Thai Vegetable Cashew Stir Fry
Fresh broccoli, peppers, snap peas, and onion stir fried in a flavorful sauce with pan-roasted cashews served atop rice.
Equipment
- stove
- rice or pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1 ¼ cup water for the rice
- 1 head broccoli 4 cups
- 1 bell pepper sliced
- 1 purple onion sliced
- 2 cups sugar snap peas ends removed and sliced in half
- 2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 2-3 Tbsp Thai green curry paste
- 1 Tbsp minced ginger
- 1 tsp siracha
- 1 ¼ cups Umami Vegetable Broth
- ½ cup raw cashew halves
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup fresh Thai basil or basil chiffonade*
Instructions
- In an Instant Pot, add your rice and water - for white or light brown rice, cook on high pressure for 4 minutes. For brown rice, cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally. Your rice will come out perfect every time. If you don't have a pressure cooker, cook the rice in a saucepan on the stove according to the rice bag's directions.
- Place a large skillet on the stove and set the heat to medium.
- Add the broccoli, onion, bell pepper, sugar snap peas, and garlic to the skillet and sauté until crisp-tender, 4-5 minutes. Add a tablespoon of water or vegetable broth if the vegetables begin to stick.
- Meanwhile, in a separate skillet, turn the heat to medium and add the cashews. Stir gently every minute or so, until golden. Set aside.
- In a liquid measuring cup, combine the water, ginger, and green curry paste.
- Add one half (1/2) cup of the curry sauce to the vegetables and toss to coat.
- Add the remaining curry sauce to the rice and stir to combine.
- Serve the stir fry vegetables over the curry flavored rice.
- Top with toasted cashews, chopped cilantro, and fresh basil.
Notes
* To make a chiffonade of basil, stack the basil leaves on top of each other, gently roll them into a cigar-like shape, and slice them into thin ribbons with a sharp knife. If you have access to fresh Thai basil, the flavors are slightly different and will elevate this stir fry. Either way, it's delicious!