Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce

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A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!

Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce.... A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!

I LOVE grilling season! We grill at least once a week at my house. I love the quick clean up, the no hassle recipes and that we don’t have to heat up our house!

I have been on the hunt for a good sweet and sour recipe for a while now, but none were making the cut. This recipe took some practicing to get just right and I am proud to announce that it is exactly that… just right!

We lathered our grilled chicken with this sauce and highly recommend it to others. I have tried many sweet and sour sauce recipes over the course of my life and can honestly say this is the best I have tried!

Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce.... A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!

It has a perfect texture and the flavor is sweet and our of this world!

This sauce would make an excellent sauce for coating, lathering and/or dipping.

If you have some grilling planned for this summer, definitely try out this recipe- it is sure to be a huge hit will all who try it!

Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce.... A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!

Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce.... A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!
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Best Ever Sweet and Sour Sauce

A delicious blend of flavors and ingredients come together to create the BEST EVER Sweet and Sour Sauce. This recipe is perfect to lather, coat or dip your food in!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 43kcal

Ingredients 

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons ketchup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 Tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons corn starch
  • 2 Tablespoons cold water

Instructions

  • Add brown sugar, ketchup, water, salt, vinegar, and soy sauce in a medium sauce pan.
  • Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
  • Stir in cornstarch mixture and reduce heat to medium low and cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly.

Nutrition

Calories: 43kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Sodium: 309mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 19IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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  1. Kari

    I love sweet & sour sauce. There are some good bottled ones out there, but homemade is the best!
    Kari
    http://sweetteasweetie.com/sweet-spicy-turkey-tacos/

  2. Michelle

    Could this be canned?

    1. Brad

      I don't see why not. Make sure the temps are correct for killing off bacteria. (ie: sauce is hot enough, and jars are well cleaned/bathed.) Happy Canning!

    2. Carol

      Cornstarch does not react to canning well. You might be able to change it out to cleargel

  3. PEGGY TAYLOR

    5

    Can't wait to make this sauce, looks so good.

  4. Liana Allen

    It would be great to know the yield on this recipe!

  5. Katie

    Great sauce!!!! Went wonderfully with meat balls and rice!!!! I found adding the cornstarch with all the ingredients in the beginning made a smoother sauce. First attempt had lumps I had pick out. Second no Lumps at all!!

  6. Cathy

    5

    Going to make this this week! Can't wait! How long can you keep in the fridge?

  7. Pam Owen

    I love this sauce although to me it tasted more like teriyaki sauce. So I added a little crushed pineapple and man oh man, so yummy I kept sticking my finger in it to, you know, make sure it was still good! Don't tell ok? Shhh

  8. Lauren

    Super easy and delicious!

  9. Sandra Yant

    5

    Can you put in jars and can for future use?

  10. Brian

    What is the yield for this recipe?

  11. Matthew glatzmaier

    5

    I just made it find out shortly how it taste unfortunately i had to assume you add starch and reduce right after it boils. It does look just like the picture though and real easy.

  12. Linda

    This looks both easy & delicious. I used to just grab a sweet & sour sauce off the shelf...until I actually read the list of ingredients. Why would I want to be feeding my family the junk that is in the jarred sauces? I don't & I won't! Can't wait to try this. Has anyone made it with a little less sugar? Thanks for the post!

  13. Eleanor Massey

    Hello, I used this sauce with my simple stir fry. My twist on Chinese. Kielbasa with veggies , brother says it was awesome. I took a picture, don’t know how to share it, new phone. Sorry. Love this sweet and sour recipe. Insanely easy.

  14. Debra Russell

    Doubled the recipe, added some homemade pineapple jalapeno jam and used orange juice instead of water. Also added crushed red chile peppers, kosher salt and lemon pepper...yum!

  15. Shae

    Instead of rice vinegar could one use white vinegar??

  16. Nicole Locastro

    How much does this recipe yield? 1 cup?

  17. Ken Easterling

    5

    I converted all the amounts and came up with this recipe making about 1 1/2 cups (23.166 tablespoons). The point I don't know is for things like salt and cornstarch. Does salt count as 1/2 teaspoon and cornstarch count as 2 teaspoons? Since they dissolve, I'm not sure the volume increases. So, if they don't increase the volume, this 1 1/2 cups is off by 2 1/2 teaspoons. I calculated it as increasing the volume.

  18. Phoebe

    I really wish I could get your recipe but there is an add placed right over the ingredients 😠

    1. Chef in Training

      so sorry about that! I have been updating my recipe cards and just updated this one. Hopefully that helped fixed your issue. Please let me know if you run into any more trouble.

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