Skillet Pepper Mushroom Onion Stir-Fry

Skillet Pepper Mushroom Onion Stir-Fry is a lightning-fast side dish that pairs perfectly with steak or make it a vegetarian meal over rice.

I'm sharing one of my favorite side dish recipes, Skillet Pepper Mushroom Onion Stir-Fry.

Although it's fantastic with steak, I've also eaten it by itself over rice for a delicious, light vegetarian meal.

Our house, mainly the kids, are not known for their love of veggies, so I keep easy recipes like this in the holster to change things up a bit.

(Other easy favorites include cucumber-onion-tomato salad, roasted root vegetables, and Sweet and Sauerkraut – Cabbage Bacon Onion Saute.)

How to make skillet pepper mushroom onion stir-fry

My favorite strategy for making Skillet Pepper Mushroom Onion Stir-Fry is to prep the veggies in advance.

This means all I have to do is fry everything up in the skillet. So easy!

We usually eat these veggies with a nice ribeye steak.

Important: I fry these babies up in the same skillet I just used to cook the steak while it rests.

The residual bits of steak and fat in the bottom of the pan adds tremendous flavor to the veggies.

Added BONUS: No need to heat up or dirty another pan

Just add some butter, salt and pepper can cook to your desired doneness.

Leftover stir-fry

I've added these stir-fried veggies to omelettes and frittatas for a great breakfast.

Feel free to top salads with them. It works wonderful.

They're also great in soups: for example, they'd make a great addition to my Pork-Miso Ramen Soup with Soy-Marinated Egg.

Can I freeze the vegetables?

You absolutely can, although the results will never be as good as fresh.

I almost always have bell peppers in the freezer (I freeze them whole, but you can also chop or slice them first).

I chop or slice onions before freezing. 

Mushrooms are a slightly different beast. If you freeze them raw, they'll turn to mush.

I clean, chop, and saute them before freezing.

I've kept these frozen veggies in airtight containers or freezer bags for months at a time.

Freezing vegetables, although not ideal, is a great back-up strategy for those times when you don't feel like grocery shopping.

I've fallen back on this many times, particularly since the beginning of 2020 stay-at-home orders.

That's it! I hope you love this easy, delicious veggie side dish recipe!

—xoxo Michelle

I'm linking my Skillet Pepper-Mushroom-Onion Stir-Fry recipe up with #CookBlogShare, a great food blogger recipe-share hosted this week at Everyday Healthy Recipes.

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