eats :: veggie + rice stir-fry

A lot of times, I don’t cook with a recipe. This is one of those times. To me, stir-fry is simple: throw a bunch of veggies in a skillet, cook ‘em up and toss some rice in there.

I would include a photo, but I was too hungry to make it look pretty. Perhaps when I eat the rest of it later this week.*

Veggie & Rice Stir-fry

Olive Oil
Garlic (minced)
Onion (small chunk chopped up)**
1/2 Carrot (chopped)
1/2 Red Bell Pepper (chopped)
1 Small Zucchini (chopped)
6 or 7 Mini-Portobello Mushrooms (chopped)
1/2 Cup Rice (cooked)***
1 teaspoon Hoisin Sauce****

Drizzle a bit of Olive Oil in a skillet over medium-high heat (I set my burner to 7). Toss in the Garlic and Onions and cook until the onions are translucent. Then I add the veggies in order from hardest to softest. I find that this ensures semi-even cooking. And I will take semi-even! Therefore, in go the: Carrots, Zucchini, Bell Pepper and Mushrooms. Let that cook up for a few minutes and then add the Hoisin Sauce. Stir it in well so that it coats all the veggies. Let that sit for about a minute, then toss in the rice. If you’ve just cooked the rice, just dump it in. My rice was leftover from Chinese food earlier in the week, so I added a few splashes of water to soften it up again. Mix it around until well combined and heated throughout. Serve yourself!

I find that I always eat too much when I put my food on a big dinner plate. So instead, I enjoyed my stir-fry in a small bowl. Lemme know if you try my version of stir-fry! Do you have any versions that I should try? Remember, no meat please! (Unless that meat is of the seafood variety!)

*I suck at cooking for one person most of the time. Which is annoying, considering I live alone. I almost always make too much food. Gotta love leftovers.

**Do you like my oh-so-specific instructions? I don’t really know the difference between chopping, mincing, dicing, etc. I only said to have minced garlic because I have the kind in the jar already minced. It says so on the label. I make the chunks bite-sized or smaller most of the time.

***I used leftover white rice from ordering Chinese food this weekend from friends. Leftovers at their finest, kids!

****This is the tastiest sauce ever! You can find it with the Asian foods at the market. It’s uber-delicious and a tiny bit goes a long way.

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