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Sweet and Sour Ham Recipe

This quick-to-fix meal makes great use of leftover ham. It's also good with cooked chicken or beef.—Joyce Peugh, Woodstock, Maryland

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Sweet and Sour Ham Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

5 10 15

Ingredients

1 can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
1 small green pepper, cut into julienne strips
1/4 cup thinly sliced halved onion
1 tablespoon canola oil
Hot cooked rice

Directions

Drain pineapple, reserving juice and pineapple chunks. In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch and ginger. Stir in the water, vinegar and reserved juice until smooth; set aside.
In a large nonstick skillet, saute the ham, green pepper and onion in hot oil over medium-high heat for 3 minutes or until ham is lightly browned and vegetable are crisp-tender. Stir reserved pineapple chunks into skillet; heat through. Stir juice mixture. Gradually stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve over rice. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1 cup stir-fry, calculated without rice) equals 188 calories, 7 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 39 mg cholesterol, 946 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 18 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1-1/2 fruit, 1 starch.

Originally published as Sweet and Sour Ham in Country Woman November/December 2003, p36