It’s Getting Hot in Here: Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry

In the past few weeks, I have been eating a lot more vegetables. Maybe it is because of the trips to the farmer’s market (popcorn and lemonade) or because my vegetable garden currently looks like this:

Crazy right?!

Other than salads, I am never really sure how to cook up vegetables where they will still be healthy and delicious. I walked down the aisles of the grocery store trying to think of something, and I saw dozens of different kinds of stir fry packets. Little pouches of different flavorings for stir fry. While I am no stranger to seasoning packets (check out this Indian Butter Chicken), I am sometimes leery of the ingredient list and am afraid of anything that says MAY CONTAIN NUTS on the package due to my kids.

That’s when I had a brilliant idea. I decided to recall everything I know about food (from my Mom, Grandma, and Food Network) and came up with a wonderful and TASTY Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry that contains only fresh ingredients and made a Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry.

Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry

1 medium sweet onion sliced
1 large or 2 medium bell peppers sliced into strips
3 or 4 large carrots cut into strips
1 bunch bok choy cut into chunks
1 1/2 cups snow peas
1 small bunch broccolini cut into small florets
2 cloves of garlic minced
2 inches of ginger minced
1 or 2 jalapeño peppers minced (I used two and it was REALLY spicy)
2 limes zested and cut into wedges
1 bunch of fresh cilantro chopped
1 Tbs vegetable oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 cup prepared rice

In a very large skillet on medium to medium high heat add vegetable oil. When the oil is rippling, add onions, peppers, carrots, and broccolini and sauté until just tender. This should take about 5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, jalapeño peppers, lime zest, and salt and pepper and cook for another 3 minutes. Finally, add bok choy and snow peas and continue to sauté stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.

Serve over prepared rice and garnish with lime juice and cilantro.

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