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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2011, 05:45:08 am »
We don't mind the odd drink of coke in this house so I thought I'd give this a go using some caffeine free coke.  I was more concerned with the amount of oil & pepper in the sauce than the coke so reduced the EVOO to 50g and the black pepper down to 1/4 tspn.  I cooked 2 skinless chicken marylands and small cobs of fresh corn in the varoma dish and the halved potatoes, carrots, pumpkin & zucchini in the tray for the time stated on the recipe with peas in the microwave at the end - I did use speed 2 though.  I browned the cooked potatoes and carrots in a frying pan as CP63 does whilst the chicken rested in the sauce in the thermosaver. I placed the other vegies into my small thermosaver.
The result was quite a spicy sauce, no taste of coke whatsoever and I found a couple of tablespoons on each piece of chicken was quite enough.  I therefore have about 400mls of this sauce over and have frozen it in small containers to use as a dipping sauce with sour cream for potato wedges or spring rolls at a later date.
I can't see why you can't add some pineapple pieces into the sauce towards the end of cooking - it would give it more of a sweet/sour taste instead of just a spicy taste. I'm sure 'real' coke would have given the sauce a different and perhaps thicker, sweeter sauce than the caffeine free version but we did enjoy it as it was.
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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2011, 08:40:30 am »
looks lovely JD, and yes once in a while its nice to have a glass of cooldrink (despite all the baddies in it). There was an earthquake here in Perth a little while ago (only 2 on the Richter), and I'm just letting everyone know it was my stomach rumbling - but its all fixed now cos I've eaten. If I had seen this pic earlier, the quake could have been a lot worse!
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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2011, 08:42:51 am »
 :D :D :D Thanks CP, you had me worried there for a while :D :D
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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2011, 12:07:38 am »
Hi, I finally got around to trying this tonight.  Bearing in mind JudyD's feedback and Faffa's advice, I made the following tweaks

1 tbsp olive oil
1 decent sized onion (didn't weigh)
4 garlic cloves
2 tsp oregano
half tsp ground cumin
pinch of pepper
50g cider vinegar
100g water
25g of sweet mustard
250g ketchup
no sugar
330g pineapple juice

It was absolutely delicious and a real hit with all of us.  A true sweet and sour sauce.  It made masses - far too much for the meal, so I'll freeze the rest for future use.
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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2012, 04:11:16 am »
I tried this yesterday with naughty full flavour coke, It was delicious!!!!! I loved it!!! Tasted like a real sweet and sour sauce. The only thing I changed was, I didnt have any cumin so I used a corriander instead. I think the amount of oil was a bit to much next time I would reduce this, but I would definetly make it again. Very yummy!  I love all in one meals :)

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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2012, 04:16:52 am »
Gosh, I still have some of this sauce in the freeze from almost 12 months ago - I wondered what it was from  :-))
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Re: Varoma all in one meal - sweet and sour sauce
« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2012, 06:16:41 am »
You all get the general idea now - adapted from Full Steam Ahead, a la baf65  ;D

This recipe was originally for turkey rolls - use whatever tickles your fancy.

Sauce ingredients:

100g EVOO
200g onion
3 garlic cloves
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp black pepper
50g vinegar
100g water
50g mustard (as it's a translation of a German book, I'm assuming this would mean a mild, sweet mustard)
300g ketchup
30g sugar
1 can coca cola classic (330g)  (this ingredient rules out this sauce for me, but I'm including the recipes for others  :) )

Instructions:

Place all sauce ingredients into mixing bowl and blend 30 sec gradually increasing speed from 5 to 10.

Place Varoma in position.  Cook 40 min / Varoma / 1

PS.  Reading one of the comments below I realised that a la Baf65 isn't the clearest of all instructions for anyone who's new!!  So to clarify - cook your chicken/other meat/ fish / whatever in the varoma and your veg in the varoma tray above, all cooking at the same time as the sauce.