This easy vegetable stir fry recipe is just 118 calories and can be made in 15 minutes (start to finish)!
Our low calorie vegan stir fry recipe is easy and delicious, and comes with low calorie cooking tips. Plus protein add ins for stir fried vegetables.
This vegetarian stir fry recipe goes great over rice, or save carbs (and calories) and double the serving. At just 118 calories for 2 cups, you can go back for seconds… and thirds!
Learn how to stir fry vegetables in a healthy new way, in the “how to guide below” where we shard our low calorie cooking tips.
This easy vegetable stir fry recipe is just 118 calories and can be made in 15 minutes…
Easy Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe
Below, you will find helpful sections for easy stir frying and vegetable sauté recipes.
From a printable recipe card, to a shopping list… You’ll even find a nutrition label for this veggie stir fry recipe below!
Everything you need to make the best vegan stir fry can be found in the sections below…
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Ingredients in Vegan Stir Fry Recipes (shopping list!)
- How to Make Stir Fry Vegetables
- Easy Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Vegetable Stir Fry Recipes
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this easy stir fry recipe to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for easy stir fry recipes…
Ingredients in Vegan Stir Fry Recipes
Stir fry ingredients are versatile… add in any veggies you like. We used the best low cost veggies for this stir fry veggies recipe. But you can add Bok Choi, cabbage, top it with sprouts, just about any veggie you like.
And speaking of add-ons… check out this protein add-ins section!
Protein Add Ins for Homemade Stir Fry Recipes:
- Tofu is a great add-in… use leftover tofu, or add in 5 minutes after you add in the veggies and cook for the last 5 minutes. Tossing often.
- Beef is a great (non vegan) add in… and adds lots of protein and iron!
- Chicken is also a great add-in. Use whatever leftover chicken you like. Add it in 5 minutes after you start the veggies to re-heat.
Our vegetable stir fry sauce is made with maple syrup to make it vegan. But you can swap out out for honey should you desire…
Shopping List for Veggie Stir Fry Recipes:
- Low-sodium soy sauce (or gluten free Tamari)
- Maple syrup
- Light brown sugar
- Rice vinegar
- Toasted sesame oil
- Fresh ginger
- Garlic
- Cornstarch
- Olive oil spray
- Bell peppers
- Broccoli florets
- Carrots
- Snap peas
- Green onions
- Sesame seeds
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of veggie stir fry you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this stir fries vegetables recipe can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make stir fry vegetables recipe…
How to Make Stir Fry Vegetables
This easy vegetable stir fry recipe can be made in just 15 minutes! This easy dinner uses some healthy low calorie cooking tips to cut calories and boost flavor…
Low Calorie Cooking Tips:
- Use Olive oil spray… it helps you cook up your veggies with just a light mist of olive oil (instead of a heavy drizzle). This helps save 100’s of calories and lots of fat!
- Pick your favorite veggies… healthy recipes are always more delicious when you pick the ingredients you love. Use your favorite veggies in this recipe!
- Make your own Stir Fry Sauce… Most store-bought stir fry sauces are packed full of sugar and preservatives. Try our low calorie stir fry sauce. We cut out lots of sugar, while honoring the flavor of sticky sweet sauce you crave in this yummy recipe.
How to Make a Stir Fry Recipe:
- To a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, water, maple syrup, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Heat a skillet or wok over medium-high heat, and spray with olive oil.
- Add the bell peppers, broccoli, and carrots to the pan. Cook for 9 minutes until the veggies start to soften.
- Pour in the sauce to the veggies and continue to cook for an additional 1 minute until thickened.
- Top with green onions and sesame seeds.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe for easy vegetable stir fry recipe…
Easy Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe
You can have 2 cups of this easy vegetable stir fry recipe for just 118 calories!
Best of all, this homemade stir fry recipe is ready in just 15 minutes… including prep time!
The BEST Vegetable Stir Fry (LOW CALORIE)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce or gluten free Tamari
- ¼ cup water
- 1 ½ tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger grated or minced
- 2 cloves of garlic grated or minced
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- Olive oil spray
- 2 bell peppers sliced into strips
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2 carrots peeled and sliced into rings
- 1 cup snap peas
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- To a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, water, maple syrup, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat, and spray with olive oil.
- Add the bell peppers, broccoli, and carrots to the pan. Cook for 9 minutes until the veggies start to soften.
- Pour in the sauce to the veggies and continue to cook for an additional 1 minute until thickened.
- Top with green onions and sesame seeds.
Nutrition
Up next, nutrition and calories in stir fry veggies…
Nutrition and Calories in Vegetable Stir Fry Recipes
Most stir fry recipes are packed full of sugar and oil. But our’s achieves the sticky sweet sauce and crispy veggies without all the sugar and oil.
Be sure to see the low calorie cooking tips in the section above… and the low calorie recipes in the next section.
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I’m so happy you liked the recipe! I publish new recipes weekly so keep coming back for more healthy options.
Very tasty and happy to find a lower sodium Asian-style sauce. For my tastes, it needed heat to balance it out. Sriracha, chili flakes and Szechuan peppercorns (happened to have on hand) did the trick. I also used pretty much whatever veggies I had too.