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Vegetable Stir Fry Surprise (paleo, GF)

A delicious stir fry made with an orange onion sauce.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Author: Dominique

Ingredients

  • 3 cups of broccoli florets
  • 8 ounces of sliced baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 Tbs olive oil
  • 1 Tbs + 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 1/2 cups of chopped pencil onions (also called green onions),make sure to chop the green parts of the onions too... this was 6 pencil onions for me
  • 1 1/4 cups diced red pepper (this was one red pepper for me)
  • 1 1/4 cups shredded carrots
  • 2 Tbs honey
  • 1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice (this was the juice of 2 oranges for me)
  • salt to taste (I used about 1/4 tsp)
  • pepper to taste
  • A pinch or two of crushed red paper flakes , depending on how hot you want the dish
  • 6 ounces canned water chestnuts
  • 2 cups of diced yellow squash ( this was 3 small squash for me)
  • 2 cups of shredded cabbage

Instructions

  • In a large pot, boil some water. Put the broccoli florets inside and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and set the broccoli aside.
  • In a small pan, cook the mushrooms over medium-high heat with a little bit of olive oil until the mushrooms are golden on each side. Set the mushrooms aside.
  • In a large sauce pan, heat 1 Tbs of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the minced garlic and chopped pencil onions to the pan and mix them into the olive oil with a rubber spatula. Cook for 2 minutes, while mixing the garlic and onion often. If the garlic starts to burn, lower the heat. (It depends on your stove).
  • Lower the heat to medium, add the diced red pepper and the shredded carrots to the sauce pan and mix well. Let the mixture cook for 3 minutes.
  • Then add the orange juice, honey, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes to the pan. Mix everything together. Increase the heat to medium high and cook the veggies for 4 minutes.
  • Add the water chestnuts to the sauce pan, mix, and let the mixture cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add the yellow squash to the sauce pan, mix, and let the mixture cook for 4 minutes.
  • Then add the cabbage and the broccoli and mushrooms that were set aside earlier to the pan. Let the mixture cook for 4-6 minutes, while stirring every so often. The liquid should be mostly evaporated by now. If it isn't, cook for longer. Some liquid is normal.