Sweet and sour sauce

Author: Niki Bezzant - Founding Editor

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A vegetarian favourite, so quick and easy, made in under 10 minutes. This flavoursome sweet and sour sauce recipe uses just five ingredients

Serves: 4 (makes enough for 500g meat)

Time to make: 10 mins

Ingredients

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½ cup fruit juice

1 ½ tablespoons brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 ½ tablespoons white vinegar

1 ½ tablespoons tomato sauce

1 tablespoon cornflourcornstarchX

Instructions

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1 Combine fruit juice, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and tomato sauce in a saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer. Cook for 5 minutes, then add cornflour dissolved in a little hot water. Stir until it thickens, to make enough sauce for a stir-fry for four.

Variations

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HFG tip

Double the quantities and store extra in the fridge.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

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