Sweet and sour recipe hunt!

[JugaarLife]

Anyone managed to perfect this? I've tried several times and the results have been rubbish, to be perfectly honest! Always ends up tasting like a poor version of the sauce in the polystyrene cup from the Chinese poured over everything, but from the Chinese you avoid rather than a good one (since I actually like that sauce!)

 

Any delicious sweet and sour tips, send 'em this way! And in exchange I'll try and think of something I actually cook well...

[zenataomm]

Pineapple juice

Honey

White vinegar

Tomato Sauce

Corn starch

... choose quantities to taste, colour and texture.

[JugaarLife]

1 hour ago, zenataomm said:

Pineapple juice

Honey

White vinegar

Tomato Sauce

Corn starch

... choose quantities to taste, colour and texture.

Thank you! 

[LadyG]

I just buy a small bottle of sweet chilli sauce, and add tomato sauce in some guise. I agree it never quite tastes the same, but corn starch is essential.

I think shallots are better than standard onions, and Tilda jasmine rice not basmati.

 

[JugaarLife]

6 hours ago, LadyG said:

I just buy a small bottle of sweet chilli sauce, and add tomato sauce in some guise. I agree it never quite tastes the same, but corn starch is essential.

I think shallots are better than standard onions, and Tilda jasmine rice not basmati.

 

Ooh, interesting! Never tried that, I'm going to give it a go! I love shallots. Never occured to me to try them with this. I shall! 

[MtB]

21 hours ago, JugaarLife said:

but from the Chinese you avoid rather than a good one (since I actually like that sauce!)

 

Me too! 

 

Actually I always imagined it was monosodium glutamate mixed with a bit of sugar and water. 

 

Back in the day when I was boracic I took a job driving a delivery van. I used to deliver MSG by the tonne in 50kg sacks to dodgy-looking Chinese restaurants. 

 

 

 

[zenataomm]

My Father used to refer to it as "Monoglutium Sodomite"

[JugaarLife]

14 hours ago, MtB said:

sed to deliver MSG by the tonne in 50kg sacks to dodgy-looking Chinese restaurants. 

 

 

 

Which explains why I can eat a Chinese meal for three!!!?!