If you still don’t know how to make chinese sweet and sour sauce at home, this article is made for you because we will teach you a basic, fast and delicious technique.
Definitely, Asian food is one of the most popular in the world and Colombia is no exception. Spring rolls, lumpias, chicken and meat in sweet and sour sauce, chow fan and chop suey, are just some of the Chinese dishes that rule the stall. Its spicy and powerful flavors are a delight to the palate, but the touch that enhances them is the sweet and sour sauce and preparing the latter at home is easier than you think.
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How to make sweet and sour sauce
It’s time for you to get in the kitchen and kick it out of the stadium! Get all the ingredients you need ready, put yourself in chef mode and follow this easy recipe that will obviously be finger-licking good:
Preparation time15 minutesCooking time 7 minutesCategorySauceCookingChinaKeywordsSweet, sour, food, dressingFor how many people4 to 6ServingMediumCalories117Fat4.35 g
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons of rice vinegar
- 5 tablespoons of white sugar
- One and a half tablespoons of tomato sauce
- A teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of water
- Half tablespoon of Cornstarch
Preparation
Step 1. Pour
The first thing you should do is pour the vinegar, sugar, tomato sauce, salt and water into a pot. Put the pot to heat over high heat and start mixing very well with the help of the spoon to make all these ingredients integrate perfectly. You should do this all the time until this sauce starts to boil. At that time, you should lower the heat and let it cook for 3 more minutes. Also, you should know that this low-temperature process is done to evaporate the vinegar a little and remove the strong flavor.
Step 2. Mix
To thicken the sauce, you will need to make a separate mixture. Take the Cornstarch, pour it into a small bowl and add a tablespoon of cold water. Then start stirring until there are no lumps. Start adding this mixture to the sauce you prepared in the previous step. Do it little by little and without stopping stirring the sweet and sour sauce (which should continue to simmer). You must do it until you see that the sauce takes some thickness. After this, let it come to a boil, turn off the heat and allow the sweet and sour sauce to cool down. Ready, this Chinese gastronomic delight will be ready to accompany any meal you want.
If you missed any detail of our recipe, we share an explanatory video with the step by step so you can see it as many times as you need:
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