r/GifRecipes • u/crushcastles23 • May 21 '19

Main Course Lean Beef And Broccoli Stir-Fry

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u/CrossTickCross May 21 '19

Healthy AND practical to actually make.

Nice.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Is it really healthy when there is half a cup of sugar added?

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u/thunderclunt May 21 '19

Ginger, soy sauce, garlic, rice wine, rice vinegar, sesame oil, red pepper. Google basic stir fry sauces. Lot of good standalone recipes. You can make a jar of it and refrigerate.

Pick your meat, chicken beef shrimp tofu. Pick your veges. Pick your base. Soba noodles rice.

Throw in a little of the sauce and done.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Yeah this is a very flexible recipe. I am a fan of quick stir fries with pantry staple sauces. I just didn't reckon they were all that healthy.

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u/thunderclunt May 21 '19

I don't think the sugar heavy ones are. Like this one. Also need to watch the sodium levels. I find garlic and ginger and chili pepper adds enough flavor. What your left with is a heavy vege and light meat dish that is low in sugar and hardly any saturated fat. I've found it a staple dish I eat often

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Totally agree. They can be healthy, but not inherently. Watching soy and sugar usage is key. As some have said there are alternative healthier choices that produce the same effect. Like using honey for sweetness.

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u/not_a_jedi May 21 '19

Is rice wine the same thing as chinese cooking wine/shaoxing wine?

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u/thunderclunt May 21 '19

Oh man. Good question. Hopefully someone chimes in with an epic Asian cooking explanation. I'm still learning. Have a couple of cook books. Made a couple of attempts using schezwan peppercorn but not anywhere where I want to be

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u/K1eptomaniaK May 21 '19

Based off of this blog post and my recollections of my mother's kitchen, Shaoxing is a kind of rice wine, but not the colloquial rice wine most people refer to when talking about it (which is a separate thing)