Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce

Name: Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornflour ((US – cornstarch)); 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar ((or white wine vinegar, or rice wine vinegar)); 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 3 cloves garlic (grated or crushed); 1 cm fresh ginger (grated); 2 tablespoons tomato puree; 2 tablespoons brown sugar ((See Note 1)); 165 ml pineapple juice ((OR the juice from one 425g / 15oz tin pineapple chunks in juice))

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:5min

A quick and easy homemade sweet and sour sauce made entirely from ‘normal’ everyday ingredients found in most kitchens… lower in sugar than most recipes and NO KETCHUP (or any other highly processed, additive-laden ingredients for that matter!) This Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce takes less than 10 minutes to make and tastes incredible – so much nicer than overly sugary, artificial-tasting, store-bought sweet and sour sauces!

Updated at: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:55:59 GMT