Category:Stir fried
This category contains recipes where primary method of cooking is stir-frying.
Stir frying
Stir frying (also stir-frying) is a centuries-old Asian cooking technique in which a traditional round-bottom iron pan called a wok is heated to a high temperature.
A small amount of cooking oil is then poured down the side of the wok (a traditional expression in China regarding this is "hot wok, cold oil"), followed by dry seasoning (including ginger and garlic), then at the first moment that the aroma of the seasoning can be detected, meats are added and agitated. Once the meat is seared, vegetables along with liquid ingredients (for example, often including premixed combinations of things like soy sauce, vinegar, wine, salt, sugar, and cornflour) are added.
The wok may then be covered for a moment so the water in the liquid ingredients can warm up the new ingredients as it steams off. To keep the meat juicy, the cook would usually take the seared meat out before vegetables are added, and put the meat back right before vegetables are done. In some dishes, or if the cooking conditions are inadequate, different components may be stir fried separately before being combined in the final dish (if, for example, the chef desires the taste and texture of the stir fried vegetables and meats to remain distinct).
The food is stirred and tossed out very quickly using wooden or metal cooking utensils. Some chefs will lift the wok to the side to let the flame light the oil or add a dash of wine spirit to give the food extra flavour. Using this method, many dishes can be cooked extremely quickly (within a minute).
Some dishes that require more time are cooked by adding a few dashes of water after the stirring. Then the wok is covered with a lid. As soon as steam starts to come out from under the lid, the dish is ready. In this case, the food is stir fried on high heat for flavour and then steamed to ensure that it is fully cooked.
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Pages in category ‘Stir fried’
The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total.
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- Cajun Chicken Stir Fry
- Cellophane noodles with minced pork
- Chicken and green peppers in black bean sauce
- Chicken chow mein
- Chicken with cucumber
- Chilli and lime chicken stir fry
- Chinese chicken fried rice
- Cockles with garlic, chili and ginger
- Courgette 'spaghetti'
- Courgette and garlic 'pasta'
- Courgettes with almonds and ginger
- Crispy noodles
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- Garlic chicken vermicelli
- Garlic chilli chicken
- Garlic chilli courgettes
- General Tso's chicken
- Green bean spicy stir-fry
- Green beans with garlic
- Green beans with garlic and sweet peppers
- Green beans with soy and sesame
- Gueyteow pad ki mow (Drunkard's noodles)
- Gueyteow pad ki mow - Drunkard's noodles (V)
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- Savoy cabbage with bacon
- Seafood malai curry
- Seafood with garlic chilli and ginger
- Shredded Pork Pancakes
- Singapore noodles
- Spaghetti with garlic, courgettes, Parmesan and lemon
- Special fried rice
- Spicy basa fish fillets with pineapple
- Spicy cabbage (V)
- Spicy chicken
- Spicy chicken with coconut and cardamom
- Spicy Chinese cabbage
- Spicy pork with peanuts, lime and basil
- Spicy sorrel flavoured chicken
- Spicy vegetable samosa filling (V)
- Stir fried giant asparagus with garlic and soy sauce
- Stir fried roots with potatoes
- Stir fried roots with potatoes (V)
- Stir-fried beef fillet strips with peanut and chilli sauce
- Stir-fried garlic spring greens
- Stir-fried sweetcorn with chillies
- Stir-fried sweetcorn with chillies (V)
- Sweet and sour asparagus
- Sweet and sour cabbage
- Sweet and sour chicken livers
- Sweet and sour sauce with black vinegar