Try out our Stir-Fried Vegetable Side Dish, the perfect addition to any Asian meal. Baby corn and green beans stir-fried with oil, garlic, chilli and soy sauce. Lastly, a trickle of honey added for a bit of sweetness.
I think the combination of sweetness from honey and spicy chilli works together perfectly for this side dish.
How to stir-fry vegetables for an Asian side dish?
Quick and easy to make, simply heat some oil in a pan/wok, stir-fry green beans and baby corn (or any other vegetables) for 5 minutes, add a few splashes of water during that time if it drys out, to help produce some steam.
Next, add in crushed garlic and finely diced chilli, stir-fry the vegetables for a minute before adding some soy sauce
2 more minutes of stir-fry with the soy sauce, then turn the heat off.
Drizzle honey over the stir-fried vegetables, before serving up with an (optional) sprinkle of sesame seeds, salt & pepper.
What vegetables can be stir-fried?
There are many vegetables equally suitable for stir-frying. Any combination of the below will work well.
- Green Beans
- Babycorn
- Carrot
- Broccoli
- Peppers
- Onion
- Sugar snap pea
- Mushroom
- Pak choi
- Cabbage
- Mangetout
- Bean Sprouts
- Water Chestnut
Chinese or Thai Vegetable side dish?
Ultimately this is more of a Thai inspired vegetable recipe, with the typical mix of spicy, salty and sweet flavours together. However, it is equally great served up as a side to any Chinese main meals.
Are stir-fried vegetables healthy?
Stirfrying is a quick way to cook vegetables using a wok/pan, it is healthy as only a small amount of oil is needed and retains the nutrients better when compared to boiled vegetables.
Stir-Fried Vegetable Side Dish
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 150 grams (5 ½ ounces) Green Beans
- 130 grams (5 ounces) Baby Corns
- 2 cloves Garlic
- ½ Red Chilli Chopped into small pieces (add more if wanted)
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tsp Honey
- Sesame Seeds to serve on top
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan/wok, stir fry green beans and baby corn for 5 minutes, add a few splashes of water during that time to help produce some steam.
- Add garlic and chilli, stir through for a minute
- Pour in soy sauce for final 2 minutes turn the heat off.
- Trickle over the honey and serve up on side dish.
- Serve with a sprinkle of sesame seeds, salt & pepper on top (optional)
Nutrition
In this Stir-Fried Vegetable Side Dish, we used Raw Wild Flower Bulgarian Honey from Buy Wholefoods Online. Evidently made from the nectar of a wide variety of wildflowers. It has a distinctive and unique herbal flavour. Certainly adds a subtle sweetness to savoury dishes.
We cooked this vegetable side dish in addition to our delicious Pressure-Cooker Thai Beef Massaman. Another nice side dish for Thai food is our Sticky Jasmine Rice.
I am going to make this for my husband! So delish!
Hi Maggie
Thanks for the comment 🙂
Hope you and your husband enjoy the stir-fried veg!!
Yuuum! This looks so delicious!
Thanks, Cathrine for the comment and rating 🙂
Enjoy!!
Looks good!
Thank you Sondra, for the comment and rating:)
Hope you enjoy the stir-fried vegetables
Made this today added some extra chilli to make it spicer. Was super👍
Some like it hot, my Luke would rather have more Chilli on this one too! Great to adjust to how you like it!
Great content! Super high-quality! Keep it up! 🙂
Thanks 😉
Super easy to follow and quick. A very delicious food.
Thank you Mohan, glad to hear it was easy to follow!