Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Sweet and Sour Sauce is savory and easy to cook that can be paired with meat, seafood or vegetables.
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
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
- 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.
- Keep stirring until well blended.
- 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