A Very Nice 'Drop' of Sweet & Sour

[AndrewT]

Dear all,

A 'quickie' today, a Sweet and Sour, made from a Jar- actually two. I had some Chicken pieces, in the freezer..... First I sharpened my, handy size, Kitchen Knife, I have an old 'Ribbed Sharpener'- I have absolutely know idea how old it is, it was Passed Onto me three years ago- from a friend.

I Bashed Down two smallish onions, whilst I defrosted the chicken- partly in hot water, partly in the microwave. Next I put the onion into my largest Pot and gently fried it- until it was 'Just' browning. I then added the sweet & Sour sauce and brought this up to a simmer. As I did this I chopped the chicken and put it into a 'hot' frying pan. I kept the chicken 'moving' as it Browned, before reducing the heat.

Once the chicken was cooked through I added it into the Sauce, along with some extra boiling water- I didn't actually measure this, just until it 'Looked' right. I put the heat on, medium high, until I had a 'rolling' boil. I left this for, few minutes before reducing the heat, to a simmer. NB Make sure that this is regularly stirred, especially when being heated quickly.

After about twenty minutes I turned off the heat, but continued to stir, the mixture, as it cooled.

I served this with plain Brown Rice.... and Very Good it was too. Even my neighbour agreed. In all a Nice (oh Gawd Andrew 'Nice' Please!) meal.

AndrewT

[MrRigatoni]

Hello good morning to you wonderful a fellow chef like me. lol...

Tip remember to put out frozen Chicken night before.

Defrosted early just to be safe.

You could another tip trick is to make these take out meals for your freezer.

Doing this to day.

Meat balls ready made in my own sauce.

You could look on line for ones to make.

Chow Mein is basically a Chinese Stew all that is.

Good to do use Five Spice Powder Stock Tomato tin and Onions add in any thing like Peppers when defrosting.

Write notes bullets notes short so know what to do next time.

I do this have a recipe book to look at forgetful.

From small acorns come ...

I do this a lot make these in to my freezer meals the following.

Bolognese, Meatballs.

Found freezer bags for sauces easy to do.

Please be proud of every thing your doing.

Happy cooking

[Zest]

Hi AndrewT

Fantastic that your neighbour enjoyed your meal. It sounds tasty. Glad you enjoyed it too.

Zest

[AndrewT in reply to Zest]

Yes Myself, and Michael, do- quite often- share a Meal..... Clearly 'at a distance' currently.

AndrewT