The greatest sweet and sour sauce is this one! Making it is quick and simple. You are allowed to substitute. Chili sauce and wine vinegar can be swapped with ketchup and cider vinegar, respectively; the flavor is not affected. Usually, I multiply the recipe.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 3 tablespoons wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Stir chicken broth, sugar, wine vinegar, soy sauce, chili sauce, cornstarch, and cayenne pepper together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar and cornstarch dissolve; cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes.
Reviews
I didn’t find this sauce to be very good at all ..not impressed ..odd tasting.
Turned out great I did add a couple extra teaspoons of vinegar to suit my taste. I will be making this again, thanks for recipe.
This was exactly what I wanted. Not too much sugar, zero ketchup and a little latitude to use different ingredients for the right combo. I made it with red wine vinegar and it was 5 stars for my husband. this one is going in my recipe book.
I tripled the recipe so I could use over steamed rice. Also added some to meatballs I had in crockpot. Used rice wine in place of vinegar and ketchup/chili powder in place of chili sauce. Very good and easy to make.
Easy and great flavor !
Great and easy recipe. Just added chicken, Onions and green peppers.
added can of pineapple chunks to it, next time I may add garlic
Love this because we never have pineapple in the store cupboard. This is so nice, sweet and tangy x
This was a simple recipe that I was able to make quickly. It tasted great! I did not include the chili sauce and cayenne pepper (as my stomach is sensitive to pepper). I also substituted the wine vinegar with lemon juice. I added some ginger and two dashes of garlic powder. I would make it again!
DELICIOUS! I used Laoganma Fried Chili in Oil because I wasn’t sure what hot sauce to use. Forgot the cayenne pepper because I was in a rush and it turned out Devine! Sooo good. I will be using this recipe from now on. ??
I didn’t have lemon so I used vinegar. Poured it over a pork roast in my slow cooker for sweet and sour pulled pork.
This turned out great. I used Zatarain’s Cajun hot sauce for the chili sauce and added a small squirt of ketchup. This was not quite as sour as I expected but it was suitable and fit the purpose I intended. I needed a sauce that was fast, easy, and didn’t require pineapple juice or green peppers and this was it. I kept this one to make again.
Delicious! I made some changes though ? instead of wine vinegar vinegar I added 3 ts of white wine plus 3 ts of white vinegar ? DELICIOUS!
Substituted 1/2 red wine vinegar and rice vinegar and added 1/2 tbs more sugar. It was a tad too tart otherwise.
Much to sour for my liking, added more sugar and it was much better. I used catsup instead of chili sauce and cider vinegar instead of wine vinegar. Will make again adding the additional sugar.
very tasty! I used ketchup and a dash of chili powder in place of chili sauce. nice flavor, and not too sweet!
Made it with the ketchup and no cayenne; best sweet and sour I’ve ever had, and none of the HFCS that it seems everything out there is using these days; all I’ll use going forward. Thanks!
This was so delicious ! I had some chunks of pork, red onion, broccoli, canned mango, and water chestnuts, but didn’t know what to sauce it up with. This sauce was so tasty and perfectly complimented the other ingredients!
Noted that other reviews said it didn’t have enough sour so I substituted the broth for cider vinegar and I dont have regular hit sauce so used siracha. Just the right amount of sweet and sour and the heat hits you after.
I liked this recipe it was really yummy.
I don’t know why, but it has a faint maple taste. It was easy to make, but not sour enough.