Love this recipe - super healthy unless you serve it over rice or pasta! I did add some white wine and allow to reduce before adding the tomatoes. Did the balsamic just to taste and not measured. Used a large can of the diced tomatoes so that there would be more sauce for the rice. Added a bay leaf and allowed to simmer in the juicy sauce for a long time.

Reviewed On: Dec. 16, 2011

Way better than traditional sauce. I diced the apples and pears a little too big so they were a bit chunky so keep your preference in mind for this. Also, if you use tart dried fruit - you probably shouldn't reduce sugar like other reviewers mentioned unless you like really tart.

Reviewed On: Nov. 30, 2011

It was awesome to make one of my favorite restaurant dishes and have it turn out succesfully - and for much cheaper cost! This will become a regular event at my house. My only problem was that my grocery store didn't have serrano or thai chili peppers, so I bought dried arbol peppers from the mexi aisle. Used 10 that I had soaked in water and chopped up, but it wasn't spicy enough so I added a tsp of korean chili paste. Next time I will try soaking the peppers in the oil that I fry with so that I do not lose any of the heat of the pepper to the water. Also, to add some healthy stuff I added a bag of stir fry veggies from the produce aisle - Fantastic! Just a note, if you are like me and do not have a wok - do not try to increase amount of rice - my pan didn't really fry the rice like it should have so it was a little greasy feeling, I think that it would have been okay if I had a larger heat surface like the wok. That being said, I did reduce the amount of oil, 1/4 cup fine with the veggies since as they cook they add their own liquid.

Reviewed On: Apr. 18, 2011