Easy Stir Fry Sauce

Submitted by Winnipeg Mel

"A basic stir fry sauce that I've been using for years. I got the recipe from my mother, but I don't know where she got it from. I make no claim to authenticity."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 3 cups

ingredients

• 2 -3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger (or a bit of fresh minced ginger)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 cup soy sauce or 1/2 cup tamari soy sauce
• 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 cups beef broth or 1 1/2 cups chicken broth (I use chicken broth if my stir fry will have chicken, etc.)

directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a large glass jar with a lid.
2. Screw lid on.
3. Shake well.
4. Can store in fridge up to 2 weeks.
5. Shake well before using.
6. To use sauce: stir fry your vegetables and meat as desired, add appropriate amount of sauce, bring to a boil, boil for 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
7. Serve.

Reviews

[jaybee chef]

Good basic sauce, with some hot sauce or red pepper flakes it has much more flavor, you can control the heat as desired. With that addition I'd give it 5 stars, but added heat is a matter of personal preference it certainly is quick and easy. I didn't have fresh garlic so I used both granulated garlic and some jarred minced garlic and that worked well. I made a half recipe and found that was enough for 3 generous servings with no shortage of sauce on them. I did stir in just a little of a Yoshida's original sauce into my completed stir fry dish because my husband loves that flavor, but I think this recipe would stand alone very well. I made this recipe with a packet of sodium free beef Herb Ox since it has no sodium and I used low sodium soy sauce and for the vinegar I opted for rice vinegar. I think that may be a must for a good stir fry sauce. I made it into an asparagus and beef stir fry with mushrooms, green onions, fresh Cutie segments and leftover sliced rib steak. I served it over rice.

 

[mosma]

This was very good, but I thought it was a bit too sweet. I would definitely lessen the brown sugar. I added crushed red pepper and black pepper, and served it with chicken, broccoli, and linguine.

 

[kchal11267]

Very good sauce - family said best stir fry ever!

 

[beckyhomeckie]

I followed the recipe as written, however I used a 1/2 tsp garlic powder b/c I didn't have reg garlic. It turned out okay. Mine never really thickened up, but it had great flavor. I will probably try this recipe again, and just use more cornstarch next time.

 

[marmoora37]

This was really good. All I did was add a little bit of Sriracha to make it a little spicy. This will be my go to stir fry sauce from now on!