Simple stir-fry quickly fills a dinner plate

In this simple stir-fry, tender strips of white turkey and crunchy pea pods are tossed in a rich, brown sauce sparked by soy sauce, vinegar and pepper. "The cooking is done in the blink of an eye," says food writer Leslie Revsin, "so be sure to have all the ingredients prepped and ready by the stove."

The recipe is from her cookbook "The Simpler The Better" (Wiley, 2004) which offers a trove of around 100 streamlined but do-it-from-scratch recipes.

Turkey Snow-Pea Stir-Fry

(Preparation and cooking time 30 minutes)

1/2 pound snow peas

1 pound turkey breast cutlets

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 3/4 teaspoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

String snow peas. Rinse cutlets and dry with paper towels. Cut against grain into 1/8-inch-thick strips. In a small bowl, mix soy sauce with vinegar, cornstarch, 3 tablespoons water and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Set sauce aside.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok or very large skillet over high heat. Add snow peas and cook, stirring and tossing constantly, until the color brightens, about 1 minute. Transfer to a platter. Add remaining oil to wok and when almost smoking, add turkey. Cook, stirring, tossing, and separating strips with a spatula, until they look mostly white, about 1 minute.

Return snow peas to wok with turkey. Reduce heat to medium. Give sauce a stir and add to wok. Bring to boil, stirring. Cook until sauce thickens and turns clear, 1 minute. Serve hot.

Makes 3 to 4 servings.