Sweet - Sour Meat
Submitted by liz1313ankh
A quick sweet and sour sauce with green pepper, raisins, soy sauce, and vinegar tossed with leftover cooked meat. Use chicken, turkey, beef, or pork. Dinner for two from leftovers.
YIELD
2 servingsPREP
20 minCOOK
20 minREADY
40 minGot leftover meat in the fridge and about 15 minutes to spare? This recipe turns it into dinner.
Green pepper pieces get cooked slowly in a little oil until tender, then a glossy sweet and sour sauce of sugar, cornstarch, broth, vinegar, and soy sauce gets built right in the same pan.
Toss in your cooked meat (chicken, turkey, beef, pork, whatever you’ve got) and a handful of raisins for bursts of sweetness, and the whole thing comes together before you can set the table.
Serve it over rice and it’s a complete meal for two.
Kitchen Tips
- Cook the green pepper slowly over low heat for the full 10 minutes. Rushing it on high heat gives you charred, crunchy pepper instead of tender, sweet pieces.
- Stir the sauce constantly as it thickens. Cornstarch clumps fast, and lumpy sauce is hard to fix after the fact.
- Use any leftover meat you have on hand. This recipe was designed to be flexible, so don’t overthink it.
Ingredients
Directions
Cut green pepper in 1 inch pieces.
Cook slowly in fat or oil in a heated fry pan about 10 minutes, until tender.
Mix sugar and cornstarch.
Mix in broth, vinegar and soy sauce;add to green pepper.
Cook over medium heat, stirring until sauce is clear and thickened.
Add meat and raisins.
Heat.
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