Homemade Sweet & Sour Sauce Recipes | Delicious Sweet & Sour Chili Sauce & Restaurant Style Sauce!

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides sweetness with additional flavor.

pineapple juice

🥗Healthier: orange juice

💰Cheaper: apple juice

Orange juice adds a citrusy note while being more accessible.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: liquid aminos

Tamari is gluten-free while maintaining umami flavor.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: flour

Arrowroot is gluten-free and thickens similarly.

Welcome viewers and introduce the recipe for sweet and sour sauces.

Heat two saucepans with 1 cup of water each over medium-high heat.

In one saucepan, add 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar to the water.

Add 3 tablespoons of ketchup to the same saucepan.

Add 3 tablespoons of sugar to the saucepan.

Add 1 tablespoon of chili paste to the saucepan, adjusting for spice preference.

Add 1 teaspoon of minced garlic to the saucepan and mix all ingredients together.

Bring the sweet and sour chili sauce to a simmer.

In the second saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to the 1 cup of water.

Add 1 cup of sugar to the second saucepan.

Add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar to the second saucepan.

Add 1/8 teaspoon of salt to the second saucepan and whisk all ingredients together.

Bring the restaurant style sweet and sour sauce to a simmer.

For the chili sauce, prepare a cornstarch slurry by mixing 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water.

Add the cornstarch slurry to the sweet and sour chili sauce and bring to a simmer to thicken.

Remove the sweet and sour chili sauce from heat once thickened.

Return to the restaurant style sweet and sour sauce, which is simmering and thickening.

Optionally, add a few drops of gel food coloring to the restaurant style sauce for color.

Remove the restaurant style sweet and sour sauce from heat once thickened and colored to preference.

Serve the two sauces in dishes for a closer look, highlighting their differences in thickness and color.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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