What Is Sweet and sour sauce and How Can I Use It?
Here's everything worth knowing about sweet and sour sauce and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 23 recipes to cook tonight.
| In Chinese: | 糖醋汁 | |
| British (UK) term: | Sweet and sour sauce | |
| en français: | sauce aigre-douce | |
| en español: | salsa agridulce |
Recipes using sweet and sour sauce
There are 23 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Crockpot Sweet & Sour Chicken Stew with Sweet Peppers
Juicy pineapple, sweet peppers, chicken breasts and carrots in a sweet and sour sauce. Easy slow cooker prep.
Crispy Wontons
Golden, shatteringly crisp pork wontons filled with seasoned ground pork, water chestnuts, ginger, and green onions. Deep-fried in minutes and served with sweet and sour sauce or hot mustard.
Fried Spring Rolls
Crispy fried spring rolls stuffed with pork, shrimp, water chestnuts, and fresh vegetables. A Filipino-style appetizer that fries up golden and crunchy, with a sweet and sour dipping sauce.
Quarter-Hour Sweet-N-Sour
Quick sweet and sour chicken with frozen breaded chicken, mixed vegetables, rice, and bottled sweet and sour sauce. A 15-minute weeknight dinner using pantry shortcuts.
Vic's Spare Ribs
Tender slow-cooked spare ribs simmered in sweet and sour sauce with curry powder and chili for a sticky, tangy glaze. Just 6 ingredients and zero fuss.
Space Needle Blast-Off Punch
Space Needle Blast-Off Punch: a Seattle World's Fair-era rum cocktail with orange curacao, orange juice, and sweet-and-sour. Tropical, citrus-forward, and easy to shake up.
Pretty in Pink By Mousse Mcgillycuddy's
Pretty in Pink blended cocktail with sweet and sour, cranberry juice, lime, simple syrup, and orange liqueur. A tart, fruity pink drink served in a sugar-rimmed glass with a lemon wheel.
Sweet & Sour Turkey
Slow cooker sweet and sour turkey with pineapple, mandarin oranges, and colorful vegetables over fluffy rice. Set it, forget it, and come home to dinner.
Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs
Tender pork spareribs pre-cooked until fall-apart soft, then grilled and basted with a sticky apricot sweet and sour sauce. A backyard BBQ crowd-pleaser with a fruity, tangy glaze.
Sweet & Sour Chicken with Oranges
20-minute sweet and sour chicken stir-fry with juicy mandarin oranges, crunchy water chestnuts, and a kick of crushed red pepper. Wok-fired and bursting with citrus.
Easy Sweet 'N Sour Chicken
An easy and scrumptious recipe is perfect for a small dinner with friends. One dish that will have you licking your fingers!
Spicy Egg Noodles(Bamee Haeng)
Thai street-style dry egg noodles (Bamee Haeng) tossed with garlic oil, fish sauce, and sweet-sour sauce. Topped with bean sprouts, ground peanuts, and your choice of meat.
Vegetarian Sweet & Sour "Spareribs" (Chinese New Year)
Not real spareribs, they are made of vegetables, but tastes very nice, and much more healthier too!
Smoked Sausage Stir-Fry
Smoked sausage stir-fried with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, peppers, and onions, tossed with ramen noodles and soy sauce. A fast, filling stir-fry dinner in 40 minutes.
Sweet & Sour Chinese Chicken Salad
"Chinese" chicken salad by David Cassidy, adapts to serve any number of people.
Cantonese Sweet & Sour Chicken
Cantonese sweet and sour chicken stir-fry with snow peas, mandarin oranges, cashews, and fresh ginger. A quick wok dinner bursting with citrusy, tangy flavor in 40 minutes.
Quick Sweet & Sour Chicken with Apricots
A quick and succulent dish that brings some variety to dinner and a tantalizing flavor everyone will enjoy!
Chinese Vegetarian Egg Rolls
Crispy vegetarian egg rolls stuffed with spinach, cabbage, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots. Fried golden and served with a homemade sweet and sour dipping sauce.
Pressed Duck with Sweet & Sour Sauce
Pressed duck simmered with five spice, coated in water chestnut flour, steamed, then deep-fried until crisp. Served with sweet and sour plum sauce and toasted almonds.
Spicy Egg Noodles (Bamee Haeng)
Serve this dish for breakfast, lunch or as a snack or as a side dish in a Western- style meal.
