We spiced up a usual stir fry with some sweet and sour sauce last night, and it made a world of difference - it sort of tasted like cheap Chinese takeout (which happens to be exactly what we were going for). Go us! The recipe we found online, but naturally we didn't follow it completely. That would be too easy.
Sweet and sour sauce
Makes a lot
1/4C brown sugar
6tbs rice wine vinegar
1.5tbs tomato paste
1.5tbs soy sauce
2 tbs corn starch mixed in 4 tbs of water*
small amount of a random spicy chinese spicy sauce we had in the fridge. Otherwise, use something hot - red pepper flakes? just to give it a bite
More water as needed to thin it out
*It looks like most recipes call for 2 TEASPOONS of cornstarch in 4 tsp of water, which would explain why our sauce got so thick and we had to add more water. Whoops.
Heat everything together in a saucepan until its all dissolved. Pour over a usual stirfry and cook for a minute or two, then serve.
Our stir fry this time 'round had tofu (the firm kind), purple cauliflower, onion, orange pepper, green beans, baby bok choy, and scallions. And it tasted delicious! The purple cauliflower makes it pretty, eh?
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