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Happy Family

This happy family recipe features a simple Chinese-American dish made with seafood, meat, and vegetables stir-fried in savory brown sauce. It’s healthy, flavorful, and quick to make that you can easily put it on repeat every week!

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 315 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 1 cup onion, green and red bell peppers cut
  • 2 cups mixed vegetables (broccoli florets, sliced carrot and trimmed sugar snap peas/snow peas)
  • 1 1/2 cups canned vegetables (straw mushroom, bamboo shoot sliced, young baby corn and water chestnut sliced)
  • 1 cup meat (pork/BBQ pork, chicken breast, and beef (sliced))
  • 1/2 cup mixed seafood (peeled and cleaned shrimp, lobster meat/crab meat and sea scallops)
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
Marinade:
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dry sherry wine or any Chinese cooking wine
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
Brown Sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Sweet soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 3 dashes ground white pepper
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry wine or any Chinese cooking wine
  • 1/2-3/4 cup chicken broth mixed with 1 teaspoon of cornstarch
  • salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

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  1. Marinade meat and seafood with a little salt, pepper, sugar and a dash of cooking wine. Set aside. In a bowl, mix all the seasoning ingredients for the Brown Sauce and set aside.
  2. In a wok, heat 2 tablespoon oil to smoky hot, stir-fry onions and peppers until lightly charred, add in minced garlic, briskly stir-fry until fragrant, toss in the broccoli florets, carrots, and continue stir-frying for about 2 minutes, dash a little salt and pepper, mix well and dish up. Set aside.
  3. Lightly clean up wok with damp paper towel. Heat up wok with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, stir-fry shrimp, lobster/crab meat for 1 minute, toss in sliced beef and pork/BBQ pork and continue to stir-fry for another 1 minute, or until lightly browned.
  4. Toss in the mixed canned vegetables, stir well, add in the Brown Sauce seasoning, pour in the chicken broth and continue to stir-fry until vegetables are tender enough to your liking, meat and seafood is thoroughly cooked. Adjust salt, sugar, or other flavorings as per taste. Dish up and serve with hot steamed rice.

Notes

  • Use a wok or a large skillet to make this dish. I recommend using a wok as it distributes heat more evenly and the ingredients can cook quickly while retaining their texture and color. But if you don’t have a wok, a large skillet would work just fine.
  • Prepare all the ingredients beforehand. Have everything chopped, sliced, and portioned to make the process smoother and more efficient. This dish cooks quickly, so you don’t want to scramble for ingredients while stir-frying.
  • Use high heat for a short amount of time to retain the freshness and crunchiness of the vegetables. Chinese cooking is all about quick and intense heat, so make sure your wok is hot enough before adding in the ingredients.

Nutrition Information

Serving 4people Calories 315kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 32g (11%) Protein 18g (36%) Fat 13g (20%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 4g Monounsaturated Fat 7g Trans Fat 0.05g Cholesterol 33mg (11%) Sodium 1006mg (42%) Potassium 611mg (17%) Fiber 7g (28%) Sugar 6g (12%) Vitamin A 8105IU (162%) Vitamin C 22mg (24%) Calcium 71mg (7%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 315

% Daily Value*

Serving 4people
Calories 315kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 32g 11%
Protein 18g 36%
Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g 24%
Monounsaturated Fat 7g 35%
Trans Fat 0.05g 3%
Cholesterol 33mg 11%
Sodium 1006mg 42%
Potassium 611mg 13%
Fiber 7g 28%
Sugar 6g 12%
Vitamin A 8105IU 162%
Vitamin C 22mg 24%
Calcium 71mg 7%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.