Sweet and Sour Sauce
Sweet and sour sauce is a quick Chinese-style wok sauce where vinegar, sugar and tomato create a glossy and balanced flavour.
Ingredients
- 300 g chicken / pork / beef / prawns (can be omitted)
- 1 green broccoli
- 2 carrots
- 2 onions
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 2 tbsp oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 1 dl boiling water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Chop the vegetables into cubes. Cut the broccoli into diced pieces. If you use meat, cut it to strips.
- Mix the Sweet and Sour Sauce ingredients in a cup, add boiling water and leave to infuse.
- Heat a couple of tablespoons of oil in a wok pan. If you are using meat in the dish, fry the surface of the meat first.
- Start loading the veggies into the wok, first: Broccoli and carrots for about 3 min. Then onions for about 1 min and peppers in, about 1 min. The vegetables must stay crunchy!
- Finally, add the Sweet and Sour Sauce to the wok and bring to a rapid boil. Serve immediately with rice or noodles.
Notes
- Add the sauce to the wok only at the end of cooking to keep vegetables crisp.
- Stir the cornstarch mixture well before pouring to avoid lumps.
- Adjust sweetness or acidity gradually to suit your taste.
- Pineapple juice or chunks can be added for a fruitier variation.
- Works well with chicken, tofu, shrimp or vegetable stir-fries.
Nutrition
Calories: 247kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 13gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 542mgPotassium: 648mgFiber: 5gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 4800IUVitamin C: 157mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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