I’ll stir fry you in my wok

When was the last time (if ever) that you used a wok?

I’ve used mine only a handful of times, but no time recently. There’s no real reason for it’s neglect other than it’s stored in the veryyyyy back of the cabinet which means (a) I forget about it and (b) it’s harder than other skillets to access. Anyway, I decided to make this stir fry in a wok to keep things new and fresh for me.

I watched a youtube video of a chef who teaches a wok themed culinary school course before I started…just to cover the basics.

But then I also wanted to do extra veggies on the side…so I had pans dueling for stove space. I may need to move the cast iron grill that I keep on the other burners for pancakes to free up two more burners. It’s hard to fit two bigger pans next to each other.

See what I mean?

I keep that cast iron surface other side because of how frequently I make pancakes, but it definitely creates a crowded work space any time I make a stir fry. We are a family of large appetites, so these are all good problems to have.

The recipe I used came from Dinner Illustrated by America’s Test Kitchen.

By the way I answered a bunch of cookbook related questions on instagram the other day because I got so many inquiries when I showed off the new bookshelf we got. If you have any interest in that, I saved it as a highlight so people could refer back to it.

This is what Kyle and I got each other for Christmas. :).

Building it took no time at all, but securing it to the wall was a bit of a hassle since IKEA didn’t include the hardware for that. Luckily we found parts to use in the garage. That search in and of itself was such a headache that it inspired a huge garage re-org/clean out sitch. I felt like we were living in a “If you give a mouse a cookie…” book because of how one thing prompted another and then another and then another. What can I say?! I love organizing stuff and when the mood hits, you gotta act on it!

I should have taken a final pic of the bookshelf once everything was completely organized and in it’s place, but oh well. You get the gist…it’s a rainbow of recipes!

So back to dinner.

I don’t know if there’s anything as annoying to me as chopping and de-stringing snap peas. I’m pretty sure I’d make them way more often if it weren’t such a monotonous activity.

They are truly the perfect stir fry ingredient though. The only better veg is broccoli, but only by a hair.

In the end, we all loved it and had seconds, so I only ended up with barely one serving (which Kyle got in his lunch the next day with nuts and edamame to bulk it up).