Sweet and Sour Sauce

Simple and delicious homemade Chinese sweet and sour sauce is great to serve as a dipping sauce or make a sweet and sour pork dish. This Chinese sweet and sour sauce recipe has a few ingredients and it takes around 10 minutes!

Course sauce

Cuisine American, Asian, Chinese

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings

Calories 94kcal

Author Tracy O.

Equipment

1 Pot

Ingredients

1 cup 100% pineapple juice
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Vinegar
¾ cup Brown sugar
3 tablespoons Ketchup
¼ teaspoon salt

THICKEN SAUCE:

2 tablespoons Cornstarch (For dipping sauce use 2 tablespoons, for sweet and sour pork dish use 3 tablespoons)
2 tablespoons Water

Instructions

Pour 1 cup of 100% pineapple juice into the pot.
After, put ¾ cup of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 3 tablespoons of ketchup, ¼ teaspoon of salt. Stir and mix it well.
Then, turn on small and low fire. Let it simmer for a few minutes until the sugar is melted.
In a small container, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, 2 tablespoons of water and mix it well. (For dipping sauce, I like to use 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. However, when I make a sweet and sour pork dish, I like the sauce thicker. Therefore, I use 3 tablespoons of cornstarch to thicken the sauce.)
Next, slowly pour the cornstarch mixture into the sauce and keep stirring when pouring the mixture until the sauce is thickened.

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Notes

Cooking tips for how to make Chinese sweet and sour sauce:

I use 100% pineapple juice. Different brands of pineapple juice may taste slightly different, thus you can add more sugar if needed.
Add brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, salt and pineapple juice. Then, stir it very well. Turn on low and small fire. Keep stirring until the sugar melts.
After that, in a small container mix cornstarch and water well. You can adjust the cornstarch mixture depending on how thick you want the sweet and sour sauce to be. (I like to use 2 tablespoons of cornstarch when I use the sauce as dipping sauce. However, when I make a sweet and sour pork dish, I like the sauce thicker. Therefore, I use 3 tablespoons of cornstarch to thicken the sauce.)

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