Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir Fry
This Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir Fry is a quick, healthy, gluten-free dish that takes just 15 minutes to make!
Whatās your go-to dish when you want to make a meal using just one pot? Truth be told, there arenāt many one pot meals in the Foxes Love Lemons household. Culinary school taught me a lot of things, but primarily, how to dirty up a lot of dishes, and quickly.
For most of the second-year classes at my school, a team of dishwashers did our dishes. This was far too easy to get used to. At home, my husband washes all of my dishes. #husbandoftheyear.
When I think of one-pot meals, I immediately reach for my wok. Itās been a faithful friend in times of produce overabundance (like when I subscribed to a CSA). It also reliably produces avery fast meal, and itās simple to make little more than a huge pile of veggies taste great.
To truly be a one pot meal, you canāt serve your stir-fry over rice, right? I figured this one pot theme was a perfect time to finally (finally!) give Tofu Shirataki noodles a try. Iād heard about these things for yearsā¦probably almost a decade.
The benefits are obvious ā only 20 calories for a huge bag of noodles, plus theyāre gluten-free, if you require that sort of thing. The drawback was that I was scared of them. Yes, scared of a bag of noodles.
Soā¦.squishyā¦.and weird. Plus, thereās a note on the bag that says something to the effect of āmake sure you rinse them to get rid of their authentic aroma.ā That could only mean one thing ā these ānoodlesā are gonna smell horrible.
In all honestly, it did smell a bit funky during the bag-opening and rinsing portion of the event. But after throwing a bunch of veggies in the wok, the authentic aroma was stifled by other, more delicious authentic aromas.
After throwing every vegetable in my fridge into the wok, along with some pineapple, a quick homemade sweet & sour sauce, and those noodles that terrified me to my very core, Iām happy to report that this vegetarian stir-fry was a very tasty one pot meal indeed.
The noodles tasted great, without much funkiness at all. My husband even reported that he couldnāt tell they were anything other than āregularā noodles. And then, he rejoiced when he saw the wok was the only pot to wash.
Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir-Fry
This Sweet & Sour Vegetable Stir Fry is a quick, healthy, gluten-free dish that takes just 15 minutes to make!
Ingredients
For the Sweet & Sour Sauce:
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground fresh ginger
For the Stir-Fry:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 button mushrooms, thinly sliced,
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced diagonally
- 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/2 jalapeƱo pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
- 2 green onions, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 bag (8 ounces) tofu fettuccine, rinsed well
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh pineapple
- Black sesame seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- Make Sweet & Sour Sauce: In small bowl, whisk together all ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
- Make Stir-Fry: In large skillet or wok, heat oil over medium-high heat until very hot. Add mushrooms, carrot, red pepper and jalapeño. Cook 3 to 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender-crisp, stirring frequently.
- Add onions, fettuccine, pineapple and Sweet & Sour Sauce. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to medium. Cook 2 minutes or until sauce thickens and noodles are warmed through, stirring frequently.
- Serve garnished with sesame seeds.
Notes
This recipe originally appeared here on the Naturebox blog.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 394Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 366mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 6gSugar: 14gProtein: 8g
Look at those beautiful bright colors! The vegetarian in me is in love!!
Thanks Alida!
So glad to see you using these noodles, I just got three coupons to try them from the company and haven’t bought them yet. Now I have a recipe to make with them too. Thank you!!
Yeah, they’re far, far better than I thought they would be!
This looks amazing! So many vibrant colors and your photos are just gorgeous. The sweet and sour sauce sounds delish, too!
Thanks so much, Isabel!
There were two surprises with this meal . . . The first was the single wok to wash. The second was how delicious tofu noodles can be. Thanks for the HOTY shout-out hon.
HOTY!!
Wow, black sesame seeds – I was wondering what those were! Great, fresh looking recipe!
Haha, they kind of look like little bugs if you don’t realize they’re sesame seeds, right?
I discovered shirataki noodles recently, and love them! But I know what you mean by “authentic” smell.
So “authentic.” Ugh!
I love meat, but can appreciate a tasty vegetarian stir-fry!
Thanks for stopping by, Nichole!
I so under utilize my wok! This looks amazing. I love the colors, the flavors, all of it. Beautiful dish!
Thanks Shannon!
Gorgeous, Lori! I wouldn’t even miss the lack of meat š
Thanks Liz!
This looks so very good. I never think to put pineapple juice in my sauces and things are getting a bit boring. Going to try yours this week!
I bought a 6-pack of pineapple juice for some cocktail I made once, and thus, have had 5 little cans of pineapple juice in the door of my fridge FOREVER. I was determined to use them!
What lovely bright colors, Lori! That is one beautiful and tasty dish! I’ll bet your poor husband loved that one pot. But I suppose dishwashing is a small price to pay for the great meals you make.
haha, let’s hope he sees it that way, Stacy š
What a great healthy, vegetarian meal!!
Thanks Susan! I always love your approval on veg meals š
Your dish is so pretty!! I love that it is vegetarian and that you used alfredo noodles. Great idea!
Thanks so much, Jennifer!
My stir fry has never been this beautiful! Gorgeous and yummy!
Thanks Jen!
Those noodles sound fantastic (one you get through the initial opening of the bag part.) Love the sweet and sour combination.
Thanks Marjory!
I so appreciate simple, attractive vegetarian meals. My mouth is watering as I type this. What a wonderful addition to the one-pot meals for #SundaySupper.
Thanks for coming by, Alaiyo!