Stir Fry Know-How: Stirring it Up

Recipe for Category Quick Meals for Busy People

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Contributed by Angela Cleveland

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Instructions

Stir fries are an easy and wonderful way to combine your favourite ingredients into one big delicious dish. Here are some tips to help make your stir fry a success (http://busycooks.about.com):
•Have all of the ingredients prepared ahead of time. There is no time to stop to chop or measure or mix once the stir-fry process has begun.
•Make sure that the sauces are mixed before you start cooking. Since the sauce is usually added last, stir it just before pouring it into the wok or skillet so all the ingredients are combined.
•Make sure that the food is cut into approximately equal sizes so they cook at the same time.
•Start with the longest-cooking foods, like the meat and hard vegetables like onions and carrots.
•The food must be moved continually around the hot skillet so it cooks evenly and doesn't burn. Don't stop cooking and don't walk away from the stovetop.
•Be creative – try to come up with new food combinations for your stir fry.

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