SWEET AND SOUR CHUKARS

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Number Of Ingredients 20

4 game hen (Chukar), boned
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry ginger
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons brown sugar
cornstarch
vegetable oil or peanut oil
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 large green bell pepper, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1 can pineapple tidbit
2 diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup cold water

Steps:

Mix together soy sauce, dry ginger, salt, minced garlic, and brown sugar. Add the boned meat and marinate 1 hour. Roll marinated birds in cornstarch and pan fry in vegetable or peanut oil. For the sauce combine pineapple juice, white vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire. The recipe can also be supplemented with commercial fish sauces, hoisin sauces, etc. Bring the above ingredients to boil. Add diced green and red peppers, chopped green onion. Cook one minute. Add pineapple tidbits and diced tomatoes. In small bowl mix cornstarch with cold water and slowly add to sauce. Sauce will thicken as it cooks. If sauce is too thin, repeat this step until desired consistency is met. Serve with Japanese sticky rice.

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