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    Question sweet and sour sauce.

    I am looking for the authentic chinese take away sweet and sour sauce..I have tried different bottled sauces but none of them come near to what they sell over the counter at the local take away. I a sure it comes in a powder form and has water added before being boiled.
    Can anybody help please. I can get the rice right, and the battered chicken but am falling down on the sauce..

    Thanks for reading.. Woody...

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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Blue Dragon do a range of authentic sauces in a foil packet - I get them in Sainsburys, and the ones I've tried are really good although not tried sweet n sour.
    Or I can let you have the recipe to make your own?
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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Buy the sauce from the takeaway and freeze it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NuttyKrafts View Post
    Blue Dragon do a range of authentic sauces in a foil packet - I get them in Sainsburys, and the ones I've tried are really good although not tried sweet n sour.
    Or I can let you have the recipe to make your own?
    Thanks. I do use the Blue Dragon range... But I find nothing is quite like the takeaway one.

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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Thanks Gill.
    That sounds like a good idea.. Will try that. Buy in bulk lol..

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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Quote Originally Posted by woody1953 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Gill View Post
    Buy the sauce from the takeaway and freeze it.
    Thanks Gill.
    That sounds like a good idea.. Will try that. Buy in bulk lol..
    Or ask them for the recipe/supplier!

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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Quote Originally Posted by woody1953 View Post
    I am looking for the authentic chinese take away sweet and sour sauce..I have tried different bottled sauces but none of them come near to what they sell over the counter at the local take away. I a sure it comes in a powder form and has water added before being boiled.
    Can anybody help please. I can get the rice right, and the battered chicken but am falling down on the sauce..

    Thanks for reading.. Woody...
    You could go to same place as the takeaways to buy the sauce.
    Do a search for your nearest branches of Wing Yip or See Wo, and they will have something they sell to takeaways. They might even sell online.

    I presume you mean the slightly sticky luminous orange sauce. If that is so, then don't say authentic as that would confuse them. It is an export only product that is not like authentic cantonese sweet and sour that you have already found in jars, and is not what you like.

    You can't make takeaway sweet and sour sauce at home because it is not made with natural ingredients, so you will have to find a takeaway or catering supplier.
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    Default Re: sweet and sour sauce.

    Quote Originally Posted by woody1953 View Post
    Thanks Gill.
    That sounds like a good idea.. Will try that. Buy in bulk lol..
    I would be able to source what you are looking for. Interested?

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    I know this is a very old thread but I agree with Bill on the wing yip as i used there sauce's especially their curry sauce, cheaper than going to the chippy and exactly the same.

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