HAM STIR FRY WITH COUSCOUS

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The traditional Easter meat with a traditional Middle East pasta, stir fried with veggies and then simmered with a chicken broth mixture. Ham stir fry? Yes, indeed! Ham leftovers never had it so good. Everyone who has tried this has loved this savory stir fry.

Provided by STEPHNDON

Categories Main Dish Recipes Stir-Fry Pork

Time 20m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 ½ cups water
1 cup couscous
2 cups chicken broth
¼ cup cornstarch
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (16 ounce) package mixed broccoli and cauliflower florets
1 carrot, sliced
¼ pound cooked ham, cut into strips
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
½ cup sliced almonds

Steps:

To Make Couscous: In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in couscous, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until fluffy. Cover and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine broth, cornstarch, soy sauce, brown sugar and ginger. Mix together and set aside.
Heat oil in a large skillet or wok. Add garlic, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot; stir-fry for 7 to 8 minutes or until crisp-tender (add water as needed if pan gets too dry).
Stir broth mixture and pour over vegetable mixture in skillet, then stir in ham and water chestnuts. Cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in almonds. Serve stir fry over hot couscous.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 318 calories, Carbohydrate 46.6 g, Cholesterol 11.2 mg, Fat 8.9 g, Fiber 5.5 g, Protein 12.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 994.3 mg, Sugar 9.6 g