stir-fried; stir-frying; stir-fries
: to fry quickly over high heat in a lightly oiled pan (such as a wok) while stirring continuously
: to prepare food by stir-frying it
: a dish of something stir-fried
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Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
At the end of the workday, the two couples would cook with each other and share dishes — Chen and Wang stir-frying chicken and vegetables in a traditional Southern Chinese style, and Zhang and Liu making dumplings, a Northern Chinese staple.
—Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Elyssa Goldberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
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Verb
Soy Cowboy: Too pretty to pass up Soy Cowboy, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington, is the flashy pan-Asian restaurant from the owners of B&B Butchers, with a superstar menu of sushi, soups, dumplings, stir-fry dishes and steaks.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
At the end of the workday, the two couples would cook with each other and share dishes — Chen and Wang stir-frying chicken and vegetables in a traditional Southern Chinese style, and Zhang and Liu making dumplings, a Northern Chinese staple.
—Ray Chavez, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
This noodle bowl can be a main dish or the supporting player to a vegetable stir-fry.
—Elyssa Goldberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
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“Stir-fry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stir-fry. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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