Favorite stir fry ingredients and sauces

[Goblinmonger]

I love stir fry and so does the family. I think I'm pretty good at it. I usually do a separate bowl for each person. Just looking for some new ideas to mix it up. Hits at my house:

Soy beans
tofu
bean sprouts
cashews (though I am thinking my son might like almonds as I'm writing this--he hates cashews)
pineapple
onions
carrots
celery
peppers
pea pods
brocolli
siracha (probably spelled wrong, I just call it cock sauce because it makes my wife roll her eyes--I'm the only one that likes it. Learned the hard way to just add it at the end for a couple flips to stop the eye watering haze in the kitchen)

I'm probably forgetting stuff, but what do you guys like that's a little different? Anyone ever put a spoon of peanut butter in it? I'm thinking my daughter might like that.

[flvegan]

1. Candle corn.

You know, those tiny little corncobs? I love those things. Sometimes I'll do bamboo shoots, and of course 90% of everything in your list (flvegan don't do carrots nor celery).

[Codeine]

2. Bok choy.

I can't have stirfry without bok choy.

[LeftyMom]

3. Fried tofu

Chinese grocers sell it pre-fried and drained of oil in ready to use bags for super cheap.

[Pool Hall Ace]

4. Daikon

Peel it and then soak in cold water to alleviate the bitterness, though.

[Elad]

5. Stir fry needs 5 things...

...everything else is just for fun. :)

1) broccoli
2) tofu
3) Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning
4) fresh garlic
5) oil

Soy sauce is good too, as are other vegetables... but those 5 ingredients make the best stir-fry time and time again IMO. I make it so much that my girlfriend and close friends have come to just call it "Brian food." Toss it with some brown rice or pasta for a complete meal easily heated up in the microwave as leftovers.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

6. Mine always has

bok choy
mushrooms
red pepper slices
marinated dry-fried tofu
scallions
pea pods

I use a combination of canola oil with dark sesame oil added for flavor.

My sauce is Sracha, tamari sauce, a bit of agave, red thai curry paste, and lime juice and unsweetened coconut milk.

Served over basmati rice or rice noodles depending on my mood.

I make this once a week.

[AlienGirl]

7. Asparagus stir fry ingredients--I love this recipe

Asparagus (cut into inch-long chunks)
Garlic
Onion
Black bean garlic sauce
Bean sprouts
Baby corn
Sesame seeds

The trick is to heat up the oil, add all of the "flavoring" ingredients--the sauce, baby corn, sesame seeds, garlic, and onion--and cook them to almost done before putting in the asparagus. Then just lightly cook the asparagus so it's bright green. At the end I add a little corn starch mixed with water to thicken the sauce and give it all that glazed look. Yum!

Tucker

[WillParkinson]

8. Mushrooms...

Mushrooms make everything better. Except maybe breakfast cereal, but I haven't figured out a way to work them in yet.