Stir Fry in Seattle

Pork dish in the wok

I spent the weekend with a friend in Seattle and we had a number of culinary adventures. I brought some lovely tomatoes and peppers from home that we were drowning in. So our goal was to come up with some simple dinners that would make good use of them. On the final night, we picked up some lovely pork at the farmers market and made a stir fry in a wok.

This worked well on all counts. Easy to prepare, quick to cook, looked and tasted great.

We made a dredged the pork in seasoned flour. And added a sauce of corn starch, soy sauce, and sesame oil.

Cut some beef into strips

The first try at stir fry we used beef in a frying pan.

Brown the meat in batches

Prep veggies: onion, pepper, tomato

Cook veggies, combine, serve.

The dish looked great, and the veggies tasted great, but the steak was a little tough.

Next time: I don't know if we needed to tenderize it more, or if it got overcooked, or what. I was careful to cut across the grain. Maybe it was the wrong cut of meat. I need to be better about chatting up the butcher.