- March 10,2023
A universal way to sweet and sour sauce, remember 1 ratio, any sweet and sour dish is delicious, and it will turn out once
People always like taste of sweet and sour, just like life, there are times when spring breeze is proud, and there are times when it is unsatisfactory, only by experiencing sourness of life can we truly appreciate sweetness.
Sweet and sour dishes - a variety of sweet and sour dishes, such as sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour ribs, sweet and sour meatballs, etc. Taste sweet and sour, sweet and sour, very appetizing, suitable for all ages gourmet food. No matter how ingredients of sweet and sour dish vary, main part of taste is a bowl of sweet and sour sauce.
Sweet and sour sauce, easiest way is sugar + vinegar, taste is barely tolerable, not tasty, color is not good.
Sweet and sour pork tenderloin in a bright red restaurant, tastes moderately sweet and sour. It is very tasty. Any tips? Today I will share with you authentic way of sweet and sour sauce, remember ratio, whatever sweet and sour dish you cook, it will be delicious like in a restaurant.
【Sweet and sour crispy tofu】
Prepare a chunk of old tofu, cooking oil, cooking wine, light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, sugar, and tomato sauce.
1. Wash old tofu. It needs to be fried to make crispy tofu, so try not to use tender tofu that breaks easily. Cut old tofu into 5mm thick cubes.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan, add tofu cubes, fry for a while over low heat, fry until golden brown on both sides, and then serve. Use a kitchen paper towel to soak up oil on the surface. not to be greasy.
3. Start another saucepan, add 1 scoop cornstarch, 2 scoops light soy sauce, 3 scoops balsamic vinegar, 4 scoops sugar, 5 scoops water, mix well, turn on low heat and cook sugar. .
4. Pour in fried tofu cubes and stir-fry evenly. Let tofu cubes be covered with a layer of sweet and sour sauce.
【Sweet and sour pork】
Prepare 1 piece tenderloin, starch, salt, white pepper, cooking wine, eggs, balsamic vinegar, light soy sauce, sugar, tomato sauce, vegetable oil.
1. Rinse tenderloin, cut into a wide strip or thin slices, add appropriate amount of salt, white pepper, cooking wine, eggs, starch, mix evenly with your hands, marinate for half an hour to taste.
2. Combine a bowl of sweet and sour sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 2 tablespoons white vinegar, 3 tablespoons sugar, 4 tablespoons tomato sauce, 5 tablespoons water and mix well with chopsticks.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan, coat marinated tenderloin with a thin layer of dry starch, put in a frying pan and fry until slightly yellowish, then remove. Heat a frying pan with oil to 70% heat, put tenderloin, fry for 30 seconds and remove.
4. Start another pot, pour adjusted sweet and sour sauce into pan, simmer until thick, add fried tenderloin, fry for half a minute, stirring, and cover surface of tenderloin with a layer of sweet and sour sauce sprinkled with white sesame seeds and ready to serve.
【Skill Overview】
From two sweet and sour dishes above, it can be seen that sweet and sour sauce is not limited to sugar and vinegar, but requires 5 types of seasonings.
There are 2 versions of sweet and sour sauce: with tomato sauce and without tomato sauce.
No ketchup version: 1 scoop cornstarch, 2 scoops soy sauce, 3 scoops balsamic vinegar, 4 scoops sugar, and 5 scoops water.
Ketchup variant: 1 scoop cornstarch, 2 scoops white vinegar, 3 scoops white sugar, 4 scoops tomato paste, and 5 scoops water.
No, two sweet and sour sauces contain same four seasonings: starch, sugar, vinegar, and water. The only difference is that one of them has light soy sauce, and other has tomato sauce. The ketchup version of sweet and sour sauce is brighter and brighter in color, which is very pretty.
Regardless of sweet and sour version, ratio is 1:2:3:4:5. Keep this ratio in mind for a delicious sweet and sour sauce. The ratio of sugar and vinegar, if you like a sweet taste, add more sugar, if you like a sour taste, add more vinegar.
