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This lovely dinner recipe is a contemporary twist on a traditional and healthy Asian dish. It features convenient Harvest Meats Cooked Bratwurst complimented with rich and savoury flavours.

Modern Stir-fry

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 Modern Stir-fry
This lovely dinner recipe is a contemporary twist on a traditional and healthy Asian dish. It features convenient Harvest Meats Cooked Bratwurst complimented with rich and savoury flavours.
Course Main Dish
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
  • 3 links Harvest Meats Cooked Bratwurst
  • 3 bell peppers (orange, yellow, red)
  • 1 head broccoli
  • 1/2 lb. extra firm tofu
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 1/4 cup light soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup Japanese mirin (sweet cooking wine)
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 4 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 bunch green onions
  • 4 Tbsp. canola oil
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • salt & pepper to taste
Course Main Dish
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
  • 3 links Harvest Meats Cooked Bratwurst
  • 3 bell peppers (orange, yellow, red)
  • 1 head broccoli
  • 1/2 lb. extra firm tofu
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 1/4 cup light soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup Japanese mirin (sweet cooking wine)
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 4 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 bunch green onions
  • 4 Tbsp. canola oil
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Sweet & Savoury Sauce
  1. In a small sauce pot, add light soy sauce and Japanese mirin. Grate garlic clove with a fine grater (or a microplane grater) and add to the sauce pot. In a small bowl, add cornstarch and 1/2 cup warm tap water. Stir with spoon to dissolve cornstarch into water - creating a cornstarch slurry. Add cornstarch slurry to the soy and mirin mixture. Squeeze in juice of 1/2 a lemon (straining out any seeds).
  2. Heat pot on medium heat and stir occasionally. Sauce is done when it begins to bubble and changes from opaque to dark. Set aside.
  3. NOTE: Mirin is a sweet cooking wine that can be purchased in most Asian supermarkets. Alternatively, you may substitute with 3 Tbsp. honey. Adjust to 3 tsp. of cornstarch if substituting with honey.
Prepare Meat & Veggies:
  1. Broccoli: Bring a medium pot of water to boil. While waiting for the water to boil, chop broccoli to bite-sized pieces (discarding lower stem portions). Gently place broccoli pieces into boiling water and stir. Boil broccoli until it reaches a vibrant green colour (about 1 to 2 minutes). Remove from heat and strain. Set aside. NOTE: If you don't plan to use the broccoli within 30 minutes, then immerse it in ice water until ready for stir-frying. That will keep it green and crunchy longer.
  2. Bell Peppers, Onion: De-seed and de-stem bell peppers. Chop to bite-sized pieces, diagonally. Peel both red and yellow onions. Discard the ends and chop to bite-sized pieces. Keep the yellow onions separate from the red onions. For the green onions, diagonally chop and use only the green tips. Set aside.
  3. Bratwurst and Tofu: Cut tofu into 1/4 inch thick rectangular strips. Cut bratwurst into 1/4 inch thick circles. Set aside.
Cooking & Plating:
  1. Bring a large wok to medium-high heat and add 2 Tbsp. canola oil. Add tofu and season with salt and pepper to taste. Sear until golden on one side. Add bratwurst and sear with tofu until golden-brown. Remove tofu and bratwurst from wok and set aside.
  2. Bring wok back to medium-high heat and add 2 Tbsp. canola oil. Add yellow onions and a pinch of salt and cook until semi-translucent and soft.
  3. Turn heat to high and add the following (while stirring in between each ingredient) in this order: red onions, bell peppers, broccoli, bratwurst and tofu. Once ingredients have browned evenly (without burning), turn off heat.
  4. Add about 1/4 cup sweet & savoury sauce and toss. Garnish with chopped green onions. Serve with steamed rice.
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