Often the sweet and sour sauce in Chinese restaurants or even sold in a bottle is a bright red color. The coloring comes from food coloring and doesn’t really affect the overall taste of the recipe.

Often the sweet and sour sauce in Chinese restaurants or even sold in a bottle is a bright red color. The coloring comes from food coloring and doesn’t really affect the overall taste of the recipe.

Make the sweet-and-sour sauce: Combine the pineapple juice, ketchup, vinegar, sugar, rum, soy sauce and hot sauce in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until ...

The Joyce Chen printout includes recipes for sweet and sour pork, Chinese celery cabbage and dried shrimp soup, Mandarin moo-shi pork and and chiao-tzu, also known as Peking ravioli, a term that Chen ...

In a small pot, combine vinegar and sugar. Bring to a boil. Add haw flakes (hawthorn candy), pineapple juice, Chinese red vinegar, hibiscus, salted plum, and strawberries. Continue to boil and ...