Stir Fry

[Mango04]

I often douse my food in olive oil (It's a good alternative to butter). It never makes me sick.

[jerseyangel]

It's true that stir fries are better cooked on med high to high heat (in a metal wok, high is better) but olive oil is not a good oil to do this with. It will smoke at the high temp. Peanut oil is really good for stir frying--it can be heated to a high temp and not smoke. Don't want to scare the kitties!

[MallysMama]

I know you've already made your stir fry dinner - but I made a really good one last week and thought I'd share my ideas with you for the future. I cooked my chicken in a regular pan in olive oil and added some season all salt just for a little flavor. I don't have a wok - so in a larger pan I cooked a mixture of veggies while my chicken was cooking. I just used olive oil and added fresh broccoli, string beans, mushrooms, green peppers and some frozen corn and cooked till they were soft. Then I added the cut up chicken pieces and just put a little La Choy Soy Sauce in it and cooked a tiny bit longer. I don't like a lot of other flavors in a stir fry - I like to be able to taste some of the veggies. It turned out so yummy!!! Hope your's turned out well (even though you couldn't eat the veggies). Try it again soon!

[tarnalberry]

If you don't want to use peanut oil (it's good for high heat, but I don't like the taste) you can use refined canola.

There are some varieties of olive oil that will work (depends on how refined it is), as well as grapeseed and avocado, not to mention sesame. Here's a Open Original Shared Link, the basic idea being that you *never* want to get an oil hotter than it's smoke point, or it will be "very bad".

[psawyer]

does swanson clearly disclose because the broth says it has monosodium glutamate- and thats on the no list

1. Swanson broths (but not the frozen dinners) are made by Campbells, who are on the trusted list for gluten disclosure.

2. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is NOT a gluten source, although many people, including many celiacs, avoid it for other reasons.

[Lister]

josh, this is chantelle...

something happened with the phone, get on msn so we can talk.

love you sweetie

[Idahogirl]

La Choy also makes a gluten free teriyaki sauce. I just use the frozen stir fry veggies from Wal-Mart. I use vegetable oil, and cook the chicken first, then move it up onto the side of the wok, then throw the frozen veggies in. Then I add the sauce once everything is cooked. I also pour a beaten egg or two over everything, stir, and let it cook a little while. Makes a really good texture. I used to add crushed Ramen Noodles and the sauce pack (chicken flavor) as seasoning, but that's off limits now.

I learned to cook from my dad, and he is very frugal and resourceful. Thinking about my old stir fry is making me kinda sad It was one of my favorite recipes in the whole world.