Sweet and Sour Sauce I

Sweet and Sour Sauce I

489 Reviews
  • Prep: 2 min
  • Cook: 10 min
  • Ready In: 12 min

“An excellent, traditional sweet and sour sauce. It is great served with meatballs, with tempura, or even over rice!” - by NAG_CA

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 2 cups

Directions

  1. Place the sugar, vinegar, water, soy sauce, ketchup and cornstarch in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Stir continuously until the mixture has thickened.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (16 total)

  • Calories
  • 43 cal
  • 2%
  • Fat
  • 0 g
  • < 1%
  • Carbs
  • 10.8 g
  • 3%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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SHELS77
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SHELS77

"As the recipe is written, this is a good sauce. I did do a few things to doctor my version of the sauce which I think gave it more body and flavor. I used the recipe with these substitutions: 1/4 C of..." See more brown sugar and 1/2 C of white sugar instead of 3/4 C white sugar, 1/4 C of pineapple juice instead of water, 1/4 C of ketchup instead of the 1 tablespoon (trust me on this!), and I used 2 Tablespoons of flour dissolved into a little water. I added the flour/water mixture to the boiling (on low heat) mix of the other items. I thought these substitutions brought more body, flavor, and color."

CMiceli
302

CMiceli

"This recipe was quite good. I was looking for something fast to serve with leftover takeout Chinese food as we had no more S/S packets. You will shorten cooking time considerably if you combine all ..." See moreingredients *except* cornstarch, let come to a boil, spoon out about a 1/4 cup of the sauce into your measuring cup, mix in the cornstarch with it and then slowly add while mixing to the remainder of sauce in pan. It will take only 5-6 minutes to cook and it will thicken immediately."

JELLYKELLY23
258

JELLYKELLY23

"I make this all the time and have passed the recipe around to many. I have followed all the suggestions left by others at different times and no matter what I have done to this recipe, it turns out g..." See morereat! We put chicken in it, or ground beef, or meatballs and serve it over rice. I have added veggies also. You can't go wrong. It is wonderful!"

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