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Friday, June 12, 2015

Sweet 'n' Sour Sauced Lamb

Ingredients

  • Servings: 2
  • 1/3 lb lean boneless lamb
  • 2 teaspoons cooking oil
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 small carrot, cut in coins
  • 1/2 small green bell pepper, cut in strips
  • 2 green onions, chopped/sliced (in large or small pieces, it's up to your preference)
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup pineapple chunk, drained
  • rice, hot cooked

Recipe

  • 1 place lamb in a freezeable container, then partially freeze the meat (this makes it easier to slice thinly).
  • 2 thinly slice into bite-size strips.
  • 3 stovetop method, meat step: heat a skillet over high temperature, then add the cooking oil and sesame oil; saute the sliced lamb, stirring often, until no longer pink, about 2 minutes.
  • 4 microwave method, meat step: preheat a 6 1/2-inch microwave browning dish on 100% power for 4 minutes; add the cooking oil and sesame oil to browning dish and swirl to coat the dish; add the sliced lamb and microwave, covered, on 100% power for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes or till lamb is no longer pink, stirring every 30 seconds.
  • 5 stovetop method, vegetable step: add the carrot, sliced green pepper, and green onions and cook, stirring often, until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
  • 6 microwave method, vegetable step: stir in sliced carrot, green pepper strips and sliced green onion and microwave, covered, on 100% power for 2 to 3 minutes more or till the vegetables are crisp-tender; drain off liquid.
  • 7 stovetop method, sauce step: in a saucepan, stir together the brown sugar, cornstarch, water, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, and ground ginger; heat over medium-high until thickened and bubbly, then add the pineapple and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute or until pineapple is heated through.
  • 8 microwave method, sauce step: in a 2-cup measure stir together the brown sugar, and cornstarch; stir in the water, red wine vinegar, soy sauce and ground ginger; microwave, uncovered, on 100% power for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly, stirring every 30 seconds; stir in drained pineapple chunks and microwave, uncovered, on 100% power about 30 seconds more or till the pineapple is heated through.
  • 9 toss the pineapple mixture with the lamb mixture and serve with cooked rice.
  • 10 note: i hope these instructions have been made clear for both methods! this was a recipe adoption, and i made changes to the instructions, hoping to make it a bit more understandable.

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