Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Plum Sweet-And-Sour Sauce

Category: Sauces

Servings: 5 2/3 cups

Description: The enjoyment of deep-fried appetizers is enhanced when accompanied with hot Chinese mustard and the sweet-sour plum sauce.

Ingredients:

• 1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
• 1 C sugar
• 1 C water
• 1 C vinegar
• 1 T dark soy sauce
• 2 T cornstarch
• 2 T cold water
• 1 C plum sauce or plum jam (See NOTE)

Instructions:

1. Heat pinapple (with syrup), sugar, 1 cup water, vinegar and soy sauce to boiling. Mix together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water. Stir into pineapple mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Cool to room temperature. Stir in plum sauce. Cover and refrigerate. Serve with appetizers. NOTE: Orange marmalade can be substituted for the plum sauce.