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Home Made sweet and sour sauce
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mink35
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Hello all
Does anyone have a recipe for home made sweet and sour sauce? I know it has pineapple and vinegar in but not sure what else!
Ta a lot
Does anyone have a recipe for home made sweet and sour sauce? I know it has pineapple and vinegar in but not sure what else!
Ta a lot
Mink
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I make it at home using ketchup, white vinegar, sugar, ginger, pineapple and bit of pineapple juice and cornflour. Just put it all into small saucepan and stir over heat until thickened. In the restaurant it's a different matter and we simmer the base for the sauce for about 4 hours!I have the mind of a criminal genius. I keep it in the freezer next to Mother....0
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Your missing 1. Daddies Sauce & 2. Worcestershire Sauce. :rolleyes:0
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This is the one I use, I'm sure there are lots of variations.
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup pineapple juice (from tin)
20 ounces canned pineapple chunks in juice
1/3 cup vinegar
2 tbsps cornflour
1 tbsp soy sauce
sliced green pepper
1 onion chopped
1lb pork/chicken
combine all the ingredients apart from the pepper, onion and meat in a pan and heat until slightly thickened. Cook meat in oil and soften onion and pepper, add cooked sauce to meat and also add pineapple chunks.“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey0 -
Thanks peeps! Sweet n sour chicken was luvverly!
Now... what can I do with white wine cos we got about 10 bottles? tee hee I don't like the taste of it so it has to be something cooked. Mink0 -
I'd really like to make the sweet and sour sauce that you get with the chicken balls from the chinese takeaway, I don't mind how long it takes me to cook to get that takeaway taste! Can anyone help? Theres just that hint of ginger in it mmmn...breakfast!!!0
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A recipe for sweet and sour chicken is 1 can of coke and 2 tblsp tomato ketchup.
When it has been cooked in the oven with the chicken it looks a lot like the sauce you get from the chinese and it actually tastes quite nice. Rather than marinating and cooking chicken in it you could try just simmering the ingredients on the hob then pouring over HM chicken balls, try adding a pinch of ginger to make it a bit gingeryWhen life hands you a lemon, make sure you ask for tequilla and salt
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Galtizz wrote:A recipe for sweet and sour chicken is 1 can of coke and 2 tblsp tomato ketchup.
Always one to try anything, I just gave this a whirl to test it out
I had about a can's worth of flat coke sitting in a bottle (been there since xmas I think
) so stuck it in a pan with the tomato ketchup (also added a tsp of vinegar as it tasted rather sweet when I tested it) and boiled it for around 5-10 mins till it reduced by half and thickened slightly. Results ... not bad
It certainly compares favourably with the sauce you get with chicken balls and i think it would work well poured over spare ribs and cooked in the oven till it goes sticky
Now I've got a pan of sweet n sour sauce and nothing to use it with LOL! :rolleyes:"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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LMAO, thanks for the taste test Curry Queen :T
Could you put it in the freezer and build it into next weeks meal plan, just need to get the ribs or the chicken then. Or mix it with some lentils (cause I bet you've got a bag of them in the back of the cupboard somewhere) and cook then serve it on some rice. I have no idea how this would taste as I never know what to do with lentils and tend to just use them to bulk out bolognese. But the idea looks nice in my head
It's making me hungry now, might have to have this on Friday (HM take away night) instead of the pizza I had planned as everything will keep til next week.When life hands you a lemon, make sure you ask for tequilla and salt0 -
I have got some lentils in the cupboard (how did you know that LOL!) but I've also remembered I've got a rack of ribs in the freezer (also since before xmas) so I've stuck the sauce in the fridge to use on the ribs tomorrow when they've defrosted
I hadn't actually got anything in particular planned for dinner tomorrow, as I'm trying to empty the freezer a bit so I can add some more HM ready meals, so it's worked out pretty well. Thankyou :T"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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