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Sweet and sour lamb chops

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Ingredients:
2 tbspButter or margarine
2 lbsShoulder lamb chops
Salt and pepper
8 ozPineapple chunks in unsweet-
Ened juice, undrained
1/4 cupFirm packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cupWhite vinegar
1 tbspCornstarch
1/2 tbspBrown bouquet sauce
2 Carrots, peeled and
-thinly sliced
1 largeGreen pepper, cut into
-1-inch squares
Procedures:
1I.
2Melt butter in a heat-resistant, non-metallic broiler-proof skillet on a conventional surface unit.
3When butter is hot, sear lamb chops on both sides until lightly browned.
4Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
5Or use the "browner" for 4 to 5 minutes per side.
6While the chops are browning, drain pineapple juice into a small heat-resistant, non-metallic bowl.
7Reserve pineapple chunks; add brown sugar, vinegar, cornstarch and brown bouquet sauce to pineapple juice.
8Stir to combine.
9Heat pineapple juice mixture, uncovered, 2 minutes in micro- wave oven or until thickened and clear.
10Pour thickened sauce over browned lamb chops.
11Add carrot slices and heat, covered, 5 minutes in microwave oven.
12Add pineapple chunks and heat, covered, 2 ?minutes in microwave oven.
13Add green pepper squares and heat, un- covered, in microwave oven 2 ?minutes, or until lamb and vegetables are tender.
14Variations: pork chops, veal chops, boneless chicken pieces or shrimp may be substituted for the lamb chops; however, cooking times will have to be adjusted for pork, chicken, and shrimp.
15Pork chops will require an extra 2 minutes in step 5, as pork should always be cooked to well-done.
16Chicken should be cooked for only 4 minutes in step 5 and shrimp 3 minutes