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
My forkful of chicken stir-fry froze halfway to my mouth.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
At home, people might want to try leaving skins on kiwi fruit, using broccoli stalks in stir-fries, or adding bell pepper seeds to dishes, the researchers suggest.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
This is liquid gold that can be used in sauces, dressings and stir-fries to add an extra layer of allium depth.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 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
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
Hetty Lui McKinnon’s recipe calls for a head of iceberg lettuce, stir-fried, then topped with crispy garlic and a fried egg and served over a warm bowl of rice.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
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
Theresa tactfully nibbled a slice of stir-fried hot dog.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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
You can get the pan hot quicker, but it can’t maintain nor reach the heat levels required for stir-frying and steak-searing that gas can.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
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