Sweet and Sour Sauce - Tips and Recipes

Here is my favorite Sweet and Sour Sauce, and how to serve it with chicken and rice. Quick, easy, inexpensive, and delicious!!

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Breaded chicken nuggets (cut in half and heat in microwave just before adding them to sauce)
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup sliced carrots
1/2 bell pepper, sliced
1/2 cup pineapple chunks, drained (or crushed pineapple)

Parboil carrots 1-2 minutes then add green peppers. Bring just to boil again; then drain and rinse with cold water. Add pineapple and set aside.
In a large sauce pan, combine' and bring to a boil :
3/4 cup sugar
1 T soy sauce
1/3 cup ketchup
1/4 t salt
2/3 cup water
1/4 t Accent (optional)
Add 1/4 cup cider vinegar
Stir together 3T cornstarch and 1/3 cup cold water. Stir into boiling sauce until sauce is smooth and thickened. Add 1 T oil to make sauce shine. Add prepared vegetable mixture and chicken chunks. Serve with rice.
Harlean from Arkansas

Our family favorite sweet & sour sauce:

2 cups water
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
3 tbs. soya sauce

Bring all ingr. to a boil and thicken with @2 tbs. corn starch mixed with a little cold water.

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/sauces/r/sweetandsour.htm
Here is an easy one my bunch loves tastes like the kind in resturants the red kind not Duck. YUM YUM!!

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/sauces/r/sweetandsour.htm
Here is an easy one my bunch loves tastes like the kind in resturants the red kind not Duck. YUM YUM!!

I had a lovely sauce once on meatballs, it was so simple:

1 jar of grape jelly
1 jar of chili sauce

Simple and easy!

The best and cheapest sweet and sour sauce is homemade. Combine a jar of apricot preserves, some vinegar and cut up maraschino cherries and juice - mix in a jar and keep in the fridge. Lasts for weeks and so delicious on Chinese food, etc.

By S Edwards