Authentic Asian Sweet & Sour Sauce - Recipe [closed]

Although its a well known fact that the Sweet & Sour sauce we have come to expect is not really an authentic sauce served in Asia, its one that we have come to love in North America. The problem is sourcing that perfect recipe. Although I live in the Asian capital of British Columbia and have an extended network of colleagues in the food industry, I am still stumped and cant find the recipe for this sauce. There are plenty of hacks available online, but still nothing that compares. If there is anyone with an Asian culinary background that is willing to post and share a recipe for this sauce, I would truly appreciate it if they could post it here. Thank you & kind regards in advance.

Mark

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Best Answer

You're only going to get an approximate answer to this because there isn't "one sauce" that is sweet and sour, even in Vancouver. Instead, there are multiple sauces that fit that description, having both acid and sugar in them. Common ingredients include any of white sugar, brown sugar, honey, vinegar (of several kinds), soy sauce, lemon juice, plum puree, ginger, ketchup, various sour fruits, and spices.

This blog has multiple recipes for sweet-and-sour sauces from Sichuan, which might suit what you're looking for.

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What is Chinese restaurant sweet and sour sauce made of?

Sweet and Sour Sauce is as easy as bringing a few ingredients including pineapple juice, brown sugar, and soy sauce to a boil before adding a cornstarch slurry to the mixture to thicken it. The classic red color from sweet and sour sauce comes from red food coloring (which is completely optional).

Is sweet and sour sauce authentic?

Sweet and sour sauce is usually associated with the authentic Chinese combination of rice vinegar and sugar. The probable origin of this sweet and sour mixture is the Chinese province of Hunan, where it was originally used as a condiment or a sauce for fish, meat, and vegetables.

What makes a sweet and sour sauce?

\ud83d\udccb What do we need? Sugar - use light brown or dark brown sugar (I use light brown most of the time). Dark brown sugar is slightly more acidic, so if you like it really tangy, go with that one. Vinegar - I find malt vinegar give the best tangy for sweet and sour sauce.

Is sweet and sour authentic Chinese?

Sweet and sour pork is a Chinese dish particularly popular in westernised Cantonese cuisine and may be found all over the world. Several provinces in China produce various dishes that claim to be the ancestor including a traditional Jiangsu dish called Pork in a sugar and vinegar sauce (\u7cd6\u918b\u91cc\u810a; pinyin: t\xe1ng c\xf9 l\u01d0j\u01d0).

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