Chinese Sweet and Sour Sauce

Submitted by BeachGirl

"When dining at a "family-style" Chinese restaurant in San Francisco's China Town, I tasted the absolute BEST Sweet and Sour sauce. After many attempts to re-create that special taste, I finally captured it! This can be used for Sweet and Sour chicken, pork or shrimp. It is also a good dipping sauce for Wontons. It has a very festive red-orange color."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1.5 cups
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 118.29 ml catsup
• 118.29 ml apple cider vinegar
• 59.14 ml orange juice
• 14.79 ml red wine vinegar
• 88.74 ml granulated sugar (1/4 cup + 2 tbs)
• 1.23 ml dry mustard
• 3.69 ml hot sauce
• 7.39 ml cornstarch
• 9.85 ml water

directions

1. Combine cornstarch and water.
2. Set aside.
3. In saucepan heat all remaining ingredients until sugar is dissolved and liquid is hot.
4. Slowly add the cornstarch and water mixture, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens, about 1 minute.
5. Remove from heat.
6. Serve warm or room temperature.

Reviews

[Sharon123]

This went great with the chicken bites I made tonight! Just the right sweet with sour. My daughter loves s&s sauce, so we will be making this often! Thanks!

 

[davianng]

Although I am used to and love the restaurant-style/pineapple type of sweet sauce, this has made a convert of me! Made this to go with homemade fried rice and chow mein, and it is spectacular! Thanks for a great recipe.

 

[Tim Jordan]

Good consistency, color and balance of sweet and sour. Vinegar flavor comes through too strongly, however. May try lemon juice instead of red wine vinegar next time.

 

[PalatablePastime]

I used this for the sweet and sour pork dish I made and it was quite nice! I battered the pork pieces with Aroostook's "Batter for Sweet and Sour Shrimp" recipe #26559, then fried those, then stir-fried them with green peppers, onions, and carrots and the sweet and sour sauce to finish the dish. I will definitely make this again, perhaps with other sweet and sour dishes, and even as a dipping sauce for dim sum. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[Michelle S.]

This is quite good and very easy to prepare. Made sweet and sour chicken with it and thoroughly enjoyed it. My DD thought it was a little too strong with the orange flavor, so next time we will try it with pineapple juice to see how that turns out!