Thai-style Stir-fry Vegetables

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 small bok choy, shredded
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 1 cup baby sweet corn cob
• 1/2 cup snow peas, trimmed
• 1 bunch scallion, chopped
• 1 red pepper, cored, seeded and thinly sliced
• 1 cup button mushrooms, sliced (from a jar or can) or 1 cup straw mushroom, kept whole (from a jar or can)
• 1 stalk lemongrass, wihte part finely sliced
• 1 fresh green chile, seeded, and finely chopped
• 1 -2 whole pods star anise, seeds removed and crushed
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 lime, juice and zest of, finely grated
• 2 -3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Recipe

• 1 pour the oils into a wok or large frying pan and place over high heat.
• 2 when the oils are smoking hot, drop in all the vegetables, the part of the lemongrass, chili, and star anise seeds. as the vegetables fry, stir them vigorously with a long-handled wooden spoon until they are evenly heated through but still crisp: 2 minute.
• 3 put in the soy sauce, lime juice and zest and cilantro all at once. stir again over the heat, allowing the mixture to sizzle for just a few seconds.