They are one of the must of Italian cuisine, let's find out how many ways you can prepare vegetables in a pan, the ideal side dish for many dishes
A side dish accompanying the main course, a single dish light and nourishing: le vegetables pan-fried are one of the must of Italian cuisine. There are many ways to prepare and propose them at the table: let's discover them together.
A small premise: always choose (at least when you can) fresh and seasonal ingredients!
Sauté in the pan
Stir-frying vegetables is a quick and easy way to prepare them. It is certainly one of the preparations that give greater taste. Vegetables are good for this type of cooking fresh both those frozen, of course the former will give even more flavor to your dish. You can use carrots, peppers, le potatoes, peas, green and red cabbage, aubergines, onions, courgettes, i broccoli and turnip greens, mushrooms.
The first thing to do is to make sure that the vegetables are dry before putting them in a pan, if left wet they will cook in their water and become too soft and not very soft. crunchy. Then cut them into very thin slices, especially those that have a longer cooking – the secret of this cooking is in fact cooking all the ingredients quickly and uniformly – and prepare the flavors (garlic, shallot, but also ginger if you like) that will serve to season the vegetables while they cook in a pan.
At this point put the pan (or the wok) on the stove over high heat and, when it is hot, add the oil. When it starts to fry, first add the flavors you have prepared and only then the other vegetables, starting with those that have a longer cooking. A few minutes and everything will be ready to be brought to the table.
Stir-fried vegetables without oil
They will not be crunchy and tasty like those stir-fried, but also for vegetables cooking without oil – done well – allows to give the ingredients taste and substance. Among all foods, in fact, vegetables lend themselves more to this type of cooking because they use their own water without drying out. The first method to prepare them in this way is grilling. In this case the secret is the seasoning before bringing them to the table. Extra virgin olive oil, soybean and other sauces for dressing they can help give flavor to vegetables.
If grilling vegetables doesn't seem the best solution you can try stufarle. Cut them into strips or rounds, put a non-stick pan with a little coarse salt on the fire (medium heat) and add the vegetables. Cover with a lid – with the steam that will significantly help cooking – and stir occasionally. Once cooked, season with pepper or chili pepper, a little extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar or a splash of lemon.
The most famous recipes for pan-fried vegetables
There are many recipes for cooking vegetables in a pan. There is caponata Sicilian, or the ratatouille French (to which to add gods shrimp); you can make very good pan sautéed courgettes, you can you can use simple artichokes for a light and tasty dish and make one stew with swordfish.