The best thing about this quick, yummy & healthy stir fry recipe is there’s no measuring! Grab your favorite veggies, some “special sauce” a few peanuts as garnish & your chopsticks!  It only takes about 15 minutes to make.  Served with a side of brown rice and you can eat as much as you like. You won’t find a much healthier version.  The sauce used is made by Panda Express (yep, the fantastic restaurant!) You can buy it in many stores. It comes in a variety of flavors. Kung Pao was used with this one and it’s zero fat which doesn’t hurt!

Another healthy recipe that would complement this wonderful dish is our Baked Egg Rolls and for dessert some Healthy No Bake Cookies!

Stir Fry Recipe Ingredients

These amounts make a huge one person serving or 2 or 3 smaller servings. The amounts you add can vary as can the veggies.

Cut the following into large chunks:

• 1/2 large green bell pepper
• 1/2 large red bell pepper
• 1/4 fresh pineapple
• 1 heaping cup mushrooms
• 1/2 large onion
• 1 small zucchini or yellow squash.
• Kung Pao Sauce by Panda Express (or sauce of choice)
• Unsalted peanuts as garnish. About 1/4th cup.
• Water, for sauteing.

Cooking Rice

We use brown rice with our stir fry as it’s one of  the healthier types. It does, however, take a long time to cook. If you cook rice regularly as we do it pays to invest in a Zojirushi rice cooker. This little machine is one of my best and most time saving purchases and it cooks rice PERFECT every time!

All you do is place your rice and water into the cooker, close the lid and turn it on. It’s hands off cooking and it alerts you with a little Melody when the rice is done. It will keep it warm until you’re ready to use it!

PROS

• Cooks rice perfect every time.
• Very easy cleanup with non-stick removable container.
• Hands off cooking.
• Alerts when completed.
• Keeps Rice Warm.
• Retractable Cord
• Carry Handle

CONS

• Pricey. However, you definitely get what you pay for in this case. We’ve had ours for 6 years and its going strong.

Instructions for Stir Fry

1. Brown rice goes great with this and so healthy. It does take a while to cook so start it early!
2. Place your cut up veggies in a hot pan with about 3 TB water. Saute until slightly softened but still firm which takes about 10 to 15 minutes depending on your stove.
3. After they are cooked, add about 1/4th to 1/3rd cup of kung pao sauce sauce or to taste.
4. Serve and sprinkle with peanuts as garnish.

Visual Instructions

If you’re having brown rice with your meal you need to start it early! Using a Zojirusi cooker its super easy. Just add rice, water and push the button!

Using my special rice cooker, its perfect every time!

Gather your veggies. If you like others, feel free to add those in!

We used this sauce. It’s delicious! (A bit hot.)

Cut up your veggies and pineapple into large chunks.

These are ready to stir fry!

We stir fry in water as its simple to do and you don’t get the fat.  Add 2 TB water to a hot pan.

Toss in your vegetables and fruit.

Cook, stirring constantly. As the water disappears add a little more.

Keep cooking and stirring. You want your vegetables to start softening but still have a little crunch and firmness to them.

After they are cooked, about 10 -14 minutes, add the sauce. We never measure but for this full pan of veggies we probably added about 1/4th to 1/3rd a cup.

Peanuts are a wonderful garnish on top. Sprinkle 1/4 cup over your stir fry or as much as you like.

The completed stir fry recipe!

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