An Easy-as-Pie Sweet and Sour Sauce (no red sauce here…golden)

  4.7 – 19 reviews  • Sauces

These zucchini lasagna rolls are a wonderful gluten-free substitute for noodles and a delightful way to use up an abundance of summer zucchini. For the stuffing, we prefer seasoned ground beef, but you could also use Italian sausage.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup white sugar
  2. ¾ cup chicken broth
  3. ¾ cup white vinegar
  4. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  5. 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  6. 1 teaspoon salt
  7. 1 clove garlic, minced
  8. ¼ cup cold water
  9. 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Stir sugar, chicken broth, white vinegar, vegetable oil, soy sauce, salt, and garlic together in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
  2. Whisk water and cornstarch together until cornstarch is dissolved; whisk into the boiling mixture. Cook sauce until thickened, 5 to 7 minutes.
  3. Cook’s Notes:
  4. Use a pot that allows room for the bubbling sauce, as it will burn skin in a pan that’s too small when it bubbles and you’re stirring.
  5. Unlike the majority or American restaurants that I’ve been in, this is truly a sweet and sour flavor and is golden in color, as opposed to red.

Reviews

Louis Martin
As close as I’ve seen of the sweet and sour I remember from childhood. The chicken broth threw me though. This was good but I’m still looking for that elusive golden sauce.
Stephanie Smith
I made this with no changes & we really enjoyed it. It had just the right tang/sweet ratio. I totally agree that restaurant sweet & sour is often just gooey orange sweet sauce. It was great over tangy chicken meatballs & rice.
Eric Watson
This recipe makes fantastic tasting sauce! I added a little more chicken broth and garlic because I love garlic. And it turned out beautiful
Michael Johnson
Used 1 tbsp 1 tsp honey in place of sugar, apple cider vinegar in place of white and 2 tsp water 1/2 tbsp cornstarch for thickener
Angela Bates
Way too much vinegar
Heather Fisher
Super easy to make and delicious! I definitely recommend!
Casey Hensley
Quick and easy and makes delicious sweet and sour sauce. My family loves it.
Carl Morris
Super simple and delicious also great that there’s no tomato in it…. nothing against tomatoes wife can’t have them anymore due to stupid dietary restrictions.
Laura Anderson
Easy and healthy. We used honey instead of white sugar, still great.
Joan Curry
It’s great and easy, I don’t cook it long after adding the corn starch.
Jesse Mcclure
Made as directed. Awesome and quick.
Bonnie Nelson
Super easy…. super quick. Added it to homemade meatballs in slow cooker. Delish. This will be my new go to meatball sauce. No more store bought for us.
Erin King
I’m so happy I found this recipe- just how I like it – so easy to make
Taylor Santiago
The change I made was to use Splenda rather than sugar, so that someone who’d had bariatric surgery could eat it without dumping. It was delicious, tasted just right, and we both feel great afterwards!
Michael Gonzalez
So much better than the restaurant sickly sweet stuff. This is more sour than sweet, for me just sweet enough as I like the vinegary bite this has. Will remake, would be great on chicken or tofu.
Melissa Brown
Made it as is. Maybe next time is all a little less sugar, but really good and went well with ground pork patties recipe I found here. I made meatballs and put them in the sauce. Delish!
John Goodman
I used 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar and it was a little tart. I loved it anyway and froze portions. Next time I’ll try 3/4c. palm sugar and sambal oelek or sriracha to spice it up.
Mike Mccarthy
This is really good! Just the right balance of sweet and sour. I use vegetable broth to make it vegetarian, but other than that, I don’t change a thing. It’s great as a sauce for fried tofu.
Christina Fitzpatrick
The best sweet and sour sauce recipe that I have found!

 

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