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This homemade sweet and sour sauce recipe serves as a healthy topping for chicken and vegetables or an easy dipping sauce at the table.
Sweet and sour sauce is one condiment you will almost certainly want to make yourself.
Not only is this sauce one of the easiest to blend at home, but it is essential to avoid the GMO and additive-loaded commercial versions.
Hint: Don’t ever eat sweet and sour chicken at a restaurant.
You can only imagine what’s in it (GMO high fructose corn syrup topping the list!).
You probably have the three simple ingredients necessary to make healthy sweet & sour sauce already in your kitchen: organic ketchup, apple cider vinegar, and maple syrup!
Preparation and Serving Tips
If you have someone in the household on the GAPS Diet, substitute date syrup for the maple syrup so that the sauce is sweetened with fruit only.
*Be sure the apple cider vinegar brand you use comes in glass containers. The acidity of ACV will leach toxins if stored in plastic.
I do not recommend Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar anymore as it is watered down with tap water. It is also no longer family-0wned.
I suggest to make your own apple cider vinegar (preferred option). Second choice is to use one of the few safe, properly fermented ACV brands that are still commercially available.
If you’d like to see a demonstration of this recipe, this post on the best 8 condiments to make at home has a how-to video. The sweet and sour sauce demo begins at 7:18
Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Homemade sweet and sour sauce recipe made with three whole food ingredients that you can make in minutes to serve as a glaze for chicken tenders or as an easy dipping sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup preferably homemade or organic
- 1/4 cup raw apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Instructions
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Mix all the ingredients well in a small glass bowl.
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Serve immediately.
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Refrigerate leftovers in a small glass container or bottle with tight-fitting lid. The sauce will last in the refrigerator for about one month.
Thank you, Sarah. This is a fantastic recipe. My husband’s favorite Chinese dish is General Tso Chicken. I used honey instead of maple syrup. It was so good!