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A landscape photo of a plate filled with stir fried morning glory. A rich brown sauce sits underneath a pile of fried morning glory, chunks of garlic, long red chillies and soybeans.
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Thai Morning Glory Stir Fry

The perfect side dish or quick lunch, stir fried morning glory is one of the easiest Thai dishes you'll ever make. 7 ingredients, 5 minutes and you'll be in Thai food heaven.
This recipe will make enough for 4 as a side dish. If you want to serve as a lunch or dinner, it will be enough for 2 served with rice.
Course Starters & Sides
Cuisine Thai
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 33kcal
Author Jess & Dan

Ingredients

  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 4 bird eye chillies – sliced in half lengthways*
  • 200 g morning glory – rinsed and cut into 2-3 inch pieces
  • 1 tablespoon fermented soybean paste also known as yellow bean sauce*
  • 2 tablespoon vegetarian oyster or mushroom sauce*
  • 1 teaspoon vegan fish sauce – see notes
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • cup water
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Instructions

  • Pound the garlic and chillies in a pestle and mortar.
    4 cloves garlic, 4 bird eye chillies
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a wok until it's very hot.
    1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • Add the garlic and chillies and stir for 10 seconds.
    4 cloves garlic, 4 bird eye chillies
  • Throw in the rest of the ingredients and keep stirring for around 90 seconds.
    200 g morning glory, 1 tablespoon fermented soybean paste, 2 tablespoon vegetarian oyster, 1 teaspoon vegan fish sauce, 1 teaspoon sugar, ⅛ cup water
  • Serve as a side or with jasmine rice for a lunch/dinner portion.

Notes

  • This isn't the spiciest Thai dish out there by a long way, but use fewer chillies if you're not really into spicy food.
  • The vegetarian oyster and fish sauces could be substituted for soy sauce if you don't have them.
  • The fermented soybean paste could also be replaced by miso paste, although the flavour might not be perfect.
  • If you don't have Morning Glory (water spinach), you can use a mix of tenderstem broccoli and spinach.

Nutrition

Calories: 33kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 546mg | Potassium: 195mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 3189IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg