Stir Fry Sauce – A Lovely Mess

We make a whole lot of stir fry at our home and as we speak I’m right here to share our recipe for selfmade stir fry sauce. This 5 minute recipe is very easy to make!

I feel with the ability to make an incredible stir fry is a kind of meals everybody ought to know—it must 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 possibly can definitely use a store-bought stir fry sauce I feel there’s a whole lot of worth in with the ability to throw one collectively from stuff you doubtless have already got readily available. This straightforward stir fry sauce recipe is flavorful, barely candy and a little bit bit spicy. It goes nice with nearly something you’re 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 should 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 – Recent garlic, minced.
• Ginger – Recent ginger, minced.
• Brown sugar
• Pink pepper flakes – For a little bit kick.

Whereas this may occasionally look like a whole lot of components, needless to say a lot of them are both shelf secure or may be saved within the fridge for lengthy durations (so you should utilize them up over time).

Instructions

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

Now you possibly can 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 per week. This makes a few cup of sauce (the excellent quantity), so I can sometimes use this recipe twice. However it relies upon how a lot stir fry you make/how huge your loved ones is.

Suggestions & Substitutions

• As a substitute of soy sauce, you possibly can use low-sodium soy sauce, liquid aminos or gluten-free soy sauce. 
• You possibly can substitute vegetable or beef inventory for hen in the event you favor. You might also use vegetable broth if you wish to make a vegan stir fry sauce. 
• In the event you don’t have sesame oil and don’t need to purchase it, you should utilize one other cooking oil like olive oil. However, I do suppose the taste of the sesame oil provides to this recipe.
• In the event you don’t have rice vinegar and don’t need to purchase it, you should utilize apple cider vinegar. I just like the sweetness of rice vinegar, however ACV will work effectively too.
• As a substitute of brown sugar, you possibly can use granulated white, honey, or maple syrup. You can too cut back the quantity of sugar in the event you favor.
• I don’t really feel this sauce wants a thickening agent. Nevertheless, in the event you do favor 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 provides a lift of taste. In the event you strive it, begin small and tell us what you suppose.

Stir Fry Recipe Concepts

Be taught easy methods to construct the right stir fry. We love to make use of veggies, broccoli, snow peas, bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and carrots in our stir fry. You can too add protein corresponding to shrimp, beef, pork or hen.