Sweet & Sour Chickpea Vegetable Stir Fry
Sweet & Sour Chickpea Vegetable Stir Fry is a fast, easy meal made with colorful veggies and chickpeas for protein. It has a great tangy, sweet sauce and is a healthy choice for anyone, including vegetarians and vegans. It tastes amazing and adds crunch to your plate!
Servings: 4
Calories: 277kcal
Equipment
- 1 wok
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used sunflower) approx ¼ cup
- 1 white large onion chopped
- 1 red bell pepper roughly chopped
- 1 orange or yellow bell pepper roughly chopped
- 2 carrots thinly sliced
- 250 g cooked chickpeas approx 1 ¼ cups
- 100 g green beans sliced into 2 cm (approx 1 cup)
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- ½ teaspoon mild chilli
- 3 tablespoon Chinese Sweet & Sour Concentrate combined with 350 ml hot water approx 1 ½ cups) or your homemade sauce (see recipe in post)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the cooking oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.4 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used sunflower)
- Add the chopped onion to the skillet and sauté for about 2-3 minutes until it becomes translucent.1 white large onion
- Add the chopped red and orange bell peppers to the skillet and stir-fry for another 2 minutes until they start to soften.1 red bell pepper, 1 orange or yellow bell pepper
- Next, add the thinly sliced carrots and continue to stir-fry for another 2-3 minutes until the carrots begin to soften slightly.2 carrots
- Add the cooked chickpeas and green beans to the skillet and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes to heat them through.250 g cooked chickpeas, 100 g green beans
- Stir in the chopped garlic, salt, pepper, and chilli, and cook for about 1 minute until the garlic becomes fragrant.2 garlic cloves, Salt and pepper to taste, ½ teaspoon mild chilli
- Reduce the heat to medium and pour in the Chinese Sweet & Sour Concentrate combined with hot water. Stir well to combine all the ingredients.3 tablespoon Chinese Sweet & Sour Concentrate combined with 350 ml hot water
- Allow the mixture to simmer for about 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are cooked to your desired tenderness and the sauce thickens slightly.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed, adding more salt, pepper, or paprika according to your preference.
- Once the vegetables are cooked and the sauce has thickened, remove the skillet from the heat.
- Serve the sweet and sour vegetable stir fry hot as a side dish or over steamed rice as a main course.
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Notes
Make the sweet and sour sauce from scratch:
In a small bowl, combine the following ingredients to make the sweet and sour sauce:
¼ cup of rice vinegar
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 tablespoons of ketchup
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of cornstarch (to thicken the sauce)
½ cup of water
Mix these ingredients until the sugar and cornstarch are dissolved.
Add the sauce as instructed in the recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 515mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 7395IU | Vitamin C: 84mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 3mg
