Sweet and Sour Stir Fry with Sweet Potato “Spaghetti”

Findus Vegetables

Findus Vegetables

A delicious and vibrant vegetarian dish that is perfect for weekday dinners.

Serves: 4
Difficulty: easy
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Stir-fry Sauce
1 Tbsp (15 ml) sesame oil
1 tsp (5 ml) garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp (5 ml) ginger, finely grated
½ tsp (2.5 ml) red chilli, finely chopped
1 Tbsp (15 ml) Soy sauce
1 Tbsp (15 ml) rice vinegar
1 Tbsp (15 ml) honey
1 Tbsp (15 ml) tomato paste
1 tsp (5 ml) sesame seeds
1 tsp (5 ml) corn flour
½ C (125 ml) water
salt and pepper

Sweet Potato “Spaghetti”
4 tsp (20 ml) olive oil
4 tsp (20 ml) butter
1½ (450 g) yellow sweet potatoes, peeled and spiralized
1 tsp (5 ml) garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp (5 ml) ginger, finely grated
1 (4 g) chilli, finely chopped
1 (410 g) tin butter beans, drained
salt and pepper

Stir-fry
1 Tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
500 g (1 bag) Findus Wok Bali
150 g ricotta, crumbled
¼ C (60 ml / 12 g) onion sprouts
handful basil leaves

Stir-fry Sauce
Add the oil to a hot pan over medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and sauté for 1 minute. Whisk in the rest of the ingredients until smooth. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until slightly thickened and season with a pinch of salt and pepper.

Sweet Potato “Spaghetti”
Heat the oil and butter in a hot pan over medium heat. Add the sweet potatoes, garlic, ginger and chilli and fry for 8 minutes. Add the beans and fry for a further 4 minutes. Season to taste.

Stir-fry
Heat the oil in a hot frying pan over medium heat. Add the Findus Wok Bali and fry for 4-5 minutes until tender. Stir in the stir-fry sauce.

Serve the stir-fried vegetables on top of the sweet potato “spaghetti”. Top it off with the ricotta, onion sprouts and basil.

TIP: The sweet potato “spaghetti” is fun to make and vibrant in colour. If you like, you can replace it with regular spaghetti, glass noodles, egg noodles or rice.

Illanique Van Aswegen

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