Stir-frying technique

Stir-frying technique

You will be amazed how quickly you can prepare a Thai-fushion meal using Thai stir-frying technique. You only need to have all the vegetables and meat prepared and chopped beforehand. The cooking time itself is actually short.

Most Thai and Asian dishes involve 'stir-frying'. The term implies that the ingredients are stirred while cooking. Stir-frying is best done in a long-handled wok or deep fry pan over high heat. It is simple and fast. The rationale for stir-frying is to keep the flavour by cooking the food really fast. Vegetables should always be cooked for the minimum amount of time so they remain crisp and fresh. You can toss the pan over the heat as well.

The key is you need to heat the oil until it is really hot before you put the chopped garlic and meat in the pan.

It is difficult to say how how long the meat or vegetables should be cooked as Thai cooking is very intuitive and you learn what works by trial and error.

If you can get used to stir-frying technique, you can prepare a great meal in 15-30 minutes including preparation time.