Stir-fry/18 recipes

Make your own chili oil by using a few simple ingredients, which is great for stir-fry or mixed with noodles.

An Asian-style vegetarian soup that is quick and easy to prepare, packed full of protein, and vitamins.

Mom's Best Hush Puppies recipe

Another Chinese restaurant staple, this time made with whole-wheat flour (you could also use spelt flour). It’s important to cook these in a flat-bottomed frying pan and not a wok. You can make the dough ahead of time and freeze for future use.

This hearty dish is perfect for lunch in the summer and will have you wondering how eggplant can taste so good!

Crepe batter is not ladled onto a griddle but into a crepe pan, a shallow, round frying pan specifically designed for making crepes. If you don't have a crepe pan you may employ a non-stick eight inch skillet.

Risotto is an Italian rice dish. It is made by briefly sautéing the rice in olive oil or butter, then adding a little bit of stock, stirring almost constantly until the rice absorbs the stock, then adding a bit more stock, stirring, adding, stirring, adding until it’s done. It usually takes between 20 and 30 minutes of stirring. When it’s done, the rice is cooked through and bound in a wonderful creamy sauce that is made as the starch leaches out of the rice grains and combines with the stock.