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Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce over Rice

Name: Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce over Rice
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Southeast Asian
Ingredients: 120 ml water; 2½ tbsp creamy peanut butter; 1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce; ½ tbsp cornstarch; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more; ½ tbsp peanut oil; ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil; 450 g frozen Asian-style mixed vegetables, slightly undercooked as the package directs, then drained; 3 cups white rice, hot, cooked

A bag of frozen mixed vegetables is turned into dinner with a quick peanut sauce flavored with garlic, ginger and soy. The sauce thickens in the pan in a couple of minutes and spoons over rice.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on12 min
Total15 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Sauce

120 mlwater
2½ tbspcreamy peanut butter
1 tbsplow-sodium soy sauce
½ tbspcornstarch
2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
1 tspground ginger
1 pinchcayenne pepper, or moreoptional

Vegetables

½ tbsppeanut oil
½ tbsptoasted sesame oil
450 gfrozen Asian-style mixed vegetables, slightly undercooked as the package directs, then drained

To serve

3 cupswhite rice, hot, cooked

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
Vegan

Contains

Gluten
Peanut
Soy
Sesame
Legumes (any)
Peas
Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
Lima beans
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Rice
Nightshades (any)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Carrot
Ginger
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy
Tender-braised

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

Under 20 min active
Under 30 min total
Difficulty 1
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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