stir-fry
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Cabbage becomes slaw, stir-fry, soup or salad depending on the mood and the state of the week.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
At one industrial park, companies are developing robots that can stir-fry chicken and brew lattes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Notably, the outdoor kitchen, located on the other side of the indoor kitchen, is a feature the couple uses daily for their stir-fry recipes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
It’s also excellent drizzled over salads, used to sear steak, or tossed into a quick vegetable stir-fry.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
The food is chicken stir-fry and rice, and it’s good.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
For the less revolutionary among us, there is plenty more on the table: steamed buns, red meats, preserved vegetables, rice, seasonal stir-fries and delicately-flavoured seafood.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
This book teaches you how to cook via basic templates for a variety of main dishes such as frittatas, stir-fries, rice bowls, pasta dishes and soups.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
All are united by a distinctive flavor profile that can stand on its own or add interest to salads, stir-fries, braises and more.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023
A stream of stir-fries, soups and sweets appeared at my door just a few miles away; on my phone, a text: “Have you eaten?”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
When I walk in the door I can smell the onions frying and I know my dad is making one of his whatever’s-on-the-bottom-shelf-of-the-refrigerator stir-fries.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
You’ll notice that many of my go-to recipes are inspired by dishes that typically call for fried, baked, or even stir-fried chicken.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Traditional Kung Pao chicken calls for stir-fried chicken, so no, this recipe isn’t authentic in the slightest.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
One idea is to introduce a new Thai dish made with lotus root, stir-fried mushroom and slow-cooked beef.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Next to it was a plate of chilli crickets, the bug version of a beloved Singaporean dish - stir-fried mud crabs doused in a rich, sweet chilli sauce.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
At Liyana’s house they had fresh apple salad with dates, baked yams, delicious stir-fried cabbage.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
He has a taste for street food, and appears on social media wearing a T-shirt and shorts while stir-frying with a wok, or performing 1980s Thai pop on the saxophone or piano.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Pan-frying was highest, followed by stir-frying, then deep-frying.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
In the experiments the researchers cooked chicken breast using five different methods: pan frying, stir-frying, deep-fat frying, boiling and air-frying, in a well-controlled research kitchen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
Retail investor Helen Wu is not bashful talking about "stir-frying" - the practice of pumping up stocks with hot concepts.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023
The dish has a smoky flavor produced by stir-frying in a very hot wok.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
