Monday, April 30, 2007

Stir Fry Monday!

Tonight we tried out our electric wok for the first time--something we've been anticipating with great eagerness. First, Matthew carefully studied the manual:














While I chopped up some veggies...








And marinated strips of chicken in San-J Thai Peanut sauce.*









Then we cooked the chicken in small batches, and later added the veggies--the heartier ones (like carrots and broccoli) first:









At last, we had our plates filled with yummy chicken stir fry...














...and so we ate it all up (Matt, apparently, did so with gusto).


*This was our first time using the San-J Thai Peanut stir fry sauce. It got an "Eh" rating--definitely not bad, but nothing to get excited about. Next time we'll doctor the sauce up with some chili powder and red pepper flakes, and we'll throw some peanuts in with the veggies.

3 comments:

Kellyry said...

You married people are so cute. :-)

b said...

LOVE stir fry--and you could dip chunks of cement in peanut sauce and I'd chow 'em down.

Peanut sauce is really easy to make yourself. I like my own better than just about any other place. The following ratios are approximate; play around with it:
--Sautee one small diced onion in 1 TBSP oil. until tender
Then add :
--ca. 3/4 c. peanut butter (chunky is best, but you can use smooth)
--a few TBSP soy sauce (always Kikkoman)
--1/2 cup coconut milk (the thick, creamy kind--not the watery one)
--3-4 TBSP sweet-chili sauce (the kind you buy a huge bottle of for $3 at a Chinese store. It's translucent with chili peppers in it)

Heat through and serve!

Ok, enough stalling. Back to packing.

DeniseMarie said...

Ooh, that sounds good--thanks for the recipe!