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a bowl of homemade sweet and sour sauce with fish balls and kikiam at the back

Sweet and Sour Sauce

Sweet, tangy, at madaling gawin na homemade sweet and sour sauce. Perfect iterno sa lumpia, fried chicken, fish, and other ulam favorites.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp banana ketchup
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp chili flakes (optional)
  • 1 tsp cornstarch (for slurry)

Method
 

  1. Pagsamasamahin lang lahat ng ingredients sa sauce pan, except cornstartch.
    Give it a little stir para ma-dissolve ang sugar. Bring it to a boil and let it be for 2-3 minutes, huwag hahaluhin para di ‘mahilaw ang suka.’ Hayaan lang mag-simmer for 6-7 minutes. Then tikman.
    Adjust the taste depende sa trip mo. Kung gusto mo na mas nangingibabaw ang tamis, add more sugar. Kung type mo naman ang mas maanghang, add more chili flakes or chopped red chili. Kung gusto mo yung mas may ‘bite’ add more suka or minced garlic.
  2. Thicken the sauce.
    Dissolve cornstarch sa 2 tsp water para makagawa ka ng slurry. Then slowly add to your sauce while stirring continuously. Simply let it simmer for 1 more minute and then it’s done! Kung gusto mo ng mas malapot, pwedeng magdagdag ka pa ng slurry. Keep in mind though, mas magti-thicken yan kapag lumamig na.