Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce

Homemade Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce can be used the same way as store bought sauce.

This is the sauce recipe that I included with Battered Tofu with Sweet & Sour Sauce away back in 2016. I was making a few Veggie Meatballs today and wanted the sauce recipe and thought it would be easier to find if it had its own post. So here it is with a few minor changes. 

Printable recipe at end of post.

Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce

• ⅔ cup pineapple juice and water
• ⅓ cup rice vinegar or use white vinegar
• ⅓ cup brown sugar, packed or can use white sugar
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1-2 tablespoons water
• 1 8-ounce can pineapple tidbits, drained or about ⅔ cup drained from a large can
• ¼ cup diced green or red pepper, optional

How to make it:

Drain pineapple and pour juice into a measuring cup.  Add enough water to make ⅔ cup if needed.

In a medium saucepan, combine pineapple juice, vinegar, sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce and bring to a boil over medium heat.  Dissolve the cornstarch in the tablespoon of water. For a thin sauce use the 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water. Double the amount for a thicker sauce.  Stir the cornstarch slurry into the hot liquid and cook until the mixture bubbles and thickens, about 1-2 minutes. Add the pineapple tidbits and diced pepper if using. 

Use as you would any store bought sauce. Store any left over sauce in the refrigerator in a covered container.  

Makes about 2 cups.

The assembling of the ingredients.

In a medium saucepan, combine pineapple juice, vinegar, sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce and bring to a boil over medium heat.  

Dissolve the cornstarch in the tablespoon of water. For a thin sauce use the 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water. Double the amount for a thicker sauce.  Stir the cornstarch slurry into the hot liquid and cook until the mixture bubbles and thickens, about 1-2 minutes. Add the pineapple tidbits and diced pepper if using. 

Add the pineapple tidbits.

I also added a little red pepper. I would have used green but red was all I had. The green pepper gives a nice contrast to the red sauce.

A delicious meal of rice and Veggie Meatballs topped off with the Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce.

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