t really feel this sauce wants a thickening agent. Nonetheless, for those who do choose one, add a teaspoon or two of cornstarch when whisking collectively.
• Secret ingredient—many individuals declare ketchup is the key ingredient in stir fry sauce. It offers a lift of taste. Should you attempt it, begin small and tell us what you suppose.

Stir Fry Recipe Concepts

Study the right way to construct the proper stir fry. We love to make use of veggies, broccoli, snow peas, bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and carrots in our stir fry. You may as well add protein comparable to shrimp, beef, pork or hen.