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31+ Colorful, Tasty Vegan Stir-Fry Recipes

January 21, 2022Updated March 17, 2024 By taylor-jasmine Leave a Comment

Colorful and tasty, the vegetable-rich vegan stir-fry recipes presented here can serve as easy weeknight meals or festive weekend fare. If rice, noodles, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and plant proteins like tofu, seitan, etc., are staples in your pantry and refrigerator, just add fresh vegetables to make great Asian-inspired meals.

stir-fry recipes roundup

Stir-fries are just about the easiest ways to use up vegetables lingering in your crisper, or that you’ve just brought home from the grocery store or farm market. The savory sauces and seasonings you choose to flavor them might even tempt the most vegetable-shy.

So heat up your stir-fry pan or wok, and let’s get started on these irresistible vegan stir-fry recipes! (all this being said, if you like to be spontaneous, here’s how to make an easy vegetable stir-fry without a recipe.)

Tofu, tempeh, & seitan stir-fries

Stir-fried Sweet and Sour Vegetables

Stir-Fried Sweet and Sour Vegetables with Seitan, Tempeh, or Tofu: This luscious preparation has several steps, but is made easily and at a leisurely pace. Best of all, it results in a delicious, filling meal. 

Sweet & Sour Stir-Fried Vegetables with Tofu

Sweet-and-Sour Stir-Fried Vegetables and Tofu: The synergy between colorful vegetables, sweet pineapple, and tofu is delightful. Extra-firm tofu is a go-to choice, though the plant protein can be varied each time you make this recipe.

Spicy eggplant and tofu in garlic sauce

Spicy Eggplant and Tofu in Garlic Sauce is a tasty variation on a well-loved dish in western Chinese restaurants. This interpretation doesn’t aim to be authentic so much as easy and flavorful.

Tofu and Bok Choy

Tofu and Bok Choy Stir-Fry: This quick stir-fry uses two of my favorite shortcuts — a richly-flavored teriyaki marinade and squeeze-bottle ginger. You’ll find teriyaki marinade in the Asian foods section of most any supermarket or natural foods store.

Tofu and Broccoli Stir-Fry2

Easy Orange Tofu and Broccoli Stir-Fry: Here’s an easy and delectable stir-fry with two orange flavors — fresh juice and preserves (or marmalade). Making good use of baked tofu, which doesn’t need to be drained or pressed, it’s a meal you can make in a flash on a weekday or savor on a weekend.

Sweet and Savory Stir-Fried Tofu

Simple Stir-Fried Tofu with Sweet and Savory Flavors: With the synergy of gently sweet and salty flavors, tofu becomes a tasty treat once it turns crisp and golden. When you want a basic tofu dish to boost the protein content of a meal, this might just become your go-to recipe. 

Spicy Green Bean Stir-fry with Tempeh and cashews

Spicy Tempeh and Green Bean Stir-Fry: An easy, spicy tempeh stir-fry contributed by Dianne Wenz proves that these ingredients were meant for each other. Amp up or tone down the spice to suit your taste in this no-fuss vegan main dish.

Buddha's delight

Buddha’s Delight: Featuring seitan, vegetables, baby corn, and mushrooms, this Buddha’s Delight recipe replicates a Chinese restaurant menu favorite. It’s an easy and delicious vegan dish to copycat at home!

Seitan and broccoli stir-fry in pan

Super-Easy Broccoli and Seitan Stir-Fry: Here’s a simple seitan stir-fry that highlights the unique flavor and texture of this  high-protein food.  You can think of this as a vegan “beef” and broccoli, or just enjoy it on its own merits. One of my favorite vegan stir-fry recipes!

Noodle & Rice stir-fries

Plant-based Chick’n & Vegetable Chow Mein

Vegetable Chow Mein: If you’re a fan of stir-fried noodle dishes, this one will be right up your alley. Easy and adaptable, you can make it a little different each time, according to what vegetables are in your fridge (or even your freezer).

Asian Noodles with fresh shiitake, napa cabbage, and tofu

Noodles with Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms, Napa Cabbage & Tofu: Here’s a delicious shiitake mushroom pasta recipe with an Asian spin. Embellished with napa cabbage, bell pepper, and scallions, it’s a quick noodle dish flavored with ginger, readymade teriyaki sauce, and an optional blast of Chinese black bean sauce.

Vegan Spicy Asian Noodle Stir-Fry with Spicy Ground & Cabbage

Spicy Asian Noodle Stir-Fry with Plant-Based Ground & Cabbage: A classic spicy Asian noodle stir-fry recipe goes vegan with beefy plant-based ground that you spice up. Or, you can go straight to a prepared, spicy plant-based chorizo. Mingled with cabbage and plenty of garlic and scallion, it’s an easy, luscious dish for noodle fans.

Soba noodles with corn and cabbage2sm

Stir-Fried Soba Noodles with Corn and Cabbage: This tasty Asian-inspired dish of stir-fried soba noodles, featuring plenty of cabbage and corn teams especially well with tofu dishes. It’s a noodle dish that’s super quick and easy to prepare and can be on the table in about twenty minutes.

Stir-Fried Udon Noodles With Tofu, Broccoli, and Carrot,

Easy Teriyaki Noodles with Tofu and Broccoli is an stir-fry recipe that’s simple enough to make for a weeknight meal. 

