Chinese Sweet and Sour Pineapple Sauce
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Updated : 28 November, 2025
Easy
About 10 min.
Ingredients
200 grams
Pineapple
150 milliliters
Syrup
50 milliliters
Soy sauce
2 tablespoon
Ketchup
2 tablespoon
Vinegar 5%
1 tablespoon
Sugar
1 tablespoon
Potato starch
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Drain the syrup from the can of canned pineapples. Instead of regular table vinegar you can use rice, apple or grape vinegar, or replace vinegar with lemon juice. Adjust the amount of vinegar and the acidity of the sauce to your taste.
Step 2
In a small saucepan combine the ketchup, soy sauce, half of the pineapple syrup, vinegar and sugar. Put the saucepan on the stove over low heat and, stirring, bring the mixture to a boil.
Step 3
In the remaining pineapple syrup dissolve the starch, breaking up all the lumps. If you wish, you can replace the pineapple syrup with pineapple juice.
Step 4
In the remaining pineapple syrup dissolve the starch, breaking up all the lumps. If you wish, you can replace the pineapple syrup with pineapple juice.
Step 5
Add the pineapple pieces to the saucepan and warm everything together for about 1 minute.
Step 6
Constantly stirring, pour the starch mixture dissolved in the pineapple syrup into the saucepan in a thin stream. The sauce will start to thicken immediately. Bring the sauce back to a boil and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds. The sauce turns out quite thick but still pourable. You can adjust the amount and consistency of the sauce to your liking by simmering it longer to thicken, or thinning it with more pineapple syrup or pineapple juice.
Step 7
The sauce is ready. You can serve it with meat, fish or poultry, either chilled or warm. Enjoy!
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