Sweet & Sour Sauce

by | Mar 12, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Recipe | 7 comments

If there’s one recipe you have in your collection, it has to be this one. This recipe was given to me by an online friend years ago (hi Lyn if you’re around) and it the best and easiest Sweet & Sour sauce recipe I’ve ever tried. Its made using basic pantry ingredients and is a cinch.

You can serve it without any pineapple or vegetables and use it as a dipping sauce for chicken, fish, meatballs etc when you’re entertaining or add any vegetables and pineapple with the meat of your choice for a quick, easy mid week meal.


Sweet & Sour Sauce

  • 1 tbs cornflour
  • 4 tbs juice (I used the pineapple juice from the canned pineapple but have used normal orange juice before)
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1 tbs soy sauce
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 2 tbs tomato sauce
  • 200ml chicken or vegetable stock
  • Vegetables of your choice, eg onions, carrots, capsicum (bell peppers), beans, peas, zucchini
  • Fresh or canned pineapple
  1. Combine juice and cornflour.
  2. Add to a saucepan with vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, tomato sauce and stock. 
  3. Stir until thickened.
  4. You can par-cook vegetables you’re adding but I just add them to the sauce straight away and as the sauce thickens the vegetables get cooked. (I prefer them a little crunchy anyway.)
  5. Add pineapple and heat through.
  6. Serve with meat of your choice and rice. (Tonight mine was sausages which is actually pretty tasty but it’s perfect with fish, chicken, pork or beef.)

7 Comments

  1. Winnie
    Winnie on March 12, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    This is something I have to try.
    I love sweet and sour, and I do eat tons of vegetables
    Thanks for the recipe 🙂

  2. Cindy@NorthofWiarton
    Cindy@NorthofWiarton on March 12, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    This does sound very yummy, Anne, thank you for sharing. Did you sort out what you will be doing re: school, etc?

  3. Trudie
    Trudie on March 12, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    I must try this one, so simple and even with the sugar in it, it would still have to be better than a store bought jar.

  4. Jos SewCookLaughLive
    Jos SewCookLaughLive on March 12, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    I am going to have to give this a try because Mr P LOVES Sweet & Sour sauce!

    Thanks for sharing,
    Jos xx

  5. Janet Camilleri
    Janet Camilleri on March 13, 2013 at 1:23 am

    Would you believe I have only just learnt to make sweet and sour sauce since Christmas! The family loves it so it is already a regular part of my dinner repertoire. I usually have it with little balls I roll out of pork mince – it doesn't need egg or any other ingredients to bind them together, before cooking so is quick and easy.

  6. Tonia L
    Tonia L on March 15, 2013 at 1:43 am

    I was just talking to my mom about this kind of recipe today! I will have to share it with her.