Sweet and Sour Sauce
also called sweet & sour · sweet and sour pork sauce
- Takeout Counter
- serves 6
- about 15 min
- Sauces & Gravies
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 3/4 cup(180 mL)pineapple juice | whisk | simmer 5 min | thicken 1 min |
| 1/3 cup(80 mL)rice vinegar | |||
| 1/3 cup(70 g)sugar | |||
| 3 Tbstomato ketchup | |||
| 1 Tbssoy sauce | |||
| 1 tsp(grated)fresh ginger | |||
| 1 clove(minced)garlic | |||
| 1 Tbscornstarch | |||
| 2 Tbscold water | |||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.10 things to get out.
Pans and tools
1whisk
2simmer 5 min
goes in with what step 1 made
3thicken 1 min
goes in with what step 2 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 6 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 1 minof the steps that give a time
One of the 3 steps never says how long it takes, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 1 min of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 15 min.
whisk
not timedfrom the start
simmer 5 min
5 minwalk away(read off the step)from the start
thicken 1 min
1 minneeds you(assumed)5 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
You'll need small saucepan
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See how it is written
>> title: Sweet and Sour Sauce
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: pineapple, vinegar, chinese, stir-fry, stovetop
>> counters: Takeout Counter
>> aka: sweet & sour, sweet and sour pork sauce
>> pairs-with: egg-fried-rice
>> servings: 6
>> time: 15 min
>> step.1: whisk
>> step.2: simmer 5 min
>> step.3: thicken 1 min
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Simmer @&(~1)mixture{} with @fresh ginger{1%tsp}(grated) and @garlic{1%clove}(minced) for ~{5%min}.
Thicken @&(~1)sauce{} with @cornstarch{1%Tbs} slaked in @cold water{2%Tbs}, simmering ~{1%min} until clear and glossy.