Sweet and sour sauce chinese style
1 cup
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | clove | Garlic; crushed or finely chopped |
| 1 | each | Onion; finely chopped |
| 1 | tablespoon | Oil |
| 6 | tablespoons | Chicken stock |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Wine vinegar |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Sugar |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Soy sauce |
| 2 | teaspoons | Tomato paste or ketchup |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sherry wine |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| Salt | ||
| Freshly ground black pepper | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Chinese chili sauce (opt'l) |
Directions
Fry the garlic in the oil until soft but not colored. Add the stock and the next five ingredients. Blend the cornstarch to a paste with ¼ cup water and stir in. Cook for 1 minute. Taste and season, adding the chili sauce if wished.
From _The Sauce Book_ by Pepita Aris McGraw-Hill 1984 ISBN 0-07-002189-9 Typos by Jeff Pruett Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 04-24-95