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Sweet and sour sauce is a quintessential Chinese sauce that tastes amazing in all sorts of dishes – from iconic sweet and sour pork to the best dipping sauce for McNuggets!
And while you can easily buy sweet and sour sauce by the bottle these days, it’s a surprisingly easy sauce to whip up at home yourself using ingredients everyone has in their pantry.
So, keep scrolling for our foolproof sweet and sour sauce recipe. It’s pretty s’awesome.
Ingredients for Our Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 salt
- 2/3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp water
Step by Step Instructions for Our Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Our sweet and sour sauce couldn’t be easier to make. Here are the step by step instructions!
Add the 1 cup water, white vinegar, sugar, ketchup, and salt into a small pot.
Mix well and bring it to a boil.
Mix your cornstarch with 1 tbsp of water and mix until thoroughly dissolved, then slowly pour it into your pot.
Keep stirring until thickened, and set aside.
Easy Sweet and Sour Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 salt
- 2/3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Add the 1 cup water, white vinegar, sugar, ketchup, and salt into a small pot. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
- Mix your cornstarch with 1 tbsp of water and mix until thoroughly dissolved, then slowly pour it into your pot.
- Keep stirring until thickened.
We Hope You Enjoy Our Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe!
Let us know in the comments if you have any questions, or be sure to let us know if you’ve tested the recipe out. We’re always looking to improve our recipes and make sure they taste great for everyone.