Sweet and Sour Sauce is a sauce made by combining 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.
The thing that I like most about this Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe is its ease in preparation — not to mention the fact that it does not take much time to make one. It also saves me money; instead of buying commercialized Sweet and Sour Sauce from the store, I make one for myself and my family with less than half of the cost.
This Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe is best used for fried and breaded meat like pork, chicken, and fish.
Try this Sweet and sour Sauce Recipe and let me know what you think.
Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
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
Instructions
- 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 of the heat and transfer the sweet and sour sauce to a sauce bowl then serve.
MindanaoBabe says
January 14, 2010 at 1:50 pmay ganito lang pala:)
Aura says
February 12, 2010 at 11:33 pmHi,
Can you please show us how to maka “Tamales”.
Thanks,
aura
aures says
July 3, 2010 at 1:47 amHi,
I tried your siomai recipe and it was great. You taught us the secret that it tasted like the one prepared by my a close friend who do not want to share the recipe. thank you so much. I blogged in a diff recipe -- sorry.
I am waiting for the HUMBA -- and camaron rebodsado pls.
thanks
aures
anne says
July 10, 2010 at 8:10 pmKuya…..ito din po ba yung sweet and sour sauce para sa lumpiang shanghai??
Panlasang Pinoy says
July 12, 2010 at 8:16 pmAnne, you may use this sa Lumpiang Shanghai.
Grace says
August 25, 2010 at 4:55 amnpadami ata cornstarch ko kaya super lapot..i tried pouring in water but tumabang naman,,hhaayy sira ang dinner, we end up with fried breaded pork and ketsup 🙁
ailyn says
March 26, 2011 at 1:21 amhi, thanks sa panlasang pinoy, dami kong natututunan. good job
miracle says
September 14, 2011 at 11:59 amthanks for sharing your recipes. do you know where I can buy the ingredients for making ham?
bevs says
November 5, 2011 at 9:02 pmthank u sir..ang dali lang pala..God bless u more!
marian says
December 4, 2011 at 8:17 pm_thanks poh sah info ‘out how to make sweet and sour sauce for lumpiang shanghai..ngtry poh coh ng una..experiment lang poh..i used fLour instead of cornstarch and banana catsup instead of tmato..hahaha..imagine nio poh ang lasa..haha..kakasuka..! pero bcoz of ur recipe dat won’t happen again.. wg poh kaung mgsasawa sah pagpopost ng mga recipes..Godbless…=)
Carrie says
January 20, 2012 at 1:24 amPede po bang pang substitute ang tapioca starch sa cornstarch?
roland says
February 4, 2012 at 4:57 amThanks for you invaluable contribution to every filipino food enthusiasts at home and abroad. Mabuhay ang Panlasang Pinoy at sa lahat ng bumubuo nito. God bless you all.
Declan says
March 19, 2012 at 10:42 amlovely, lush and georgiours
jonalyn says
April 30, 2012 at 7:15 pmhi! What is white vinegar? My husband really loves lumpia so i want to prepare it for him with sweet and sour sauce.. Thanks!
Ron says
July 11, 2015 at 3:13 pmCan I use tomato sauce instead of tomato ketchup?
Tacy says
April 30, 2019 at 3:14 pmThis is delicious!