How to cook sweet and sour sauce?

Chinese cuisine is becoming more popular on our vast spaces and some of its dishes have become one of the most loved among many. Part of the merit in this sweet and sour sauce, which very often creates the basic culinary composition in many Chinese dishes. Although it is fair to say that this sauce is used in other kitchens for cooking some dishes, despite the fact that he gained popularity with us thanks to the popularization of Chinese cuisine.

Below we will tell you how to prepare a real sweet and sour sauce in a classic version and offer a variant with pineapple.

How to make sweet and sour Chinese sauce - recipe

Ingredients:

• granulated sugar - 155 g;
• vinegar 6% - 80 ml;
• purified water - 160 ml;
• soy sauce - 60 ml;
• ketchup tomato - 30 g;
• starch - 60 g.

Preparation

Sour-and-sweet sauce is prepared in three counts. To begin with, we dilute starch in cold, cleaned vodka and pour the mixture into a saucepan or a small thick-walled sauté pan. There we add soy sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup and granulated sugar and continuously stirring the mass, warming it over medium heat until it boils and thickens. After this, let the sauce cool down and we can serve to the table. Such sweet and sour Chinese sauce is perfect for both pork and beef, and also effectively complement the dishes from poultry meat.

How to cook Chinese sweet and sour sauce with pineapple - recipe

Ingredients:

• granulated sugar - 50 g;
• pineapples canned - 490 g;
• pineapple juice - 180 ml;
• orange juice - 55 ml;
• lemon juice - 20 ml;
• purified water - 170 ml;
• soy sauce - 60 ml;
• ketchup tomato - 60 g;
• starch - 60 g.

Preparation

Before we proceed directly to the preparation of the sauce, we will prepare properly pineapples, since this recipe assumes the use of this particular tropical fruit. You can use it both in fresh form, and in the canned. We cut the pulp of the fruit with small cubes and while we set aside.

We choose a thick-walled small container, pour pineapple orange and lemon juice into it, add soy sauce, tomato ketchup and granulated sugar and place on a plate on moderate fire. Continuously stirring the contents of the dishes, warm it to a boil and pour in a little bit diluted in cold water starch, while continuing to stir. Let the mass again boil and thicken, add the prepared pineapple cubes. We keep on fire for a couple of minutes, and then remove from the fire and give a little insist.