Stir-fried soba noodles with tofu, broccoli, and snow peas

Stir-Fried Soba Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables: Featuring broccoli, green peas, mushrooms, and snow peas, this noodle dish makes a quick, light dinner. Super-easy and tasty, all you need to complete this meal is a platter of raw veggies. 

Asian Noodles with Vegetable Stir-Fry

Teriyaki Asian Noodles with Tofu and Stir-Fried Vegetables: This vegetable and noodle stir-fry tastes just as great as what you might get for take-out. Maybe better! Use your favorite type of noodle — soba, udon, etc., or regular spaghetti or linguini.

Easy Vegetable Lo Mein recipe

Green Goodness Vegetable Lo Mein: It’s so easy to make vegetable lo mein, a Chinese restaurant favorite, and this homemade version is bursting with flavorful green vegetables.

Thai Pineapple Coconut Stir-Fried Rice

Stir-Fried Pineapple Coconut Rice: Pineapple adds a refreshing note to to a hearty, vegetable-filled rice dish, making an everyday meal seem like a special occasion.

Teriyaki fried rice and tofu with bell peppers and peanuts

Teriyaki Fried Rice and Tofu: This simple rice stir-fry is a sturdy, everyday kind of weekday dinner main dish. Embellished with bell peppers and peanuts, it just might become a mainstay in your repertoire. Having the rice cooked ahead of time makes this a breeze.

“Meaty” vegan stir-fries

Vegan mongolian beef with asparagus & peppers

Vegan Mongolian Beef: Here’s an easy recipe replicate at home using plant-based beef-style protein or seitan. It’s a kinder, gentler way to enjoy an Asian-style dish. Though not traditional to the dish, this version adds asparagus and bell pepper, though you can use whatever veggies you have on hand.

Vegan pepper steak served with rice

Vegan Pepper Steak: A plant-powered rendition of a Chinese restaurant favorite, pepper steak is an easy stir-fry to make at home, and a treat to eat. This version is just as hearty as the real thing, made with seitan or any of the varieties of steak-style plant protein options to accompany the plethora of peppers.

Vegan Orange Chicken & Broccoli2

Vegan Orange “Chicken” and Broccoli: Plant-based “chicken” transforms a Chinese restaurant favorite into a vegan treat. This quick and colorful dinner recipe gets its subtle fruity flavor from a splash of fresh orange juice and preserves — orange or apricot.

Vegan Pad See Eew with plant protein

Vegan Pad See Ew with Plant-Based Protein: If you’ve ever ordered pad see ew at a Thai eatery, you know that it always comes with a choice of “meat,” so in the case of this vegan version, that can be a variety of plant-based proteins. This is a favorite of mine among many vegan stir-fry recipes!

Vegetable-centered stir-fries

Sesame stir-fried green beans

Stir-Fried Sesame Green Beans: Made in-season, stir-fried sesame green beans is a delectable side dish. The window for good, fresh green beans happens in midsummer, so take advantage! Though green beans are generally available year-round, they’re best in season.

Stir-Fried Asian-Style Garlicky and Spicy Eggplant

Asian-style garlicky and spicy eggplant stir-fry: This one is inspired by a favorite Chinese restaurant dish, at least, the kind that’s on North American menus. Sometimes called eggplant in garlic sauce, it’s so easy to re-create at home.

Korean Spicy Eggplant

Korean-Inspired Spicy Eggplant: An easy Asian-style spicy eggplant dish, this uses prepared Korean BBQ sauce or Bulgogi sauce for major flavor impact. This easy and luscious eggplant recipe is an amalgam of inspiration from two Korean classics, gaji bokkeum and gochujang eggplant.

Stir Fried Eggplant and Bell Pepper, Szechuan inspired

Spicy Stir-Fried Eggplant and Peppers: This recipe is inspired by the spicy and garlicky stir-fried eggplant dish you may have enjoyed at Chinese eateries. It’s so easy to make at home, and might just become one of your favorite vegan stir-fry recipes!

Stir-fried orange broccoli and baby corn

Stir-Fried Orange Broccoli and Baby Corn: The secret to this incredibly easy and addictively tasty stir-fried broccoli recipe is the addition of orange preserves. It adds a subtle citrus note that makes this side dish irresistible. Use all-fruit (no-sugar) preserves or marmalade.

Simple stir-fried Chard with Napa cabbage

Stir-Fried Chard with Napa Cabbage: This dish of stir-fried chard combined with napa cabbage is downright addictive, served on its own or over hot cooked rice or noodles. Napa cabbage is a superb companion to dark leafy greens, adding a lighter texture and flavor as well as visual interest.

Baby Bok Choy stir-fry with sesame seeds & scallion

Ginger & Garlic Stir-Fried Bok Choy: Flavored with ginger and garlic, stir-fried bok choy is quick to prepare and can be served on its own or over rice, quinoa, or noodles.

Stir-fried bok choy and shiitake mushrooms with snow peas plated

Braised Bok Choy with Shiitake Mushrooms: Though this is really a braise rather than a stir-fry, it is made in a stir-fry pan, and I didn’t have the heart to leave out this delicious, simple dish. Even with the prep, it takes just minutes to make. It’s good on its own or over rice.

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