has anyone used frozen vegetables with good results in stir-fries? i
have a bag of 'stir-fry vegetables,' but i'm skeptical. do you
defrost them?

your pal,
blake
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blake murphy > wrote:

> has anyone used frozen vegetables with good results in stir-fries? i
> have a bag of 'stir-fry vegetables,' but i'm skeptical. do you
> defrost them?

You defrost and wring out as much water as possible. It's better to
use fresh since the frozen ones are usually waterlogged (except the
snap peas and carrots). The water interferes with proper
stir-frying.

-sw

Sqwertz > wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> has anyone used frozen vegetables with good results in stir-fries? i
>> have a bag of 'stir-fry vegetables,' but i'm skeptical. do you
>> defrost them?
>
> You defrost and wring out as much water as possible. It's better to
> use fresh since the frozen ones are usually waterlogged (except the
> snap peas and carrots). The water interferes with proper
> stir-frying.

Not to mention they're already blanched and hence overcooked
already.

-sw

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:17:03 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>> has anyone used frozen vegetables with good results in stir-fries? i
>>> have a bag of 'stir-fry vegetables,' but i'm skeptical. do you
>>> defrost them?
>>
>> You defrost and wring out as much water as possible. It's better to
>> use fresh since the frozen ones are usually waterlogged (except the
>> snap peas and carrots). The water interferes with proper
>> stir-frying.
>
>Not to mention they're already blanched and hence overcooked
>already.
>
>-sw

i suspected as much.

your pal,
blake
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