Stir Fry Ala Beverly & A Small Blog Change

Bev decided she wanted to make a stir fry with some of our asparagus and she also wanted some meat in it. She found a couple of small beef filets in the freezer and added a chicken breast from the store – she cut them into about three-bite pieces.  As close as she could guess her recipe was:

2 small beef filets – cut to size of choice
1 chicken breast, boneless & skinless – cut to size of choice

1 “ ginger – fine chop

12 small Asparagus spears – 2” long pieces

1 carrot – sliced thin on a bias

1 celery stalk – thin slice

1 small can water chestnuts

½ large onion – thick slices

2 cloves garlic - minced

1 large shitaki mushroom from our log - ½“ chunks

1 large sweet pepper from our freezer ½“ julienne

Sauce  - 2 parts soy sauce, 1 part hoisin sauce, 1 part oyster sauce – we elected to eat just the stir fry (no starch) so only enough sauce was required for it.

Crushed red pepper to taste

Sesame oil for frying

Heat oil in the wok and fry the beef and chicken to desired doneness – remove to the wire wok rack to keep warm.

Add garlic ginger and veggies to the wok in order of amount of cooking required – carrots first. 

When the veggies are about done, add meat and sauce and cook a few minutes, stirring to be sure everything is coated with sauce.

Pour onto a platter to stop the cooking and dig in.

We both thought it was delicious and we ended up eating it all by grazing over the course of the evening.  A neat part was that the asparagus, peppers, garlic, and mushroom came from our garden.

A LITTLE BLOG CHANGE:  When I started this blog, I never intended it become a pure food blog but it has gravitated to be nearly that - I guess because food is something we do every day.  So the change you will notice is Mon, Wed, & Fri will be food days and Sat will remain as humor.  Tue, Thu, & Sun will be devoted to something else or nothing at all if I have nothing worthwhile to post about.  As a reader of several blogs, I've come to appreciate brevity, so I plan to use less words as well.  Hopefully we'll all like the change and after a couple of weeks, I'd like to hear what you think.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

One year ago: Grilled Pork Loin, Braun Bon Potatoes, and Horseradish Slaw

Two years ago: Fluffy Asparagus Omelet

Larry

3/31/12  meal date