I had gone to the farmer's market in town this past weekend.  Great place to grab some fresh veggies.  Perfect since we wanted to do a chicken stir-fry this week.  

The bottles of re-made stir fry sauce in the stores are just too sweet and sometimes, lacking in flavor.  As usual, I headed to Pinterest to find a recipe. 

Found one!

And I pretty much had all the ingredients.  There were a few substitutions/changes on my end, but otherwise it was good.  The sauce thickened up very nicely.  

Stir Fry Sauce

• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Shaoxing cooking wine (or dry sherry)
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

• Combine cornstarch and water in a mason jar until smooth. Then add in all the remaining ingredients. Fasten the lid, and shake until fully incorporated.

• (Alternatively, you can mix everything in a bowl with a whisk.)

• If not using right away, store in a sealed jar or airtight container in the refrigerator. Note: after it's been sitting and untouched for a while, the ingredients will separate and the cornstarch has a tendency to settle and harden at the bottom of the jar. Take a dull knife to loosen it up, then fasten the lid and give it a good shake to reincorporate everything before using.

Here are my notes:

1.  It was still a little sweet for us, so I could decrease the brown sugar to 1/8 cup.

2.  I used dried ginger, rather than fresh.  

3.  I didn't have dry sherry to cook with, so I substituted marsala wine.

Those are the only things I would change in this recipe.  Other than the fact I never add as much crushed red pepper flakes as the recipe calls for.  I like flavor spice, hot hot spice.

If you want to see the original post, you can find it here.  https://bellyfull.net/stir-fry-sauce-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-43667

Do you have a stir fry recipe that you like?  Let me know!  I love to try new recipes.

Until next time...Stampin' Always,

Cheryl, HomeStyle Stamper