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Sweet Sour Sauce

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This flavorful sweet sour sauce uses both white and black rice vinegar.
Yields 1 1/4 cups
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Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 4 1/2 TB rice vinegar
  • 1 1/2 TB black rice vinegar
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 3 TB tomato paste
  • 4 1/2 TB brown sugar
  • 3/8 tsp chile sauce, or to taste
  • 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 6 teaspoons water

Preparation:

Bring all the ingredients except the cornstarch slurry to a boil.
Give the cornstarch/water slurry a quick restir and add, stirring quickly to thicken.
Use with chicken, pork or spareribs. To thicken the sweet sour sauce for use as a dipping sauce, increase the amount of cornstarch to 3 teaspoons. Yields 1 1/4 cups.

Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe Copyright 2003 by Rhonda Parkinson. All rights reserved.
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