Craving a mouthwatering and tangy sweet and sour sauce to elevate your culinary creations? Look no further! In this comprehensive guide, we will embark on a flavorful journey, exploring the art of crafting the perfect sweet and sour sauce that will tantalize your taste buds and transform ordinary dishes into extraordinary culinary delights. Whether you prefer the classic chicken, succulent pork, or flaky fish as your protein of choice, this article will provide you with all the essential knowledge and techniques to create a luscious sauce that will leave you craving for more. Get ready to unlock the secrets of this versatile sauce and impress your family and friends with your newfound culinary prowess!
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
KID-APPROVED SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN SAUCE
This is an easy lunch or dinner that tastes just like take out! Very forgiving and allows for substitutions! This is enough for 4 kids, double for a family dinner! Serve this as a sauce for chicken nuggets and rice. You can substitute a can of orange soda for the pineapple juice.
Provided by CHELLE
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Stir reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, sugar, and ketchup in a saucepan over medium heat until blended, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Whisk cornstarch and water in a bowl until cornstarch is dissolved; stir into pineapple juice mixture.
- Stir pineapple and carrots into the sauce; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 284.2 calories, Carbohydrate 72.9 g, Fat 0.2 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 1.1 g, Sodium 357.1 mg, Sugar 66.3 g
HOMEMADE SWEET-AND-SOUR PORK
I stir up a homemade sauce for this colorful combination of tender meat, crunchy vegetables and tangy pineapple. Serve my sweet-and-sour pork over hot rice, chow mein noodles or both. -Eleanor Dunbar, Peoria, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup and soy sauce. Pour half into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes. Set remaining marinade aside., Drain and discard marinade from pork. In a large skillet, cook pork in oil for 3 minutes. Add the onion, carrots, green pepper, garlic and ginger; saute until pork is tender. Add reserved marinade. Bring to a boil; cook for 1 minute. Stir in the pineapple. Serve with rice if desired. Freeze option: Cool pork mixture. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through slowly in a covered skillet, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary. Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 389 calories, Fat 10g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 55mg cholesterol, Sodium 490mg sodium, Carbohydrate 53g carbohydrate (44g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 24g protein.
SWEET AND SOUR PORK RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: pork, salt, corn flour, egg, corn flour, oil, oil, garlic, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, pineapple, white caster sugar, rice vinegar, ketchup
Provided by Evelyn Liu
Categories Lunch
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine all marinade ingredients with the pork. Cover and leave to marinade in the fridge 20 minutes.
- Place the corn flour in a large bowl and toss the marinated pork chunks until liberally coated.
- In a medium-sized saucepan, heat the oil to 350˚F (180°C).
- Deep fry the pork pieces for about 3-4 minutes until the coating is golden brown and the pork is cooked throughout. Set aside.
- For the sauce, place a frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil.
- Sauté the garlic until fragrant, then fry the peppers until soften.
- Add in the pineapple and warm thorough.
- Add the sugar, vinegar, and ketchup, stir. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Add the pork to the frying pan and coat everything evenly with the sauce.
- Serve top with sesame seeds.
- Nutrition Calories: 2299 Fat: 220 grams Carbs: 55 grams Fiber: 3 grams Sugars: 44 grams Protein: 35 grams
- Enjoy!
SWEET-AND-SOUR PORK
After my sister moved away to the university, I used to visit her on weekends. She often made this wonderful and tangy pork dish. Now, every time I make it for my family, it reminds me of those special visits. Everyone who tries it loves it. -Cherry Williams, St. Albert, Alberta
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set aside. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, brown sugar, salt, ginger and pepper. Stir in the water, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce and reserved juice until smooth., In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry pork and onion in oil for 4-8 minutes or until tender. Stir pineapple juice mixture; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened., Add green pepper and reserved pineapple. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 5 minutes. Serve with rice and if desired, sesame seeds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 333 calories, Fat 11g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 63mg cholesterol, Sodium 1190mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (24g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 25g protein.
SWEET AND SOUR FISH
Any kind of filleted fish can be substituted in this recipe.
Provided by ASUAYAN
Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Halibut
Time 1h
Yield 3
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cut halibut into bite-size pieces. Place in a mixing bowl and combine with soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of flour. Let stand for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat oil in deep-fryer or heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Deep fry halibut pieces until golden brown. Drain on paper towels; set aside.
