I love simple things that can be twisted to my liking – sweet and sour sauce is one of them. So many recipes call for pineapple juice and I find I like my sauce to be simple and a hint of heat.

1 tbsp cornstarch
¼ cup water
½ cup Apple Cider vinegar
½ cup raw cane sugar (turbinado)
¼ cup ketchup
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp Hot Sauce (I like chipotle sauce)

Combine all ingredients in a cool saucepan. Place on medium heat and whisk until warm and bubbly. As it heats up it will thicken. If you like your sauce a little on the sweeter side, you can add in a fruit juice like pineapple, apple or pear. This will draw natural sweet flavors into your sauce. I don’t add dye, so it won’t have that familiar orange look.

I like to dip my fried chicken in this – which is also fairly easy.

2 Chicken Breasts – chunked
1 egg
1/4 Cup Cornstarch
1/4 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup water
1 Tbsp Sugar
Salt and Pepper to taste

Preheat fryer or wok oil to 375.

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. It’s going to be thin and that’s ok, we want that. I dredge all my chicken pieces at once and use chopsticks to pull them from the batter into my fryer. I then use a different set of chopsticks to flip and pull out my cooked pieces.

Dip the chicken in your homemade sauce and Yumo!

Enjoy!