Thai stir fry

Original Recipe

Ingredients

• 2tbsp vegetable or groundnut oil
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 3cm fresh root ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks
• 100g (3½oz) shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1 red pepper, cored, deseeded and cut into strips
• 1 small head of broccoli, trimmed and cut into tiny florets
• 3 spring onions, trimmed and cut into finger lengths

For the sauce

• 3tbsp vegetable or chicken stock
• 2tbsp fish sauce, or to taste
• 2tbsp light soy sauce
• 1tbsp lime juice, or to taste
• 1tbsp runny honey
• 2tsp cornflour, mixed with 3tbsp water
• pinch of dried chilli flakes

Method

1. Mix sauce ingredients together. Heat oil in a wok. add onion and stir-fry for a minute. Add carrot, garlic and ginger and stir-fry for another minute. Now add mushrooms and stir-fry for a couple of minutes until the carrot begins to soften.
2. Tip pepper, broccoli and spring onions into the wok, pour over the sauce and stir-fry for another 2-3 minutes. Serve immediately while still hot.