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Sauce Aigre-douce chinoise
Chinese sweet and sour sauce
⏱ 15 minServes 4Easy95 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients4 servings
200 ml (¾ cup)fresh pineapple juice
100 ml (½ cup)rice vinegar
150 g (5 oz)brown sugar
3 tbspsoy sauce
3 tbspketchup
2 tbspcornstarch
1 tbspgrated fresh ginger
1red bell pepper, finely diced
100 ml (½ cup)filtered water
- 200 ml (¾ cup) fresh pineapple juice
- 100 ml (½ cup) rice vinegar
- 150 g (5 oz) brown sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 red bell pepper, finely diced
- 100 ml (½ cup) filtered water
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
Serves 4. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.
03 — Method
- Put the pineapple juice, rice vinegar, brown sugar and soy sauce in a saucepan.
- Add the ketchup, diced red pepper and grated ginger.
- Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Simmer gently for 10 minutes until the pepper is tender.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water, then stir it into the hot sauce.
- Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the sauce, avoiding lumps.
- Cook 3 minutes more until syrupy, then transfer to a sterilized jar.
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