Fennel Mushroom Stir Fry

Bergy's Note:

If you are not familiar with fennel it has a refreshing licorice taste and this combined with onions & mushrooms is really tasty -Nice to have a some new options for veggies on your dinner menu especially one like this bold, colorful, crunchy dish

• Total Time: 23 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 (1 lb) fennel bulb , remove any branches shooting up from the bulb itself
• 3 tablespoons lite olive oil or 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt and pepper
• ½ cup red onion , coarsely chopped
• ½ red pepper , coarsely chopped
• 2 ½ cups mushrooms , cleaned,cut in half or quartered
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions:

1. Cut the fennel bulb in half and coarsely chop the stalks, trim away the hard bottom core Heat the oil over high heat for 30 secs.
2. Add onions salt& pepper stir fry 1 minute.
3. Add peppers& fennel stir fry for 3 minutes or until the veggies are just slightly charred around the edges (not burned) Add mushrooms& stir fry until the mushrooms are soft& slightly brown.
4. Sprinkle with lemon juice& serve.

Reviews

[grunig]

This was really good and simple to do. Even my boys ate it. It did seem to me to be lacking just a bit in seasoning though so next time I may try to mix in some Thyme. Oh and I didn't have onions so I just doubled the pepper portion. This was my first time with fennel too so I am glad it turned out to be easy. And don't let the licorice flavor scare you away. It is quite mild.

[*Parsley*]

I really loved this veggie combination. Nice and colorful. I followed the recipe exactly as written, but I used white onion because I didn't have red. Also, I cut the oil back to 2 tbsp and it worked fine. Great side dish or meatless maindish. Thanx for a great stir-fry recipe. I'll make this again.

[LaurietheLibrarian]

I made this into a meal by putting some chicken pieces in the wok first with olive oil and some garlic. I kept the chicken warm while I followed the directions above and then lightly tossed the veggies and chicken. The meal was balanced by serving it on brown rice. I enjoyed the flavor very much and the kids ate it too! I may have been a bit heavy handed on the lemon juice. My recomendation would be to season with lemon to taste.