Monday, November 22, 2010

stir fry with black beans

i make this all the time.  it is really easy, amazingly good and good for you.  i normally just use whatever veggies i have on hand. tonight i had some onion, zucchini, yellow squash, portabella mushroom, red and yellow sweet bell pepper, carrots and broccoli. 

i use a wok to cook it because it's huge and can fit all the veggies and it also cooks it in a way i like (browns lots of pieces on high heat).  put some oil in the wok and throw it all in!  i don't normally season it at all, as at the end i add soyaki to the entire mix, but also because the veggies taste great stir fried by themselves (also, i think because I've used this wok so many times there is flavor build in...haha). sometimes i will take some out before adding everything else and put it in some Tupperware to use for the rest of the week in other dishes. 


when the veggies are cooked and browned a bit i add a can of whole black beans and some soyaki.  then i cook it a bit more to let all the flavors meld, just a few minutes.  by this time i am impatient and my mouth is watering and I'm picking pieces out to "test."  spoon some into a bowl and top with avocado slices, in my opinion, the avocado really finishes the dish, makes it go from "good" to "amazing," but i am quite fond of avocados and could be giving them more credit than they deserve :) 


i made this once a long time ago when i had lots of veggies going bad in my fridge that i had to eat, and now i find i make it almost once a week.  LOVE this one!

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