Lauret Parkinson - The Everything Stir-Fry Cookbook: 300 Fresh and Flavorful Recipes the Whole Family Will Love

THE EVERYTHING STIR-FRY COOKBOOK

300 fresh and flavorful recipes the whole family will love

Rhonda Lauret Parkinson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lauret Parkinson, Rhonda.

The everything stir-fry cookbook / Rhonda Lauret Parkinson.

p. cm.

(An everything series book)

Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59869-242-6 (pbk.)

ISBN 13: 978-1-60550-278-6 (EPUB)

ISBN-10: 1-59869-242-9 (pbk.)

1. Stir frying. 2. Wok cookery. 3. Skillet cookery. I. Title.

TX689.5.L38 2007

641.77 dc22

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THE Stir-Fry Cookbook

Dear Reader,

My love affair with stir-frying began when I was still a teenager, when my Asian coworkers introduced me to Chinese cuisine. I soon began spending my weekends exploring Vancouver's Chinatown, shopping for the best soy sauce, rice wine, and other ingredients to use in stir-fry dishes.

The first stir-fries I produced were typical Chinese fare: chow mein, pork fried rice, lemon chicken. However, I soon found that stir-frying was perfect for making quick, healthy dishes for my family every night of the week, whether or not I was using Chinese ingredients. Better still, stir-frying was a great way to make quick and easy versions of classic dishes from around the world. Today, along with Quick Broccoli Beef (page 74), Stir-Fried Bok Choy (page 264), and other classic Asian dishes, I use my trusty wok to make everything from Chicken Cacciatore (page 45) to an omelet.

In this book, I hope to show you how stir-frying is a great way to prepare quick and easy meals with little time and effort. I hope you have as much fun learning about the art of stir-frying and preparing the stir-fry recipes contained in this book as I did in writing it.