Lucky Sweet and Sour Sauce

"My most favorite Sweet and Sour Sauce. I often add pineapple, sliced green pepper and maraschino cherries. You can use it as a dipping sauce or add it to cooked meat or poultry."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
1 1/2 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix juice and cornstarch.
  • Heat oil in a small saucepan and add remaining ingredients and cornstarch mixture.
  • Cook over medium to medium high heat, stirring until sauce thickens.

Questions & Replies

  1. what type of vinegar did u use?
     
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Reviews

  1. Wow! I am no longer purchasing prepared sweet & sour sauce now that I have found this recipe. The taste is exactly like what I am buying in a jar and it is less expensive! I used it over stir fried veggies & rice and it was terrific. Also, I used the pineapple juice option.
     
  2. Lorac I hope you don't mind but I took 2 liberties with this recipe. Firstly I used Canned Plum Juice (Italian Prune) and I added 4 drops of hot sauce. On the recipe you gave the option of using Pineaple juice or water but I had the plum juice - really wonderful. The consistency is perfect. Your instructions clear & straightforward. Just the right tang for the sweet & Sour flavor. I had left over cooked chicken, made this sauce and heated the chicken in it. served with Chinese fried rice Thanks Lorac for aquick easy recipe that I shall use again (next time I will try pineapple juice.
     
  3. I was making egg rolls and discovered I was out of sweet and sour sauce. Glad I found this recipe - my husband absolutely loves it!
     
  4. A solid, simple, quick S & S recipe! I've made this many times. I always use white sugar, pineapple juice and Red Wine Vinegar (helps give it that bright red color - though red food coloring will go even further :-) ). I don't make any changes other than making extra for the rice :-) As for peppers, onions, pineapples etc...yes, I use those but it doesn't change the recipe for the sauce at all. enjoy!
     
  5. I totally changed it up but the basic recipe is great. I used cider vinegar instead of white vinegar, used half lilikoi juice and half pineapple juice. Chopped up half of a Maui onion and a yellow pepper into medium chunks and added it to the sauce while heating it. Served it with Mango and jalapeno chicken meatballs and I have to say this was the best sweet and sour sauce I've ever had.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I double the recipe and I add pineapple chunks, about an inch of fresh ginger sliced and about half an orange sliced with the peel. Then simmer until soft.
     
  2. I totally changed it up but the basic recipe is great. I used cider vinegar instead of white vinegar, used half lilikoi juice and half pineapple juice. Chopped up half of a Maui onion and a yellow pepper into medium chunks and added it to the sauce while heating it. Served it with Mango and jalapeno chicken meatballs and I have to say this was the best sweet and sour sauce I've ever had.
     
  3. I've used this recipe several times and love it. It's a little more tart than alot of recipes, which I prefer. The only change I've made is to omit the soy sauce sometimes, as it's not a flavor I like. I also will use a can of pineapple chunks instead of just the juice. I like the addition of the fruit to the dish when cooked with chicken.
     
  4. I'm not going to rate this yet because I used orange juice instead of pineapple juice. Made that way, I'd probably give it 4 stars. It was definitely good and I bet it would be a 5-star from me if pineapple juice is used. I'l try it again and give a rating.<br/>1-2012 Used pineapple juice and everyone enjoyed it! Thank you!
     
  5. I needed a sweet and sour recipe on the fly. I made it last second for some spring rolls. I used apple juice instead of pineapple and accidentally added too much soy sauce and forgot the oil. After all the screw-ups it still worked out well. Thickened up nicely on the stove. Had the perfect amount of sweet to sour ratio. Thanks!
     

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