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. It goes really well with our Thai Green Beef Curry. However, it is equally great served up as a side to any Chinese main meals such as our Honey Garlic or Salt and Pepper chicken wings.
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.
📖 Step by Step Recipe
Stir-Fried Vegetable Side Dish
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon 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 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 2 teaspoon 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.
Mama Maggie's Kitchen says
I am going to make this for my husband! So delish!
Kay says
Hi Maggie
Thanks for the comment 🙂
Hope you and your husband enjoy the stir-fried veg!!
Catherine says
Yuuum! This looks so delicious!
Kay says
Thanks, Cathrine for the comment and rating 🙂
Enjoy!!
Sondra says
Looks good!
Kay says
Thank you Sondra, for the comment and rating:)
Hope you enjoy the stir-fried vegetables
Gillian says
Made this today added some extra chilli to make it spicer. Was super👍
Kay says
Some like it hot, my Luke would rather have more Chilli on this one too! Great to adjust to how you like it!
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Kay says
Thanks 😉
mohan kumar says
Super easy to follow and quick. A very delicious food.
Kay says
Thank you Mohan, glad to hear it was easy to follow!