Sweet and Sour Sauce II

By Addie

Sweet and Sour Sauce is a sauce made by combing a sweet component and a sour component with cornstarch as the thickening agent. Some of the common sweet components are brown sugar, granulated white sugar, and honey. Rice vinegar, white vinegar, apple-cider vinegar, and pineapple juice are some of the common ingredients used as sour component.This sweet and sour recipe will give you a good sauce with the right balance of flavors.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar or white vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in 5 teaspoons of water

Details

Adapted from panlasangpinoy.com

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, and soy sauce in a bowl.
Mix the combined ingredients using a balloon whisk or fork.


Heat a saucepan then pour in the sugar-ketchup-vinegar-soy sauce mixture. Stir once in a while and bring to a boil.


Pour in the cornstarch diluted in water then continue stirring until the texture becomes thick.


Turn off the heat and transfer the sweet and sour sauce to a sauce bowl, then serve.