Veggie and Mushroom Stir-Fry

A super-fast dinner that's tasty and light on calories. Whip it up and impress everyone! Vegetables cook in a flash in a wok — the keys here are the right pan and your favorite ingredients. After that, it's all technique.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 13 % 2 g
Fats 20 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 10 g
58 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 10 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather your ingredients. Wash all the vegetables. Cut the peppers, broccoli, and mushrooms into roughly equal-size pieces.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Heat about a cup of water in the wok and add all the vegetables except the green onion.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Warm them for a minute, then lift them out with a slotted spoon.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Set them aside for now. Pour the water out of the wok and return it to the heat to warm up.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Stir the cornstarch into the water until smooth. These are prep steps — stir-fried vegetables cook fast and need constant attention, so if you step away, they'll burn.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Pour the oil into the wok.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Add the green onion and toss it for about 10 seconds.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Add the vegetables to the wok, stirring constantly.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Add salt (skip it if your soy sauce is very salty) and pepper.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Pour in the soy sauce. Keep stirring.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Stir in the cornstarch slurry.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Cook for 2–3 minutes, then remove from the heat and transfer to a cool dish to stop the cooking.

  • Plate it up (minimalist Asian-style) and serve. These stir-fried vegetables are great on their own or paired with meat or fish. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Sweet pepper - 27  kcal/100g
  • Button mushrooms - 24  kcal/100g
  • Shiitake - 34  kcal/100g
  • Broccoli - 33  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Cornstarch - 320  kcal/100g
  • Green onion - 19  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Sunflower oil - 898  kcal/100g
  • Refined sunflower oil - 899  kcal/100g
  • String beans - 24  kcal/100g
  • Cherry tomatoes - 15  kcal/100g

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