Sweet and sour sauce.
A sweet and sour sauce recipe you can make in under 20 minutes. Except for the pineapple chunks, the ingredients you need to make the sweet and sour sauce are already in your pantry.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup of cubed pineapple(cut a small pineapple or substitute with a can of pineapple)
- 1 cup of water
- 1 and 1/2 a cup of sugar
- 1 cup of ketchup(tomato sauce)
- 2/3 cup white vinegar(use any type of white vinegar)
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons of red chilli flakes(substitute 2-3 tablespoons of hot sauce)
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch(also known as cornflour)
Instructions
- 1
Cooking fresh pineapple for the sweet and sour sauce.
- 2
Place cut and cubed fresh pineapple in a heavy-bottomed cooking pan and add water.
- 3
Cook over low to medium heat until the pineapple cubes are soft and the water is reduced by half.
- 4
If using canned pineapple, the above can simply add the canned pineapple to the pan and proceed with the next step of the cooking recipe instructions.
- 5
Add all the ingredients(canned pineapple with juice, ketchup, sugar, white vinegar, soy sauce, red chilli flakes).
- 6
Cook over medium heat and stir constantly until the sugar dissolves.
- 7
If you find the sauce too thick while stirring, add 1/4 cup of water to stir the sauce mixture smoothly.
- 8
In a separate bowl, add 1/4 cup warm water and mix in the cornstarch, stirring to remove any lumps.
- 9
Once the sugar dissolves, add the cornstarch mixture, reduce the heat to low.