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Sweet and Sour Sauce I
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NAG_CA
PHOTO BY:
Susan May
"An excellent, traditional sweet and sour sauce. It is great served with meatballs, with tempura, or even over rice!"
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PREP TIME
2 Min
COOK TIME
10 Min
READY IN
12 Min
Original recipe yield 2 cups
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3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup white vinegar
2/3 cup water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon ketchup
2 tablespoons cornstarch
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DIRECTIONS
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.
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Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2003 by
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Dec. 10, 2003
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 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.
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Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2003 by CMPLACHTA
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CMPLACHTA
Jul. 13, 2003
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 ingredients *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.
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This recipe was quite good. I was looking for something fast to serve with leftover takeout...
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Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2003 by
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DREGINEK
Jul. 23, 2003
This was okay but even with my modifications, still needs some work to perfect. Per previous reviews regards the excessiveness of the soy sauce, I reduced the amt to 2 TBLS but next time I'll reduce down to 1. I also added 1 TBLS of honey. Next time, I also reduce the vinegar to 1/8 cup and add 1/4 cup pineapple juice. I'm hoping this might taste closer to the sweet&sour sauces I am accustomed to.
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This was okay but even with my modifications, still needs some work to perfect. Per previous...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by JELLYKELLY23
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JELLYKELLY23
Jan. 25, 2004
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 great! 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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I make this all the time and have passed the recipe around to many. I have followed all the...
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Reviewed on Aug. 15, 2003 by MichelleRD
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MichelleRD
Aug. 15, 2003
Great recipe. Kept amt. of soy sauce as written and just added about 1 TBSP of honey. Perfect for chicken tenders! :)
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Great recipe. Kept amt. of soy sauce as written and just added about 1 TBSP of honey. Perfect...
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Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2003 by
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JENN5
Jul. 13, 2003
Thank you Linda! I have been searching hi and low for a s-n-s sauce that tastes much like something you would find in a chinese restaurant. perfect balance of sweet with sour. served this great sauce (that you can make as thick or thin as you like) over stir fried chicken and veggies on thin spaghetti. Tasted really close to Chicken Lo Mein!!!
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Thank you Linda! I have been searching hi and low for a s-n-s sauce that tastes much like...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by BEBECHICKLET
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BEBECHICKLET
Jan. 25, 2004
I made this on a night that I tried to make my Grandmom's fried chicken fingers and ended up messing them up and they looked like the Chinese sweet & sour chiken strips...so I grabbed this in a matter of 2 minutes and turned them into the Chinese sweet & sour chicken. Anyway, I really liked this!! I thought it was fabulous and tasted just like the hot-pink kind from the Chinese take-outs.
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I made this on a night that I tried to make my Grandmom's fried chicken fingers and ended up...
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2003 by ANGEL97
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ANGEL97
Dec. 7, 2003
Easy to make. Made this for a large party and had loads of requests for this recipe. I used this for store bought meatball cocktails.
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Easy to make. Made this for a large party and had loads of requests for this recipe. I used...
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Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2003 by NIKKI_TYLIE
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NIKKI_TYLIE
Jul. 13, 2003
Totemo oisiidesunee! Totemo yasashiidesu! Doumo arigatou gozaimasu!
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Totemo oisiidesunee! Totemo yasashiidesu! Doumo arigatou gozaimasu!
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Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2006 by
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TchrJrHi
Apr. 19, 2006
Very easy to make with things usually kept in the pantry. Thanks for the post.
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Very easy to make with things usually kept in the pantry. Thanks for the post.
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