Sweet And Sour Peppers

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons	45ml	Tamari or soy sauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Honey
1 teaspoon	5ml	Thai hot sauce - chili oil
		OR other hot sauce - (optional)
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Canola oil
3		Garlic - minced
		(=about 1 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh giner
1		Jalapeno chili - seeded &
		Minced
3		Scallions - whites minced
		Greens thinly sliced on the
		Diagonal
2		Red bell peppers - cored
		Seeded - and cut into 1 1/2"
		Sqyares
2		Yellow bell peppers - cored
		Seeded - and cut into 1 1/2"
		Squares
2		Green bell peppers - cored
		Seeded - and cut into 1 1/2"
		Squares
1 tablespoon	15ml	Black or toasted white
		Sesame seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Cornstarch dissolved in 1 tb
		Cold water

Recipe Instructions

Combine the lemon juice, tamari, honey, and hot sauce (if using) in a bowl and whisk until smooth. 2. Just before serving, heat a wok over high heat. Swirl in the oil.

Add the garlic, ginger, chili, and scallion whites, and stir-fry over high heat for 15 seconds, or until fragrant but now brown. Add the peppers and stir-fry for 1 minute, or until the peppers begin to soften.

Stir in half the scallion greens, half the sesame seeds, and the sauce, and bring to a boil. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and stir-fry for about 30 seconds.

Transfer to a platter and garnish with the remaining scallion greens and sesame seeds.

Source:
Parents magazine 5/97

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