Vegan Stir Fry Sauce Recipe
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Jump to Recipe Watch VideoThis Vegan Stir Fry Sauce is a fantastic addition to veggies, crispy tofu, or noodles. Thick, flavorful, simple to make, and also dairy free.
With a few pantry ingredients you can make a simple stir fry sauce that a little sweet, a little spicy, and totally delicious. I added this sauce to my wok and in just a few minutes we had a fantastic dinner ready in no time.
We absolutely love making veggie stir fry on our homestead! It’s an almost weekly dinner, as it’s super simple to make and great to serve over rice or noodles. Stir fries are versatile, inexpensive, great for using up older vegetables, and taste amazing with this sweet & spicy sauce.
I found that making my own stir fry sauce is so much better than buying the store-bought stuff loaded with preservatives. Like making your own salad dressing, making stir fry sauce is SO easy and takes just a few minutes to throw together. This sauce has sweet brown sugar, fresh lime juice, and chili flakes for a bit of spice.
This Vegan Stir Fry Sauce Recipe Is:
- Bright
- Fresh
- Sweet
- Tangy
- Spicy
- Thick When It’s Cooked
- Vegan, Vegetarian, and Dairy Free
What’s In This Vegetarian Stir Fry Sauce Recipe?
Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!
- Soy sauce or gluten free tamari
- Brown Sugar: I like to use a dark brown sugar for baking because I find it has a really nice flavor.
- Ginger: fresh ginger root or ground
- Onion Powder: adds a delicious and savory flavor to this dish as well,
- Red Chili Pepper Flakes: for a little heat! I like to add a few shakes to this recipe to give this dish a nice complex depth of flavor.
- Corn Starch: the secret to thicken the sauce at the end, it really makes a difference.
One of the BEST Pantry Sauce Recipes
This vegan stir fry sauce recipe is a fantastic pantry-staple meal! It uses almost all ingredients you would have in your dry pantry or cupboards – most of which you probably have on hand. Keeping a well-stocked pantry makes it easy to come up with delicious and healthy meals using a few staples you can rotate.
How Do I Make This Plant Based Stir Fry Sauce
- In a small pot or sauce pan, add the water, soy sauce/tamari, garlic, brown sugar, ginger, onion powder, chili flakes, and lime juice. Bring to a simmer.
- In a small bowl, add the corn starch and 1/4 cup cold water, whisk until corn starch dissolves.
- Pour the cornstarch mixture into the stir fry sauce, and whisk well to combine.
- Pour sauce over stir fried veggies, fried rice, or toss in a wok with noodles. Enjoy!
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Vegan Stir Fry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cups water
- 1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ginger fresh or powdered
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- 1 Lime juiced
- 2 tbsp corn starch mixed with 1/4 cup cold water
Instructions
- In a small pot or sauce pan, add the water, soy sauce/tamari, garlic, brown sugar, ginger, onion powder, chili flakes, and lime juice. Bring to a simmer.
- In a small bowl, add the corn starch and 1/4 cup cold water, whisk until corn starch dissolves.
- Pour the cornstarch mixture into the stir fry sauce, and whisk well to combine.
- Pour sauce over stir fried veggies, fried rice, or toss in a wok with noodles. Enjoy!
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This recipe is so much better than the bottled sauce I’ve bought at the store. I wouldn’t try to make my own before