This one is quick and easy and the forbidden rice from lotus foods brand is some the best around, and it adds a nice color contrast to a familiar dish… plain and simple, heres how it breaks down

1 cup Forbidden Rice 

1 1/2 cup water

2 oz of green pepper julienne

2 oz carrots fine julienne

2 oz celery julienne on the bias

2 oz roasted corn

2 oz of mushrooms julienne (shitake preferable)

2 oz onions julienne

1 oz green onions cut on the bias

1 oz garlic chopped

3 oz vegetable stock

2 oz soy sauce (low sodium if possible)

1 1/2 oz vegetable or peanut oil

1 oz sesame oil

2 T toasted sesame seeds

2 T fresh ground balinese long peppercorn

1 tsp of rice wine vinegar

1 tsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tsp water

Garnish of sriacha (rooster sauce) hot sauce

Heat water to just boiling, add rice, let simmer, turn down heat to low and cover, cook for approximately 35 to 40 minutes, or until just tender. (rice cooker is ideal but most people dont have one readily available) 

Put a wok (or hot pan preferably cast iron or whatever pan you can get to high heat, teflon and nonstick are not good ideas as eventually the high heat breaks down the adhesive of the nonstick and the adhesive is toxic to eat) over hight heat, and place both oils in the pan, and then drop in all the vegetables (save the garlic and green onions) cut to roughly the same size so the cook time is the same, toss vigoursly so as to keep the items in motion as allowing them to sit will “burn” that side, cook for approximately 2 – 3 minutes and then add the garlic, as soon as you smell the burst of garlic flavor, add the soy sauce and chicken stock, toss a couple times to coat vegetables, add cornstarch and water mixture (aka slurry), if liquid becomes to thick add more vegetable stock until desired coating is achieved. Season with sea salt and fresh ground balinese long peppercorn. Place rice in the center using a ring mold, surround with stir fried veggies, top with sriacha for nice heat and tang and voila, quick and easy stir fry thats a bit more striking than just your plain white rice.