Veggie and Rice Stirfry Packets
A healthy veggie-laden stirfry is one of my favorite quick weeknight or weekend lunch meals and the freezer section at the grocery store offers lots of convenient frozen veggie selections to make your own favorite version. But it’s just about as easy to take advantage of fresh seasonal veggies, and prepare your own frozen stirfry packets. Here’s a basic “recipe,” but feel free to alter according to your family’s favorite veggie preferences and seasonal produce.
Veggie and Rice Stirfry Packets
Author/Source:
Pam @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- 2 cups snow peas
- 1.33 cups carrots, sliced
- 2 cups red bell pepper, sliced
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 cups cauliflower florets
- 2.25 cups onion, sliced
- 2 cups cooked rice
Directions:
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Blanch the broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots for 2 minutes, and the pepper, onion, and peas for 1 minute. Remove vegetables from water with a large slotted spoon and spread out on a tray or baking sheet to cool. Once vegetables are completely cool and well drained, toss together gently with your hands. Prepare your favorite stir-fry dish adding veggies and rice at appropriate cooking times according to your recipe.
Freezing Directions:
Prepare vegetables as indicated above. Divide into meal-sized portions suitable for your family and place in freezer bags. Press as much air out as possible and seal. Place cooked, cooled rice in a separate freezer bag. Attach to veggies. Place veggies and rice as flat as possible in the freezer. To serve: Prepare your favorite stir-fry dish adding veggies and rice at appropriate cooking times according to your recipe.
Servings: 6
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So going to do this. My Foodsaver will be perfect for this!
will be doing this… do you have (im sure i read an email from you once) a stirfry sauce to freeze as well… cant find it by searching stirfry, but it wasnt long ago? :)
This might be a silly question…what does blanch mean?
Blanching is a quick way to cook the veggies while preserving their crunch and taste.
This is so simple! Why hadn’t I ever thought of this? I’m sure we will make stir-fry a lot more when I don’t have to take the time to prepare the veggies the night of – that is what takes the most time!
Just finished making mine. I added mushroom (which is in your pix, but not in the list) and did them for one minute also. Yummy! Now next summer I will do some of this while things are fresh from my garden!
Mmm I would like the sauce recipe as well! Freeze that ahead and I am set – I do my rice in a steamer and won’t freeze that ahead…
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