- For the Sauce, saute green pepper, onion and pineapple in a medium skillet for 1 minute. Stir in reserved pineapple juice, sugar, ketchup, water, remaining 2 teaspoons of flour, sesame oil, and salt to taste. Cook until thickened, stirring occasionally.
- Serve, by dipping fried halibut pieces into sauce, or pour the sauce over the fish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 435 calories, Carbohydrate 30.7 g, Cholesterol 48.4 mg, Fat 20 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 33.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 553.1 mg, Sugar 23.1 g
EASY SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE FOR CHICKEN OR PORK
There are 104 recipes for sweet and sour sauce on the Zaar, but none like this one. Lightly battered chicken or pork chunks, green pepper, onions, thinly sliced carrots, and pineapple chunks served with the sauce over rice make a complete meal.
Provided by threeovens
Categories Sauces
Time 10m
Yield 1/2 cup, 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce together and bring to a boil in a small pot. Mix together the cornstarch and water, add to the other ingredients and stir to thicken.
- For a thicker sauce, increase the cornstarch to 5 teaspoons.
CRISPY FISH WITH SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
I made this today and was delighted with the great flavour and the ease of this recipe. But what I loved MOST was that my kids, notoriously fickle fish eaters, gobbled it down. Definitely a keeper. Adapted from a Bon Appetit recipe, April, 1991.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Bass
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Toss fish pieces with 2 tablespoons cornstarch in medium bowl to coat.
- Mix flour, 3 tablespoons oil, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in small bowl.
- gradually add water, whisking until batter is smooth.
- Pour batter over fish and stir to coat.
- Let stand 15 minutes.
- Whisk remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch, pineapple juice, sugar, vinegar, hot pepper sauce and 1/8 teaspoon salt in small bowl to blend.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and stir for about 30 seconds, until fragrant.
- Add ginger and lemon peel and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds, remove and discard garlic clove.
- Add bell pepper and stir-fry just to heat through, about 30 seconds.
- Add pineapple juice mixture and pineapple chunks and cook until sauce is thick and clear, stirring constantly, about 1 minute.
- Heat 4 cups oil in wok or deep medium saucepan to 375°F.
- Add batter-coated fish pieces to oil in batches and fry until crisp and golden, about 4 minutes.
- Using slotted spoon, transfer fish to paper towel-lined dish and drain.
- Reheat oil if necessary between batches.
- Arrange fish on platter.
- Reheat sauce briefly, spoon over fish and serve.
CRISPY FISH WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR SAUCE
Steps:
- Toss fish pieces with 2 tablespoons cornstarch in medium bowl to coat. Mix flour, 3 tablespoons oil, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in small bowl. gradually add water, whisking until batter is smooth. Pour batter over fish and stir to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.
- Whisk remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch, pineapple juice, sugar, vinegar, hot pepper sauce and 1/8 teaspoon salt in small bowl to blend. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and lemon peel and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add bell pepper and stir-fry just to heat through, about 30 seconds. Add pineapple juice mixture and cook until sauce is thick and clear, stirring constantly, about 1 minute.
- Heat 4 cups oil in wok or deep medium saucepan to 375°F. Add batter-coated fish pieces to oil in batches and fry until crisp and golden, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer fish to paper towel-lined dish and drain. Reheat oil if necessary between batches.
- Arrange fish on platter. Reheat sauce briefly, spoon over fish and serve.
Tips:
- To make the sauce thicker, add a cornstarch slurry (equal parts cornstarch and water) and cook until thickened.
- For a tangier sauce, add more vinegar or lemon juice.
- For a sweeter sauce, add more sugar or honey.
- If you don't have any ketchup, you can substitute tomato sauce or tomato paste.
- Add a teaspoon of grated ginger or garlic for an extra layer of flavor.
- Serve the sauce over chicken, pork, fish, or tofu.
Conclusion:
Sweet and sour sauce is a versatile condiment that can be used to add flavor to a variety of dishes. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you like it tangy, sweet, or somewhere in between, sweet and sour sauce is sure to please. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy way to add some flavor to your meal, give sweet and sour sauce a try. You won't be disappointed!
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