sweet and sour sauce

By Joschef

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 TB rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 TB black rice vinegar
• 3/4 cup water
• 3 TB tomato paste
• 4 1/2 TB brown sugar
• 3/8 tsp chile sauce, or to taste
• 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 6 teaspoons water

Preparation

Step 1

Bring all the ingredients except the cornstarch slurry to a boil.
Give the cornstarch/water slurry a quick restir and add, stirring quickly to thicken.
Use with chicken, pork or spareribs. To thicken the sweet sour sauce for use as a dipping sauce, increase the amount of cornstarch to 3 teaspoons. Yields 1 1/4 cups.