Chinese Restaurant Style Red Sweet & Sour Sauce Recipe

Learn how to make Chinese restaurant sweet and sour sauce! This recipe is super easy and quick and uses what you already have in your pantry. No special ingredients required!

What you'll need:
1/2 cup white sugar (100g)
4 tsp cornstarch (or tapioca, arrowroot, etc.)
4 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce
pinch salt
3/4 cup water (180ml)
2 drops red gel food coloring (I use Americolor)

Mix everything in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Once to a boil and thickened, remove from heat and serve. Makes about 1 cup of sauce. Use for dipping sauce, on top of fried rice or to make sweet and sour chicken or pork. Enjoy!

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[imbaby]

I can not explain my love for sweet n sour sauce

[judidunham]

A simple syrup with corn starch, vinegar and food coloring. Genius! I’ve been looking for a restaurant style sweet-and-sour sauce for years. Ketchup does NOT work. This is perfect. Thank you so much!

[inaudibleshout]

Y’all. This is the one. This is literally it. Thank you.

[behramcooper]

I just tried out this recipe and you are spot on. Now I don't have to beg my Chinese restaurateur for extra sweet and sour sauce. Of course being a diabetic I used Splenda instead of sugar, but it came out very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[lashondaorkes]

Finally, a sweet and sour sauce recipe without ketchup! Love it!

[briannaray]

You have no idea how many thumbs up I wish I could give you, I watch your video every time I make this! Favorite and comes out perfect every time!

[ChefRudakova]

Good & easy AF recipe. Thanks! I've just tested it without adding artificial colour, and with brown sugar instead of white, and it turned out beautiful brown. The only thing, I've found it just sweet and not really sour, so I've added 1/2 a lemon juice, that totally elevated the flavour :) Again - thanks!

[medmark]

You have expanded my cooking repertoire immensely with this video. Thank you! I modified your recipe in the following ways: I started with sugar, salt, cornstarch. For the liquid I used homemade plum wine, blush balsamic vinegar. I also included a dash of mirin and a pinch of Chinese five-spice. I was blown away with how good it was. Despite all of the changes, I feel I owe my success to this video.

[paulorugal]

Oh Boy, I love the way you teach things,
the attention you give to some details that some newbies might have... (Like me)

And there's always an alternative to the ingredients/techniques you're teaching, cuz you're humble enough to respect other ppl tastes and preferences.

You're the best in a lot of different ways! Ty for uploading these awesome videos ♡

[Fortis_Bellator]

This literally is the best recipe for sweet n sour sauce. I've made it about 20 times over the years. So easy too.

[cjdavis]

I had just cooked some white rice with carrot, sweet peas, and pork. and then made this sauce and poured over it and it tastes just like the sweet and sour pork I get from the local chinese restaurant! thanks for posting this it's so easy to make and tastes awesome!

[westcoaster]

This is the recipe I've been looking for.
Ketchup brown sugar recipes is what I grew up on everytime mom tried homemade Chinese food. I know there are ketchup brown sugar sauces in commercial kitchens too but I have never been to one that made decent food.

Working in Chinese restaurants, I knew the recipe was something close to this one. One thing the restaurant did that I will try, is they started by making a citrus broth. Basically boiling a greater ratio of orange halves to lemon halves. After removing fruit they would then add sugar then thicken with starch slurry.
Not sure of the fruit ratios as they were making 5 gallon batches but it was definitely the more common one most people think of.
Thanks for the recipe.

[katymariecross]

Great recipe had to add extra vinegar to really give it the taste I was looking for though. I added 4 tsp of white vinegar and 4 tsp of red wine vinegar and it ended up perfect! Thanks for posting this video helped so much and I hope it helped out others as well!

[melissaayala]

Finally a recipe without ketchup and fruit juices!! This was very good the best just like take out! Thank you so much!

[jessn]

I just made this sauce, followed your exact directions, and let me tell ya, damn this is good! Thx so much for posting!

[GelFaith]

I tried this yesterday and it was good. My husband liked it! I just added a bit of pineapple juice and a bit of water to it. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

[kristapetit]

Oh my I had no idea that sweet and sour sauce was made with red food coloring 😂😂😂😂 thanks so much. Looks so delicious

[thepickypainter]

I have been searching for a recipe for this for literally YEARS !!! Thank you so much !!!

[lydiab]

Just made sweet and sour chicken + fried rice using this recipe for the sweet and sour sauce. It was delicious, thank you so much!!!

[youdontsay]

I didn't have to order any food coloring. Had some in my cabinet. So I used that. Sauce came out delish. Made just enough. Thank you sir