Sweet and Spicy BBQ Stir-Fry

This dish includes a recipe for an amazing homemade BBQ stir-fry sauce - I make a big batch of the sauce and freeze it in portions big enough for dinners for 2. It's not really a thick BBQ sauce in the traditional sense, rather a sauce that is great for a sweet and spicy BBQ flavored stir fry. This recipe is great as it is with onions, broccoli, and seitan, but really you could substitute anything in there. I like red bell peppers, broccoli, water chestnuts and white onions.

Once again Isa Chandra Moskowitz hits the nail on the head!

http://www.theppk.com/2011/02/seitan-broccoli-with-pantry-bbq-sauce/

Sweet and Spicy BBQ Stir-Fry

Ingredients for the BBQ Sauce:
-1/2 cup vegetable broth
-2 tbsp pure maple syrup
-2 tbsp molasses
-2 tbsp tomato paste
-2 tbsp peanut butter
-1 tbsp soy sauce
-1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
-1 tbsp Dijon mustard
-1/2 tsp liquid smoke
-1/2 tsp Sriracha hot sauce (or more if you want it!)

Ingredients for the stir-fry:
-1 tbsp olive oil
-1 small onion, thinly sliced
-Big pinch salt
-1 lb seitan, thinly sliced
-3 cloves garlic, minced
-Fresh black pepper
-3 to 4 cups broccoli florettes and peeled and sliced stems
-If you prefer, instead of seitan you can use other veggies, or tofu

Method:

Mix all of the BBQ Sauce ingredients together in a bowl.

Preheat a large pan over medium high heat. Saute the onions in oil with a big pinch of salt for about 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the seitan and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, until seitan is browned. Add garlic and black pepper and saute for about a minute, until fragrant.

Add a tiny bit more oil if needed.  Mix in the broccoli and cover the pan to cook, lifting intermittently to stir, until softened (about 5 minutes.)

Add the sauce, toss to coat, and cook for about 5 more minutes. Sauce should become thick and bubbly. Taste for salt and seasoning and serve.