This stir-fry base delivers crisp vegetables and savoury flavours in minutes. It’s a perfect foundation for using up leftover proteins or tofu and can be served over rice or noodles. Having a go-to stir-fry base in your repertoire makes it easy to assemble a balanced meal on busy nights.
Method
Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat. Add the neutral oil.
Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds until fragrant.
Add onion, bell pepper, carrot and broccoli and cook, stirring constantly, for 3–4 minutes until crisp-tender.
Add the cooked rice or noodles and drizzle with sesame oil. Toss to combine.
Stir in the soy sauce, rice vinegar and honey or maple syrup. Cook for 2 minutes.
Add chili flakes or sriracha if you like heat and adjust seasoning to taste.
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Why choose organic for this recipe?
This recipe is built around fresh, colourful vegetables — and that’s exactly where choosing organic makes the biggest difference. Ingredients like onions, bell peppers, carrots and broccoli are some of the most commonly treated crops, so organic versions help reduce your exposure to pesticide residues while supporting farming systems that protect soils and waterways.
Organic aromatics like garlic and ginger also avoid synthetic pesticides, though these hardy crops naturally carry lower residues — so it’s the big veg that matter most here.
If you’re using rice or noodles, the impact of organic is less significant because processed grains typically carry lower residues after drying, but choosing organic versions still supports lower-input farming systems. The soy sauce, rice vinegar and honey/maple syrup are used in small amounts, so they matter less individually — but organic options do guarantee no GM soy and stricter ingredient standards.
For the oils, organic sesame or sunflower oil helps support soil-friendly production and reduces chemical inputs in oilseed farming.
Overall, going organic with the core vegetables and oils delivers the biggest benefit for your health and the planet — and makes this simple stir-fry even cleaner and fresher.