Sweet and Sour Ketchup
This all-around delicious ketchup is a perfect balance of sweet and sour. Use it with meat loaves, as a dipper for baked chicken pieces or as a topper for burgers.
This all-around delicious ketchup is a perfect balance of sweet and sour. Use it with meat loaves, as a dipper for baked chicken pieces or as a topper for burgers.
Ground turkey is a lean alternative to beef. Keep the burgers moist and flavourful with this simple sweet-and-sour barbecue sauce.
For a summer-fresh twist on Dutch apple pie, swap the traditional filling with a tangy custard made of sour cream and seasonal blueberries. Plus, the no-fuss streusel topping is much easier to make than a classic rolled pastry.
Prunes flavour this rich sweet-and-sour beef stew. If using beef stock instead of beer, reduce the salt by half.
These bite-size meatballs are tossed in a retro sweet and sour sauce that everyone will love. Grenadine, a syrup that you can find in the drink section of your grocery store, helps give this sauce its signature bright red colour. Keep the meatballs hot in a small slow cooker set on warm or in a chafing dish set over a flame.
What's better in the morning than a bite of something delicious with a cup of coffee? This coffee cake's strawberries and rhubarb offer just the right sweet-and-sour balance for a tasty morning treat.
Succulent pieces of chicken breast marinated in Asian spices, deep fried to a golden brown and then smothered in an enticing pineapple, red pepper, sweet and sour sauce. Pour the sauce over the chicken balls and serve over fluffy basmati rice. Yummy!
Sweet-and-sour Thai-inspired ingredients enhance the mild flavour of shrimp. These shrimp would also be great served on skewers as an appetizer during your next backyard party. Sprinkle chopped green onions over the rice as a garnish, if desired.
When I was young, my dad usually kept his cooking to a minimum. However, when I began my culinary career as an adult, his passion for cooking started to flourish. Our long-distance phone calls now turn into conversations about what we prepared for dinner that week or a new hors d'oeuvre he's excited to make for the next family gathering. Holiday dinners have gone from turkey and stuffing to eight-course seafood feasts with my father at the helm.
Dad has more of a meat tooth than a sweet tooth, but this sour cherry pie remains one of his all-time favourites. I now make it every year for his birthday. The small cherry tree in his backyard yields enough for only one pie and perhaps a few small tarts, making this pie a rare treat. – Amanda Barnier
A little chicken goes a long way with a wealth of healthy vegetables that kids will gobble up. They'll love the sweet-and-sour flavours of this nice gloppy sauce, which is perfect over rice. If you don't have a microwave oven, serve the crunchy bean sprouts raw.
