Translation guide
To cook small pieces of food quickly in hot oil while stirring. In Japanese, this is most commonly expressed with the verb 炒める (itameru), but other expressions exist depending on context.
To cook food by quickly frying in a small amount of very hot oil while stirring continuously.
The standard verb for stir-frying. Used for meat, vegetables, etc.
A dish made by stir-frying ingredients.
Stir-frying uses a small amount of oil and constant stirring. Deep-frying (揚げる, あげる) uses a lot of oil and is a different technique.
鶏肉を揚げる。
I deep-fry chicken.
野菜を炒める。
I stir-fry vegetables.
肉とピーマンを炒めてください。
Please stir-fry the meat and green peppers.
Literally 'do stir-fried food'. Used when talking about making a stir-fry dish.
今日は炒め物をしよう。
Let's make a stir-fry today.
Means to roast or pan-fry without oil, or with very little oil, often for seeds or grains. Not exactly stir-fry, but sometimes translated as such.
ごまを炒る。
I roast sesame seeds.
A general term for any stir-fried dish.
この炒め物はおいしい。
This stir-fry is delicious.
Stir-fried vegetables. A common specific dish.
野菜炒め定食をください。
I'll have the stir-fried vegetable set meal.