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SWEET AND SOUR SHRIMP
1 package (6 ounces) frozen
1 cup boiling water
Chinese pea pods, partially thawed
1
⁄
2
cup reserved pineapple juice
1 can (13 ounces) juice-pack pineapple
2 teaspoons soy sauce
chunks or tidbits (drain and reserve juice)
1
⁄
2
teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cans (4
1
⁄
2
ounces each) shrimp,
3 tablespoons sugar
rinsed and drained
1 chicken bouillon cube
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
Fluffy rice
Place pea pods and drained pineapple in stoneware. In a small saucepan, stir
together cornstarch and sugar. Dissolve bouillon cube in boiling water and add with
juice, soy sauce and ginger to saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring, and cook sauce for
about 1 minute or until thickened and transparent. Gently blend sauce into pea pods
and pineapple. Cover and cook on
LOW
for 5 to 6 hours.
Before serving, add shrimp and vinegar, stirring carefully to avoid breaking up
shrimp. Serve over hot rice.
CHICKEN WITH TROPICAL BARBEQUE SAUCE
1
⁄
4
cup molasses
1
⁄
8
to
1
⁄
4
teaspoon hot pepper sauce
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3 whole bone-in chicken breasts, halved
2 teaspoons prepared Dijon mustard
Combine molasses, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, hot pepper sauce and
orange juice. Arrange chicken in stoneware. Brush sauce over chicken. Cover and
cook on
LOW
7 to 9 hours (
HIGH
: 3 to 4 hours).
NOTE: Sauce is excellent over ribs and chops.
ROASTED LEMON ALMOND CORNISH HENS
3 lemons
4 teaspoons minced fresh thyme, divided
3 Cornish hens (22-oz. each), thawed
1
⁄
2
teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1
⁄
2
teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cloves garlic, minced and divided
1
⁄
2
cup sliced almonds, toasted and divided
Slice 1 lemon; place 2 to 3 lemon slices in each hen cavity. Place 1 teaspoon minced
thyme and 1 clove garlic (minced) in each cavity. Place hens in stoneware.
Juice 1 lemon; mix lemon juice with butter, remaining minced garlic, thyme, salt and
pepper; drizzle over hens. Sprinkle with
1
⁄
4
cup sliced almonds.
Cover and cook on
LOW
8 to 10 hours (
HIGH
: 4 to 6 hours). Arrange cooked hens
on serving platter. Serve with remaining lemon. Garnish hens with remaining lemon
slices and remaining almonds.
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