My Stir Fry

[The Big Ragu]

Exciting times at Casa Ragu. I got home early and I decided to cook up a feast. But I'm all by myself Since I have no one to share it with, I am sharing it with all you.

I included the following ingredients in my stir fry:
Sliced garlic
Sliced ginger root
Crushed hot red pepper
Red Korean hot sauce
Soy Sauce
Scallions
Red peppers
Snow peas
****ake mushrooms
Regular sliced mushrooms
Broccoli (a ton of it!)
Cut baby corns
Bamboo shoots
Sliced water chestnuts
Carrots
Rice noodles (boil them while I am frying up the veggies, drain them and add them last. I leave them in just long enough to get coated)

I stir fry in a wok and I the do ingredients in stages, depending on how quickly they cook. I add the seasoning (crushed red pepper, hot sauce, soy sauce) throughout.

I made enough to feed an army. I'm eating it right now and it is pretty good. It's a little on the hot side, but I like it that way.

I am open to suggestions on how I can make it better, including things I can add next time. I don't eat meat, so while I appreciate that most of you would add chicken/shrimp/beef/whatever, it isn't an option. Any other ideas?

 

[slappy4428]

cat

 

[The Big Ragu]

cat

Nope. Then I'd have to scoop it into cardboard cartons and deliver it by bicycle to other people, along with a fortune cookie.

 

[slappy4428]

a small cat

 

[Columbo]

Wow... now I'm strangely disappointed in your username.....

More like The Big Vegina

 

[sportschick]

Tofu, big, honking chunks of slimy tofu . . . you need your daily dose of estrogen

 

[The Big Ragu]

Wow... now I'm strangely disappointed in your username.....

More like The Big Vegina

Jeez. The sad thing is I have several friends who would use that one if they were clever enough to think it up.

 

[Columbo]

Wow... now I'm strangely disappointed in your username.....

More like The Big Vegina

Jeez. The sad thing is I have several friends who would use that one if they were clever enough to think it up.

The stir sounds off the hook... seriously.

 

[Satchel Pooch]

You're scratching me right where I itch with the TON of broccoli ... no stir fry should be without it.

The only thing I would add is bean sprouts, but put them in AFTER you're done cooking (last thing) because they stay crispy that way. Oh, and I use the low sodium soy sauce; I can't tell any difference.

 

[Highway 101]

Drain the noodles when they're done.
Heat the oven to 450
Drop a handfull of noodles in each corner of a cookie sheet.
Bake 8-12 minutes to make them crispy.
Then either crumble the crispy noodles into the stir-fry, or place a noodle bundle on a plate and spread stir-fry on top.
Then drizzle either with a warm soy-sauce/sugar/ginger/garlic puree.
Mmmmm

 

[fever_dog]

i like to use fish sauce or oyster sauce instead of soy sometimes.
does that break the veggie rules?

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Tofu, big, honking chunks of slimy tofu . . . you need your daily dose of estrogen

Killer Tofu! Yeah!

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I use spaghetti for noodles and coat them with peanut butter, olive oil and crushed red pepper.

 

[The Big Ragu]

i like to use fish sauce or oyster sauce instead of soy sometimes.
does that break the veggie rules?

Never tried it. If it has fish in it, I won't touch it. Is it fish sauce, or sauce for fish?

 

[Jack_Kerouac]

If you try to knock me, you'll get mocked.
I'll stir fry you in my wok.

 

[fever_dog]

i like to use fish sauce or oyster sauce instead of soy sometimes.
does that break the veggie rules?

Never tried it. If it has fish in it, I won't touch it. Is it fish sauce, or sauce for fish?

fish sauce ... sorry.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Drain the noodles when they're done.
Heat the oven to 450
Drop a handfull of noodles in each corner of a cookie sheet.
Bake 8-12 minutes to make them crispy.
Then either crumble the crispy noodles into the stir-fry, or place a noodle bundle on a plate and spread stir-fry on top.
Then drizzle either with a warm soy-sauce/sugar/ginger/garlic puree.
Mmmmm

That sounds like a great idea. I will try that one time. The crispy noodles would work really well under the veggies. I am glad I started the thread for that suggestion alone.

 

[Highway 101]

The Highway 101 stir-fry is one of my go-to dinners early in a relationship. It gets serious when I break out the scampi and spinich alfredo with whipped dark chocolate mousse for dessert.

 

[zeke12]

Do not use the bean sprouts.

Probably the easiest way to get food poisoning, short of eating raw chicken.

 

[slappy4428]

Do not use the bean sprouts.

Probably the easiest way to get food poisoning, short of eating raw chicken.

ahhhhhh, foul fowl....