Love the nuggets and sweet & sour from the golden arches? Apricot preserves, Italian dressing, and a couple other add-ins make a fantastic sauce...
Time: under 30 minutes
Sweet 'n Sour Sauces
Sweet and sour sauce is a common condiment in Asian recipes. It's used as a cooking sauce in popular dishes like sweet and sour pork, but it's also for dipping foods in such as deep-fried shrimp or chicken, or egg rolls.
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Copycat McDonald's Sweet And Sour Sauce For Nuggets
Plum Sweet & Sour Sauce
This thick, homemade sweet and sour sauce blows take-out packets out of the water. Plum jam and pineapple spiked with savory soy sauce and vinegar makes for an outstanding...
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Sweet and Sour Sauce With Chicken Broth
Made with cornstarch, water, white vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce, chicken broth
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Simple Sweet And Sour Sauce
Better than the take-out packets of sweet and sour that you get from a Chinese restaurant. You can whip up your own batch right at home.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
All-Purpose Sweet & Sour Sauce
Made with wine vinegar, apple or grape jelly, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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Honey And Brown Sugar Sweet & Sour Sauce
A sauce so good you'll be finding all sorts of new uses for it. Egg rolls and chicken are a given, but stir fries would also go great with this pineapple and...
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Red Sweet-And-Sour Sauce
Whether you're using it to give fried chicken and pineapple a sweet glaze or just dipping some egg rolls, sweet and sour is always handy to have around.
Time: under 30 minutes
Homemade Sweet And Sour Sauce
Made with garlic powder, ground ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, cornstarch, red wine vinegar, orange-pineapple juice
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Thai Sweet & Sour Sauce
Made with ginger, red curry paste, pineapple juice, coconut nectar, tamarind concentrate, water, lime juice, coconut cream
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Sweet And Sour Horseradish Sauce
Made with black pepper, apple jelly, apricot preserves, horseradish, dry mustard
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Blender Sweet-Sour Sauce
Made with salt, cornstarch, canned pimiento, frozen pineapple juice concentrate, brown sugar, vinegar, water, green bell pepper
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Sweet And Sour Pineapple Sauce
Made with lemon juice, brown sugar, unsweetened crushed pineapple, chicken broth, white wine vinegar, vegetable oil, soy sauce, onion, garlic
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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