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Homemade Sweet & Sour Sauce

Purpose
Simple sweet & sour sauce made from simple ingredients to replace general pantry sauces
Yield
~1.5 L of sauce
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
10 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients

Liquids

  • 4 cups of water
  • 3⁄4 cup of white vinegar
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 1 156 ml can of tomato paste

Sweeteners

  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 250 ml jar of apricot jam

Thickening

  • 1⁄2 cup of cornstarch
  • 2⁄3 cup of water (for cornstarch slurry)

Dry ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon of Dried Red Bell Pepper Flakes
  • 1 1⁄2 teaspoons of onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon of ground ginger

Instructions

  1. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together cornstarch slurry
  2. Dump everything in a large cooking pot, including the slurry
  3. Whisk until mostly smooth before turning on the heat
  4. Heat on high, whisking constantly, until sauce starts bubbling and thickens into a glossy sweet and sour sauce
  5. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, whisking often

Notes

Ingredients note: If making for a recipe that uses a can of pineapple tidbits preserved with real pineapple juice (like my Golden Sweet & Sour Fried Chicken Bowl), you can reserve the pineapple juice in it and top it up until it makes 1 cup in total, instead of buying pineapple juice solely for this

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