stir-fry---little dry

chancer_007

Hi All,

When I cook a strir fry(soya sauce,chilli,noodles,garlic,beef strips,ginger,onion etc...) it seems a little dry.
anyone know if there is any "other" ingredients I can add to make it less dry?
I dont want to add more oil but I want that greasy taste you get with some tastey stir frys.
any idea?

Thanks

Supercell

Splash of rice wine perhaps and a few drops of sesame oil gives a nice flavour kick too.

Swampy

How about a bit of chicken stock?

shrapnel222

fish sauce keeps it nice and moist and adds tons of flavour. also add a spoon of brown sugar.

loyatemu

oyster sauce - you can get it in any supermarket (blue dragon, sharwoods etc).

glaston

+1 for oyster sauce, Thai Gold brand is nice, nicer than sharwoods imo

Thumpette

toasted sesame oil- yum yum

the beer revolu

+1 on the sesame oil, chicken stock (reduced - careful of saltiness of cubes) & rice wine (or dry sherry).

Adding a little cornflour will thicken it but beware of making it BadChineseTakeAwayGloopy!!


If it's a Chinese style stirfry, I wouldn't go with the fish sauce but if it's Thai of SE Asian then fine.

Don't see much point in making a homemade stirfry and then adding bottled sauce to it.

Snowie

It depends really

are you marinating the meet before hand ?

Or just going with soy ?

I tend to pee a peanut butter addict at the moment but mine goes something like this

Oyster suace,
honey
lemon juice
blasamic-or distilled malt vinger or if you have rice vinger.
terriaki - prefer it to soy not so over powering.
peanut butter
and spices and herbs

finely choped
ginger
lemon grass
chillie

leave it in the fridge for an hour or 24 hours


then cut the beef into half inch strips
into a hot pan and cook one side then throw the veg in and if I'm using noodles them to leave for 2 to 3 minutes
while tossing

sprinkle some left over chillies just for that nice pleasurable kick....

Toto Wolfcastle

I usually mix soya sauce and a bit of tomato purée with dry sherry or water. If it's too liquidy then it can be reduced as you cook it.

jdivision

Another one for fish sauce,fab with beef in particular.