Vegan noodles stir fry with celery
Chewy noodles and crunchy veggies stir fried along with celery and an easy stir fry sauce.
Ingredients
- 6 oz dry noodles pls check notes
- 2 cups veggies
- 1 cup sliced celery or 2 stalks
- 1 yellow onion
- 8 big cloves of garlic
- 3 stalks green/spring onion
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes or as needed
- 2 tbsp oil preferably a high smoke point oil
Sauce
- 3 tbsp soy sauce naturally brewed whenever possible
- 1 tbsp mushroom stir fry sauce substitutions in notes
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Instructions
Cook noodles.
- Cook noodles for 30 seconds lesser than the cooking time mentioned on the package instructions.
- Drain immediately and rinse well with cold water to stop it from cooking further and also to remove excess starch.
Prep veggies
- Prep all the veggies, onions, garlic and keep them ready as things move quick when stir frying.
Make sauce
- Mix 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce and 1 tbsp mushroom stir fry sauce. Reserve the remaining 1 tbsp soy sauce to use as needed.
Make stir fry
- Heat a wok or a pan on medium-high heat. Add oil and swirl it around.
- Add garlic, onions, celery and stir fry for a minute. I especially like it when they get some sear marks.
- Add in the veggies (except the mushrooms, if using) and stir fry for a minute.
- Next go in with the mushrooms(if using)
- Add two tbsp of the prepared stir fry sauce.
- Add the cooked noodles and the remaining stir fry sauce. Heat can now be reduced to medium.
- Add black pepper powder, red chilli flakes and stir fry until the sauce is absorbed.
- Taste the noodles and add more soy sauce as needed from the reserved 1 tbsp soy sauce.
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Notes
- Thicker noodles work well for stir fry as they hold up better and do not get overcooked. This includes soba noodles(thicker ones), udon noodles, rice noodles, lo-mein noodles. Spaghetti too, if thats all you can find :)
- Cooking one serving at a time on high heat in a carbon steel wok helps in achieving the smoky flavour desired from a stir fry.
- If using mushrooms, I like to add them after the other veggies, as mushrooms tend to release water.
- If soy sauce is all you have, you can still make this stir fry.