Recipe | Hoisin Grilled Beef & Veggie Skewers

hoisin sauce

🥗Healthier: teriyaki sauce

💰Cheaper: soy sauce + brown sugar

Teriyaki sauce offers a similar sweetness with fewer calories.

beef sirloin

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork tenderloin

Chicken breast is leaner and pork tenderloin is often less expensive.

Mince 1/4 cup of sweet onion and sauté it in a pan.

Add 2 cloves of garlic to the sautéed onion.

Pour in 1 cup of hoisin sauce.

Add 3 tablespoons of rice vinegar.

Mix in 2 tablespoons of ketchup.

Stir in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.

Add 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, packing it first.

Sprinkle in 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.

Add several drops of Worcestershire sauce, about four or five.

Add several drops of Tabasco for heat.

Stir the mixture, bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Preheat the grill while the sauce simmers.

After about 5 minutes on the grill, turn the skewers and mop them with the hoisin sauce.

Continue cooking the skewers until they are ready to be taken off the grill.

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