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Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

A perfectly balanced sweet and tangy sauce

Difficulty Easy
Time 15 min
Servings 3
Ingredients 4
Steps 5
Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Chinese Updated 1/13/2010

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
  • 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

5 cooking steps

  1. Combine the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, and soy sauce in a bowl.
  2. Mix the combined ingredients using a balloon whisk or fork.
  3. Heat a saucepan then pour-in the sugar-ketchup-vinegar-soy sauce mixture. Stir once in a while and bring to a boil.
  4. Pour-in the cornstarch diluted in water then continue stirring until the texture becomes thick.
  5. Turn of the heat and transfer the sweet and sour sauce to a sauce bowl then serve.

Catalog details

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Condiment, Sauces sauce recipe, sweet & sour, sweet sauce Public recipe Revision 1

Recipe notes

  • Brown Sugar – Use light brown sugar for a more subtle sweetness and easier melting.
  • Boiling Cornstarch Slurry – Make sure the cornstarch is fully dissolved before adding; undissolved starch causes clumps. Do not overboil after adding slurry or it may turn jelly-like.