Monday, December 9, 2024

MONDAY MORNING RECIPE POST - COPYCAT RECIPE FOR P. F. CHANG’S VEGETABLE STIR FRY

The recipe today comes from a food blog called XOXOBella. I have been wanting to make this recipe for a long time.  You can find it here.  


P. F. Changs Vegetarian Fried Rice - makes 4 servings

Ingredients: 

Neutral  oil - we used avocado
(Neutral oil guide here on others you can use)

1 cup Jasmine rice
1-3/4 cups vegetable broth
1/2 tablespoon Canola oil
2 eggs
1 cup carrots, cut into two to three inch strips
1 cup sugar snap peas
2 cups broccoli florets
1/2 cup bean sprouts 
2 stalks green onion


Vegetarian Dark Sauce:
3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons mirin 
(Mirin is a sweet Japanese cooking wine)
2 teaspoons hot chili oil
2 teaspoons ginger, minced
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Pinch of white pepper 

Pour boiling water over dried mushrooms and steep 30 minutes. Drain the mushrooms, squeeze to remove excess moisture, slice and set aside.

Bring a large pot of water to boil and add the broccoli and snap peas. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until done. Remove the vegetables and set aside.

Heat oil in wok over medium to medium-high heat. Amount is not mentioned but we used 2 tablespoons.

Add the rice, bean sprouts, carrots and scallions. Stir until evenly mixed.

Using the back of your spatula, press down on your rice and break up any large chunks, making sure to fry the rice in the oil. 

Add the shiitake mushrooms, broccoli and snap peas and stir into the rice.

Add the white pepper into the wok and stir into the rice.

Add the dark soy sauce around the rim of the wok and stir into the rice, making sure there are no white spots left.

Turn off the heat and adjust the seasonings, with salt to taste.


What did we think?
Very good and we would enjoy making it again.

We don’t have white pepper, just regular. 

We had cauliflower needing to be used and added it along with the broccoli, also cutting it into florets.

We didn’t have snap peas, substituting edamame instead. 

I missed the bit about slicing the mushrooms.  Slicing probably would have been better to distribute more throughout the dish.

We had a commercial dark sauce already in the fridge but I would like to try making it next time using the ingredients above.

We sprinkled low sodium soy sauce on top of our dish at the table, and also a little sriracha. 


Thanks for visiting and 
have a great day.






48 comments:

  1. It really looks Chinese, and healthy too!

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    1. I agree. It looks good though.
      Nice one denise 👍
      I would add some protein, for me. :)

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    2. Ginny it is very healthy and that’s what we were going for. It has been a while since we had a Chinese meal, even longer since we visited P. F. Changs :)

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    3. Thank you Liam and this would go very nicely with a protein, though we are trying to add more meatless meals these days :)

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  2. Looks good, Denise but I would serve chicken with it.

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  3. It does look good. Very good. Thank you.

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    1. Glad you like the look of it, thank you Sue :)

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    1. It is definitely both of those, thank you Janice :)

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  5. Looks great, Denise, and since we are ever more edging towards a vegetarian diet it is perfect for us.

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    1. Thank you David, I hope you and Miriam like it :)

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  6. Hello Denise,
    The fried rice looks yummy, thanks for sharing.
    Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.

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    1. Hi Eileen, thank you and you are very welcome. I wish you the same :)

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  7. looks so good and as always you do know how to plate a plate..

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    1. Sweet of you to say Sandra, I take note of our wonderful food bloggers and their presentations. Angie comes to mind. Her food plates are a work of art.

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  8. I am glad that you enjoyed it :-) I certainly can't live without meat LOL

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    1. My husband says the same thing :) Thanks Angie :)

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  9. Mouth watering and very eye appealing we love fried rice
    Thank you
    Hugs cecilia

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    1. Thank you Cecilia, it is a favorite here also :)

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  10. An interesting recipe that you could make a few changes to with what is available. I hope all is well. Cheers Diane

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  11. I like your adventurous spirit in what you cook and share. :)

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  12. Looks good to eat. A recipe to keep.

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  13. Looks good; ingredients make it a healthy dish.

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  14. This is my kind of dish Denise. It looks wonderful. I no longer eat rice because of the carbs, but sure would love to! My family would enjoy it. Maybe with some cauliflower rice for me.

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    1. Wonderful Martha Ellen, so glad. Cauliflower rice would be a great substitution :)

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  15. Yum! Thanks for some delicious inspirations!

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  16. Many thanks for sharing this recipe idea.

    All the best Jan

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    1. I am very happy you like the look of it Jan and you are very welcome :) Thank you, and all the best!

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