Easy Sweet and Sour Sauce with Pepper and Pineapple.

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A close up on a bowl of peppers, coated with easy sweet and sour sauce and garnished with black and white sesame seeds. A dish of rice is out of focus in the background, along with a small bowl of more sweet and sour sauce. The main bowl is placed on a mat woven from wooden slats, alternating wider orange and thinner natural wood colours.

5 from 15 votes

Easy Sweet and Sour Sauce with Pepper and Pineapple.

Homemade sweet & sour sauce looks superb, tastes great - much better than take-away or jarred sauces - and takes only a few minutes to make. It's so versatile: use it with vegetable and meat dishes for a winning fakeaway meal.

We have made this dish with peppers, but it is just as easy to use meat or other vegetables.

Servings:

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Ingredients

1 can pineapple in juice - (rings or chunks)
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 onion
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 green pepper
4 tbs white wine vinegar
3 tbs soft brown sugar
1 tbs soy sauce - (tamari to be gluten free)
2 tbs cornflour
salt
1 tbsp chili sauce - (to taste)

Instructions

Peel the onion and garlic and chop.
Cut the peppers into strips, discard the seeds and membranes.
Pour the pineapple juice from the can into a jug. Mix in the white wine vinegar, soy sauce and brown sugar to the juice. Stir to dissolve the sugar.
If using pineapple rings cut into bite sized chunks.
Put the cornstarch in a small bowl and add a spoon of the pineapple liquid. Stir well and set to one side.
Fry the onions, garlic and peppers in a frying pan in a little oil. When they’ve started to soften, add the pineapple juice mixture.
Then add the cornstarch paste and cook some more stirring all the time. The sauce should quickly thicken to that characteristic takeout gloopiness.
Add the pineapple chunks and chilli sauce and gently simmer until warmed through.

Notes

Nutritional Information

This recipe is 8 Weight Watchers Smart Points

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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