Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2009

SOO much better than store bought! Yum! I make it for homemade wontons filled with cream cheese and water chestnuts.

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monika

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

Very good! I'll never buy the store brand again. This is just like the resturant style sauce. Thank You.

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raynarector

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

I used a 16 oz can of pineapple and juice and omitted the water-- it was delicious and easy!! Great recipe, just make sure to keep stirring!

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Kelseyrosey

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2009

Excellent! At the last moment, we made grilled shrimp, and with no sauce available, I found this. I had to use tomato sauce instead of paste because that is what I had on hand. This came out as exactly what I wanted!

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Ruth

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Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2009

This is incredible! I've been looking for a Sweet and Sour recipe for ages and I've found it. I did substitute ketchup for the tomato paste and added additional pineapple juice to taste. This recipie makes a HUGE amount so if you just want it for a setting for one meal of a family of 4 or 5 cut it in half if you are using it for a dipping sauce. Thank you myrite!

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Yvette

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Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2009

We made it as the recipe stated this time but next time will use pineapple juice in place of the water to make it a little more tangy and will substitute apple cider vinegar for the white vinegar. Hopefully then it will be a 5. It was just a tad "tomatoey" as is.

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ErinG

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Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2009

I love this sauce! It tastes just like the chinese restaurant. The only difference is that I normally don't add the pineapple tidbits. It's really good either way though.

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Wendy

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Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2009

Quick,easy, and tasty. Besides just adding pineapple I also added a can of green chiles to make it more of a sweet, sour, spicy sauce.

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sulli3

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2009

Well it doesn't get much easier than this! I used crushed pineapple and ketchup as substitutions, and added a dash of soy sauce. Great results. Too sweet for me, so will adjust next time. Also - the recipe is huge! Will likely cut recipe in half next time. Will try freezing in the meantime and see how well it holds up.

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SUSHI2

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2009

Great recipe. Better than most sweet and sour sauce because I could adjust the sweet (those are always too sweet for my family's taste). I use ketchup as other people had recommended and cut the sugar in half (used all brown sugar). I only made a half recipe which makes a bunch. I'm gonna see if it freezes ok since we didn't use it all. I used it with the Best Egg Rolls recipe from here...great take out meal without the cost. Our kids gave the whole meal a "Definitely make this again, Mom" vote. That's 5 stars for sure. Also the leftovers are going in their lunch boxes tomorrow!!! Thanks for a great recipe!

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Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2009

This was about as good as it gets!!!! The whole family loved this sauce. We made it for egg roles. I split the sauce dish. The one I left alone. To the other, I added some ground up habanero pepper. That added some bite! Great recipe!!!

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Mick

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Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2009

This was amazing! I will never buy sweet and sour sauce at the grocery again. I did have to alter it a bit to fit what I had in the pantry..I used 8 oz tomato sauce instead of paste,1 small can crushed pineapple (including juice), reduced the water to 1 cup with the 3 tbs cornstarch dissolved in it, added 3 tbs soy sauce...simmered it all on the stove for 20 minutes...it was perfect! Great basic recipe for sweet and sour sauce...I am definitely using this again.

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Laura

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2009

I used pineapple juice for some of the water. Ended up being 1 cup juice, 1 cup water. The end result was too sweet for our tastes, so I added some soy sauce, zesty Mrs. Dash, salt, and more vinegar. Next time, I will cut the sugar and not use quite as much juice. I am also considering using an artificial sweetner, like Splenda or whatever one is recommended for baking. Hubby really liked it. We made some chicken (browned in a frypan with a little margarine) and had it over rice.

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2009

This was awsome. I added green pepper, onion and carrots to the sauce while it was cooking, I also was going to add a can of pineapple chunks at the end so I poured the juice into the sauce at this time.then I added the cornstarch and pineapple chunks after the veggies were cooked al dente. I followed a few reviews by using 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 white sugar. I used 1/2 cider vinegar and 1/2 white vinegar.

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stacy32670

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2009

From now on I am throwing out the one that comes with my food...and making my own.....Thank you for the recipe...

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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2009

I quadrupled this recipe for my daughers wedding reception. I had pre-made frozen Italian meatballs and simmered them in this sauce. They were the hit of the night and everyone wanted the recipe. I will make this sauce again and use it on chicken. I also put in some green peppers and used more pineapple juice and cornstarch to make it thicker. Yummo!

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Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2009

Still searching for our very favorite restaurant's version of sweet and sour, but this is the best homemade one we've tried so far. I used pineapple juice for liquid, and omitted the crushed pineapple. Everyone enjoyed!

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Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2009

I made this last night for some egg rolls I had and this was great. I took some ideas from others: cut back a bit on the sugar, used 1/2 brown sugar instead of all white, used the juice from the pineapple and added a bit of soy sauce to it. It really tasted good, wasn't too sweet/sour. Thank you for the recipe!!

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ahicswife aka: MOlasses

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Reviewed: May 4, 2009

Awesome recipe. It was my first attempt at sweet and sour sauce and it turned out great. I didn't use the pineapple and used tomato sauce instead of paste. I also replaced the white wine vinegar with apple cider vinegar. I did face minimal clumpage with the cornstarch which I really could have avoided by mixing it with water first, my mistake. But it still looked and tasted amazing. This will definately be a recipe i use again.

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