Stir-fry. A quick question

[Dave7]

I have visitors for lunch and am doing a stir-fry.
I am using pre-packed oriental veg, bean sprouts and chicken (with sweet n sour sauce).

Question.........
Do I add mushrooms ??
Can't for the life of me remember if I do or not.
Thanks.

 

[vickster]

You can add whatever you want! I often add mushrooms, asparagus, skinny broccoli, baby corn. With sweet and sour, you may want some tinned pineapple too

 

[derrick]

I have visitors for lunch and am doing a stir-fry.
I am using pre-packed oriental veg, bean sprouts and chicken (with sweet n sour sauce).

Question.........
Do I add mushrooms ??
Can't for the life of me remember if I do or not.
Thanks.

If your freinds like mushrooms thats fine.

 

[markemark]

Mushroom can often release a lot of water and you end up boiling the veg. Personal preference. Love mushrooms but for this reason I don't sue them in stir fry.

 

[lazybloke]

Mushrooms are good.
So are: ginger, water chestnuts, pak choi, oyster sauce and many other options

 

[raleighnut]

There are 3 secret ingredients to a stir fry, Chopped/grated Ginger, Crushed Garlic and Spring Onions (Scallions)

 

[FrankCrank]

And some beer to wash it all down. Cheaper now you know.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Spring Onions (Scallions)

Scallions; great word that.

Or as we used to call them - syboes. (pronounced sigh-bees)

 

[LonesomeWanderer]

Mushroom can often release a lot of water and you end up boiling the veg. Personal preference. Love mushrooms but for this reason I don't sue them in stir fry.

Very much this. If you're going to add mushrooms, cook them separately first...

 

[figbat]

And some beer to wash it all down. Cheaper now you know.

Only if you are serving your stir-fry with a draught beer.

 

[T4tomo]

Life is too short to pre cook mushrooms, just chuck it all in, stir and fry!

 

[markemark]

Life is too short to pre cook mushrooms, just chuck it all in, stir and fry!

I wouldn't bother but for the reasons above I wouldn't use them either. Stir fry is much nicer if they don't boil in the fluid that comes out - they go soggy. High heat and crunchy veg is they way to go.

 

[presta]

Mushroom can often release a lot of water and you end up boiling the veg.

The same applies to Tesco's bags of frozen stir fry. (Something I put up with, because managing and using up leftover fresh food is just too much of a bane.)

 

[presta]

Do I add mushrooms ??

One of the advantages of not being a chef is that I don't have a recipe book to tell me what I can & can't do. (I mix my stir fry with couscous instead of noodles, for no particular reason.)

 

[Dave7]

One of the advantages of not being a chef is that I don't have a recipe book to tell me what I can & can't do. (I mix my stir fry with couscous instead of noodles, for no particular reason.)

Never cooked/done couscous so don't know what's involved with it. I will find out though.