A hot wok, a selection of vegetables, protein and/or noodles, and a couple of aromatics and sauces. This is your sure-fire formula for stir-frying success. Stir-fries are your solution for an fast, easy and extremely satisfying dinner; or as part of a more luxurious banquet. A few handy tips: make sure your ingredients are prepared and ready to go, and that your vegetables cut to similar sizes to allow for quick cooking. Because once that wok is searing hot, it’s all lightning-fast action for here on in.
Vietnamese chilli and lime caramel pork stir-fry
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Helly Raichura’s stir-fried warrigal greens and vegetables (shak bhaja)
Photo: Parker Blain

Stir-fried sweet potato noodles with tofu
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Stir-fried water spinach with preserved bean curd (fu yu ong choy)
Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Tony Tan’s stir-fried beef with chilli bean paste, dried chilli and capsicums
Photo: Chris Chen

Louis Tikaram’s stir-fried snake beans with pork
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

Photo: William Meppem

Victor Liong’s stir-fried beef hor fun
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Tony Tan’s typhoon shelter prawns
Photo: Anson Smart

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kylie Kwong’s stir-fried Australian native greens with garlic
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Chicken stir-fried with holy basil and chilli
Photo: William Meppem

Tony Tan’s stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Stir-fried eggplant with sweet tamarind sauce
Photo: Chris Court

Dainty Sichuan’s wawa cabbage (chow wawa cai)
Photo: Mark Roper

Dan Hong’s mud crab with XO sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Thi Le’s stir-fried pork liver with garlic chives and beansprouts

Kylie Kwong’s beef with black bean and chilli sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Drunken corn and ginger stir-fry with silken tofu
Photo: Craig Wall

Stir-fried beef and gai lan with rice noodles
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Photo: Chris Court

Stir-fried beetroot leaves with coconut and spices
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Stir-fried okra with garlic and ginger
Photo: Chris Chen

Crisp pork belly stir-fry with snake beans and okra
Photo: James Moffatt

Stir-fried broad beans with Chinese bacon (La rou chao candou)
Photo: Chris Chen

Tony Tan’s stir-fried chicken with Chinese olive vegetable
Photo: Anson Smart

Photo: James Moffatt