Learn How to Make the Base Recipe
This is a variation of our vegetable stir fry base recipe. If you are looking for a quick and easy way to add more color to your plate, then you’ve come to the right place! Packed with vibrant veggies and a flavorful sauce, this teriyaki vegetable stir fry recipe is a great way to add more veggies to your meal rotation!
Three Must-Know Cooking Skills
For recipe success, learn how to:
Culinary Tips for the Best Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe
Cut the broccoli florets into similar sized pieces so they cook at the same rate. To speed up the cooking process, consider blanching the broccoli, before stir-frying. Cook until just beginning to soften.
Learn how to slice and dice like a pro in our knife skills 101 course!
For this recipe, don’t worry about being exactly precise with the veggie measurements. If you have 4 ½ cups of veggies, that’s okay! Just note that the more veggies you add, the less sauce you will get per bite.
Fire, fat, food! Heat your pan, heat your oil, then add your food! Follow these steps to ensure maximum flavor development.
The teriyaki stir fry sauce in this recipe is just enough to coat the veggies, but if you want extra for rice, quinoa, meat, or tofu, simply double the quantity.
Ingredient Substitutions
- Canola Oil: substitute avocado or peanut oil.
- Vegetables: use any combination, noting whether they are hard, medium, or soft to adjust cook time as appropriate.
- Reduced Sodium Tamari or Soy Sauce: substitute liquid aminos or coconut aminos.
- Mirin: substitute with white wine or sherry.
- Rice Vinegar: substitute apple cider or white vinegar.
- Granulated Sugar: substitute brown or coconut sugar.
- Ginger: leave out for a more authentic sauce or substitute a dash of ground ginger.
- Garlic: leave out for a more authentic sauce or substitute ¼ teaspoon granulated garlic or ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder.
Recipe Variations
Change up this teriyaki vegetables recipe by using different types of veggies or adding proteins! The combinations are nearly endless.
Feel free to add a protein of your choice. Chicken, shrimp, or tofu are all great additions to this stir fry.
Want some stir-fry inspiration?
Use our base recipe as a guide, or check out our easy broccoli stir fry variation!
Equipment Recommendations
Check out our essential equipment guide to stock your kitchen with ALL the tools you need to prepare anything!
Is this Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry healthy?
We are always trying to encourage people to eat more veggies! This vegetable stir fry is packed with colorful veggies and coated in a teriyaki stir fry sauce recipe made with a lower-sodium tamari or soy sauce.
Read also: Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe.
Colorful Vegetables
All vegetables provide fiber, vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting phytonutrients. Aim to eat a variety of colors – each color provides a different benefit for our bodies. The more colors in your stir fry, the healthier it will be!
Low-Sodium Tamari or Soy Sauce
Did you know that regular soy sauce has almost 1000 mg of sodium per Tablespoon?! That’s more than half of your daily need! Choose products with reduced sodium to promote healthy blood flow. If following a gluten-free diet, choose low-sodium tamari.
Serving Suggestions
Build a balanced meal by serving veggie stir fry with some lean protein and a whole grain such as brown rice or quinoa. You can also serve this teriyaki stir fry with noodles; we recommend soba noodles, made with whole grain buckwheat flour. Top with green onions, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and/or toasted cashews or peanuts for extra flavor, texture, and nutrition.
Learn how to build a healthy balanced meal with our Whole Life Plate, meal plan, and book!
Storage Tips
Allow stir fry to cool, then place in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
You can also freeze leftover stir fry for up to 3 months. For an easy reheat-and-eat lunch, place individual servings of rice and veggies in freezer safe containers, allow to cool, then freeze.
Want more tasty veggie recipes?
Try out these quick and healthy sides!
Share the Love – Leave us a Review!
Unlike many other recipe blogs, we actually encourage you to tweak our recipes. Not because they’re in need of change, haha, but because we believe one of the secrets to success in the kitchen is cooking to YOUR taste. Make the recipe, leave us a review, and tell us if you made any changes! We love hearing how you’ve made it your own.
Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry
Ingredients
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon reduced sodium tamari or soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon mirin
- ½ Tablespoon rice vinegar
- ½ Tbsp water
- 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger (optional)
- 1 garlic clove minced (optional)
Stir Fry
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 ½ cups broccoli
- 1 cup carrots halved lengthwise
- 1 cup sliced bell pepper strips ¼” thick
- ½ cup frozen edamame shelled, thawed
Optional Topping
- roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Combine tamari or soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, water, sugar, cornstarch, and optional ginger and/or garlic in a small bowl.
- Heat a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add canola oil; use enough to coat the bottom of the pan. Once the oil is shimmering, add broccoli and carrots, stirring continuously. As they soften, add bell pepper strips and edamame, and continue to cook until all vegetables are crisp-tender. Add teriyaki sauce to skillet and toss to coat, allowing sauce to simmer for about 30 seconds.
- Garnish with optional roasted peanuts. Serve with brown rice or quinoa. Enjoy!
