Sweet-and-Sour Sauce

Name: Sweet-and-Sour Sauce
Yield: Makes 400 ml
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup (for homemade); 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 4 teaspoons cornflour, mixed with 4 teaspoons water; 4 teaspoons cornflour, mixed with 4 teaspoons water; 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry; 150 ml rice wine vinegar; 5 tablespoons soft brown sugar; 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry

Preparation info

Makes
400 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

One of the most loved sauces in the Chinese repertoire. Serve it with crispy-fried pork or chicken, or as a dipping sauce - wonderful!

Ingredients

150 ml rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry
5

Asia
China
Sauce
Vegan

Method

Put the vinegar, sake or sherry, sugar, ketchup and soy sauce in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 4–5 minutes.
Stir the cornflour and water mixture into the simmering sauce and cook for a further 1 minute.