Sweet and Sour Sauce is a great match for many Filipino fried food. I just love dipping my lumpiang shanghai, nuggets, fried wontons, fried fish, and many more in this sauce. If it were some other sauce, it would be weird, agree?
If you go to the supermarket, there are lots of brands to choose from, both local and imported. And it’s kind of frustrating how each differ in taste. Like, why doesn’t it taste like the last one I had in the restaurant?
An even sadder fact is that most of them have these chemicals and preservatives we don’t even know how to pronounce. So I thought to myself, hey, maybe the best tasting ones are made from the freshest and most natural ingredients. Why not learn how to make this sauce at home?
I later found out that making these are actually easy and I’m sharing this recipe to you, so you get to try it at home also:
INGREDIENTS:
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- ½ small green bell pepper, seeded and minced
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
HOW TO COOK:
- Combine the pineapple juice, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and salt in a small bowl.
- Stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved
- Add the cornstarch and stir until well dispersed.
- Pour and heat the oil in a sauce pan over medium heat.
- Add the bell peppers and cook, while stirring regularly, until softened.
- Add the liquid mixture and bring to a boil, while whisking regularly.
- Continue to cook, whisking regularly, for about 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce thickens.
- Remove from heat, let it cool and transfer to a container. Use for different dishes like lumpiang shanghai and rellenong hipon.
IMAGE: chinasichuanfood.com
Also try: Homemade Banana Ketchup
