Today's Delight

  • Recipes
  • Subscribe
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Contact
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Contact
×
Home » Sauce

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Published: April 11, 2018 Last Modified: January 9, 2021 This post may contain affiliate links.

Jump to Recipe

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe is a tangy and savory sauce, so easy to make that complements many dishes.

It goes well with pork, chicken, fish and shrimp.

With a few basic ingredients you can make this delicious homemade sweet and sour sauce recipe.

All these ingredients are probably in your pantry so you can easily whip up this sauce in no time.

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

There are 2 ways to make the sauce.

For a rough textured sauce, sauté the onion, ginger, garlic and red bell pepper.

Or if you prefer a silky smooth consistency, mix and liquefy all the ingredients (except the cornstarch) in a blender.

Pour in a sauce pan, bring it to a boil and add the cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken the sauce.

Sweet and Sour Sauce

I use this sauce for lumpia shanghai  (pork and shrimp egg roll), light breaded shrimp, camaron rebosado, pinsec, fish and many more.

My other sweet and sour sauce recipe is made of pineapple juice and it is delicious as well. I'll will be posting it soon.

How to Make Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Are you ready to make this homemade sweet and sour sauce?

Watch my video and make it today. Magluto na tayo!

Recipe

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Sweet and Sour Sauce is savory and easy to cook that can be paired with meat, seafood or vegetables.
Print Pin Rate
Course: How to
Cuisine: Chinese
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 126kcal

Ingredients

Ketchup mixture

  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 3 tablespoons vinegar
  • 7 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup

Cornstarch mixture

  • 2 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water

Other sweet and sour ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 small onion peeled and chopped
  • thumb size ginger peeled and minced
  • 3 garlic cloves peeled and minced
  • 2 tablespoons red bell pepper chopped
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prepare the Ketchup mixture.

  • In a bowl, combine the water, vinegar, sugar, salt and ketchup.
  • Mix well and set aside.

Prepare the cornstarch mixture.

  • In a small container dilute cornstarch in water.
  • Stir until smooth and set aside.

Saute ingredients

  • In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat.
  • Saute onion for 2 minutes or until translucent.
  • Add ginger and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic and cook until golden.
  • Add red bell pepper and cook until soft.
  • Pour ketchup mixture and add garlic powder. Bring to a boil.
  • Lower the heat. Slowly pour the cornstarch mixture while stirring constantly to prevent sauce from clumping up.
  • Continue stirring until well blended.
  • Bring to a boil for 2 minutes and turn off heat.

Notes

  1. When sweet and sour sauce cools down it will get thick. If you want a runny sauce don’t put too much cornstarch. Stir constantly while slowly pouring the cornstarch mixture so it doesn’t clump up.
  2. Keep stirring until well blended.
  3. Sauce is good for about 4 days in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 825mg | Potassium: 55mg | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 9mg

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe

Pin
Share
Email

More Sauce

  • Mashed potatoes with beef broth brown gravy on a plate and a sauce dish.
    Brown Gravy Recipe
  • How to Make Bechamel Sauce is Today's Delight
    How to Make Bechamel Sauce
  • Easy Garlic Aioli Sauce is Today's Delight.
    Easy Garlic Aioli Sauce
  • Greek garlic sauce.
    Skordalia Sauce

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Our lucky star my Mom's profile for Today's Delight.
The Real Cook

Welcome to Today's Delight. My mom is a great cook and for many years had a catering business. Due to dementia, she doesn't remember. This food blog was inspired by our mom's cooking. 

More about me →

Holiday Food Ideas

  • How to Slow Cook a Ribeye Roast in the Oven is Today's Delight
    How to Slow Cook a Ribeye Roast in the Oven
  • Baked honey glazed ham on a shallow pan with rack.
    Honey Glazed Ham Recipe
  • Sliced Boneless Turkey Breast Roast in a platter, turkey gravy and side dishes.
    Boneless Turkey Breast Roast
  • King Crab Legs in Garlic Butter with lemon wedges.
    Crab Legs

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer

Contact

  • Contact

Today's Delight is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Copyright © 2024 Today's Delight