Sweet and sour sauce

[D1gger]

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/3717/Sauce-Uncle-Bens-Sweet-&-Sour.htm

 

[0roo0roo]

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-and-Sour-Sauce-I/Detail.aspx
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/blchineseing1.htm
you can just make it

 

[dighn]

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/3717/Sauce-Uncle-Bens-Sweet-&-Sour.htm

that has chunks; the op doesn't want chunks. he wants the bland generic type.

 

[Aquaman]

go to book store and read a chinese cook book......... problem solved

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Train]

making sweet and sour sauce is one of the easiest things ever. Try a dozen or so of the recommended recipes on Cooks.com or AllRecipes.com, etc Pick your favorite, problem solved. Not to mention it will be way cheaper than trying to buy it pre made in a bottle.

 

[Matthiasa]

Because normal sweet and sour sauce used at restaurants and stuff is gross?

 

[Born2bwire]

I highly doubt that crap that they put on chicken at Chinese fast food places is even remotely Chinese......maybe you are looking in the wrong section at the store?

Surprisingly enough, sweet and sour is popular and really the same in China. Although, the lemon chicken is advertised as Western Style Lemon Chicken. :awe:

 

[Schadenfroh]

They get their sauce (and all of their food) from these guys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysco

 

[duragezic]

I'm totally with you OP. I bet a lot of places just buy it premade. I don't know why store bought stuff is made so much differently (worse IMO). Of course though on ATOT, you suck if you eat American Chinese food, and if you must eat that shit sauce, it better be fucking homemade.

I currently have some Lachoy brand that hopefully is better than the last I had.

Lately though, I've been getting the General Tso's combo instead of Sweet and Power Chicken combo, so I haven't tried out the Lachoy sauce. I started buying it for places that were so schiesty with the sauce provided for your Sweet and Power chicken things but my current favorite is very generous.

Damn, I want a combo now. Too bad they are closed.

 

[DT4K]

All the Chinese places I frequent have served the same "red" sauce.
I have found that the LaChoy Sweet & Sour sauce to be identical.

http://www.lachoy.com/products/sauces.jsp

I've tried that one. It's not the same. It's got little bits of bell pepper in it. And it's not just the bits of pepper or other stuff that ruin it. It's got a different flavor also.

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/3717/Sauce-Uncle-Bens-Sweet-&-Sour.htm

I'm thinking you didn't read the thread.

Are we talking about that bright red sweet and sour sauce? It's pretty easy to make. I do it all the time. Just combine equal parts water, sugar, ketchup, and white or rice vinegar. Simmer for 45 minutes and enjoy.

I've made several similar recipes. Those that include pineapple juice seem to be a closer match to what you find in the restaurant.

But I think you are all missing the point. Sure, I could make it or I could just buy it at the restaurant. I'm not asking how to get the same sweet and sour sauce. I'm just asking why the grocery stores don't carry anything that is identical to what you get at 90% of chinese restaurants.

I buy the frozen egg rolls and spring rolls from Costco and it would be nice if I could just pick up a bottle of bright red, semi-transparent, completely chunkless, restaurant style, sweet and sour sauce at my local grocery. If my kids want to throw some egg rolls in the oven for a snack (or a meal), I don't want to make sweet and sour. I just want to pull a bottle out of the fridge for them to use as a dipping sauce.

This is the stuff I used to buy when we lived in Oregon. It is identical to the stuff you get in restaurants.
http://www.alliedoldenglish.com/sunluck_items.php?flavor=restaurantsweetsour
Our grocery stores carry other Sun Luck products, but not the "Restaurant Style Sweet and Sour".

 

[sandorski]

Cosco is probably where the smaller Mom/Pop shops get their Sauce.

 

[bobdole369]

They get their sauce (and all of their food) from these guys:

I've worked in a half dozen chinese food places. Sysco never came. All of them used this concern:

http://www.sefoodsupplies.com/