Squiggy's Sweet-N-Sour Sauce

This sauce can be used on any number of things, though I find it pairs well with chicken or as a dipping sauce for meatballs. Cooking meatballs in this sauce, in fact, was how I first tried it. Outstanding!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 6 cups

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 2  medium onions, finely chopped
• 2  celery ribs, finely chopped
• 1  medium carrot, grated
• 3  cups tomato puree
• 1  cup  apple juice
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice

Directions

1. Heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions, celery, and carrot and cook until the onions and celery are soft (about 5 minutes).
2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Simmer for another five minutes or so, then sauce away!