# Traditional Sweet and Sour Sauce

This is a traditional Chinese sweet and sour sauce recipe, different from the modern Westernized version, it's light and refreshing and typically served with deep-fried meat or fish.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Fresh ginger
- 1 clove Garlic
- Honey
- Soy sauce
- MSG
- Rice wine vinegar
- Red chilies
- Green chilies

## Instructions

1. Peel the fresh ginger.
2. Slice the ginger thinly into matchsticks.
3. Place the sliced ginger into a bowl.
4. Peel a clove of garlic.
5. Finely chop the garlic.
6. Add honey to the bowl with ginger.
7. Add soy sauce to the bowl.
8. Add MSG to the mixture.
9. Add rice wine vinegar to the mixture.
10. Mix the ingredients well.
11. Chop up some chilies (red and green).
12. Add the chopped chilies to the mixture and stir.
13. Decant some of the sauce into a small glass bowl for serving.

## Equipment

- Knife
- Cutting board
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Small glass bowl

## Tips

- The chiles are optional.
- To peel ginger easily, drag your knife across the surface, it will come off easily. You don't need a separate spoon.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-07-31

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