Serendipity

[Laredo]

happens.

Here's a recent instance:

In a heavy cast iron skillet brown 1 1/2 pounds lean stew meat or stir-fry chicken with 1/2 cup sliced onion and 3/4 cup sliced bell peppers. Once meat is browned remove all from pan and set aside, keeping warm; into pan drippings stir the following:
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 cup orange juice
and simmer until reduced by half.
Put the meat and vegetables back in the sauce.
Toss and heat through; sprinkle with sliced almonds.
Serve over rice.

[PresTx82]

Is this a stew? How about some pictures? I'm hungry!

[Laredo]

Alas, I have no digital camera.

Think carne guisada.

[PresTx82]

No Habla Espanol, BUT ................. aren't you forgettin the:

Tomatoes
Onion
and Jalapenos ?

[Laredo]

nope. that's what the cayenne and oj are for!

[PresTx82]

It's just not the same!

Good recipe though!

[Laredo]

I'd intended to make teriyaki and didn't have any soy in the house.
This was good; it tastes a lot like 'orange beef'.

[PresTx82]

You should check out my teriyaki grilled salmon I posted a week ago. You can't beat it if you like salmon.

[Ma3tt]

Sounds good send me some! I'm gonna print that one out may increase the garlic a little, mmmmm mmmm good.

[Ira]

Hey, this sounds really good and simple.

I think if you're doing beef though, the key gotta be the kind of meat you buy.

But I HATE Teriyaki. Everything you add it to winds up tasing the same. It just tastes like that cheap Teriyaki sauce.

[Laredo]

that's the thing, Ira -- there's no teriyaki flavor involved. It's not really sweet & sour either -- more like sweet & hot.

[PresTx82]

Sorry to hear about your taste buds going out, Ira!

You just don't know until you try something different.........!

[Ira]

Sorry to hear about your taste buds going out, Ira!

You just don't know until you try something different.........!

I HAVE tried it. My wife uses it all the time, and to me, it just hides the taste of everything.

I put filet mignons on the grill, and she'll cover that fantastic beef flavor with terriyaki. It drives me NUTS!

I basically like the taste of it though, and use it for stir-fry--which I haven't done in a really long time.

[Laredo]

Ira,
Try this at home: get a tall can of crushed pineapple and two tablespoons of crushed garlic, three tablespoons of minced fresh ginger, four minced serrano peppers, and a four-ounce jar of cherry preserves. Put it all over low heat and cook, stirring, until the volume in the pan reduces by half.
Now strain it through a very fine sieve, add a teaspoon or two of soy sauce.

Presto: not-teriyaki.

[Ira]

Ira,
Try this at home: get a tall can of crushed pineapple and two tablespoons of crushed garlic, three tablespoons of minced fresh ginger, four minced serrano peppers, and a four-ounce jar of cherry preserves. Put it all over low heat and cook, stirring, until the volume in the pan reduces by half.
Now strain it through a very fine sieve, add a teaspoon or two of soy sauce.

Presto: not-teriyaki.

I AM doing this one! Half of the ingredients is stuff I already use, and the other half sounds like it goes GREAT with the rest!

Sounds like a sauce you can use with anything, and I'm guessing you would either brush it on right at the end of your grilling, use as a dipping sauce, or both.

What do you do?