260 sweet sour sauce recipes

Crispy deep-fried Chinese vermicelli topped with stir-fried chilli vegetables in a soy, vinegar, and brown sugar sauce. A crunchy, sweet-sour vegetarian noodle dish.

Slow cooker sweet and sour chicken with pineapple chunks, bell peppers, and fresh ginger in a brown sugar-vinegar sauce. Includes oven method. Serve over rice.

Lone dao jiow is a Thai coconut-fermented soybean dipping sauce served warm with fresh cucumber, cabbage, and green beans. Salty, sour, sweet in every bite.

Curried beef meatballs with almonds and water chestnuts, fried crisp and served in a sweet-and-sour pineapple curry sauce. A crowd-pleasing appetizer for parties.

Deep-fried whole red snapper with a crispy flour coating, smothered in homemade sweet and sour sauce with pineapple, bell pepper, and onion. A showstopping Chinese-style centerpiece.

Chicken paprikash with sweet Hungarian paprika, tomatoes, and a swirl of sour cream finished off the heat so it stays silky. A weeknight one-pot version of the Central European classic, served over noodles to catch the rosy sauce.

Sweet and sour chicken with pineapple, bell pepper, and brown sugar-vinegar sauce. Two methods included: slow cooker (8-10 hours) or oven (2 hours). Serve over rice.

Slow cooker sweet and sour pork: tender pork loin braised low with peppers, onion, and a tangy pineapple sauce, then finished with pineapple chunks and served over rice. An easy set-and-forget dinner.

Mim's cabbage rolls stuffed with ground beef, rice, eggs, and nutmeg, baked in a sweet-and-sour tomato sauce with brown sugar and lemon juice. A freezer-friendly family recipe with Eastern European roots.

Baked chicken wings glazed in a sticky homemade sweet-and-sour sauce made from ketchup, vinegar, and sugar. Just 5 ingredients, one pan, and an hour from oven to table.

Sweet and sour chicken with cranberries, pineapple, carrots, and bell peppers stir-fried in a tangy pineapple-vinegar sauce. Holiday twist on the classic, served over rice.

Quick sweet and sour prawns in an orange juice, soy, ginger, and brown sugar sauce thickened with cornstarch. Ready in 20 minutes, served over rice with beansprouts.

Sweet and sour Alaska salmon nuggets: broiled wild salmon chunks served with a pineapple-ginger dipping sauce. A fun twist on takeout using Pacific wild-caught fish.

Lon Tao Jiao: a Thai coconut milk and fermented bean sauce dip served with raw cucumber, cabbage, and green beans. A salty-sweet-sour Thai vegetable platter.

Liverschnetzel is a German-style pan-fried beef liver with apple, pineapple, brown gravy, and sour cream. Quick to cook with a sweet-savory fruit sauce, served over noodles or rice.

Sweet and sour chili ribs baked low and slow with brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Fall-off-the-bone pork ribs with a tangy, sticky glaze.