sweet and sour <meat>

November 30, 2023, 08:35 PM

konata88

I like sweet and sour pork/chicken. I've liked it since I was a kid. As I grew older however, I preferred the Korean style w/ the light brown sauce (on the side even) over the chinese style with luminescent red sauce.

I had some leftover cranberry sauce (made from scratch w/ fresh cranberries). I don't use much sugar so it's on the tangy side. I usually add honey to taste at serving time.

Anyway, turns out that the cranberry sauce results in a great sweet and sour sauce. Sweet, tangy. Just mix w/ the usual sweet and sour sauce ingredients.

Sounds weird, I know. But comes out pretty tasty. To me at least.... I prefer chicken thighs to pork as well.

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November 30, 2023, 08:52 PM

kkina

Good to know!

BTW, the intense red color of restaurant sweet-and-sour comes simply from red food dye. If you make it at home without the food coloring, it comes out a nice brown shade.

December 01, 2023, 12:17 AM

CPD SIG

IIRC, use a little corn starch to thicken it up a bit.

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December 01, 2023, 01:51 PM

9mmepiphany

quote:
I prefer chicken thighs to pork as well

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December 01, 2023, 01:59 PM

konata88

Yea I know. I just prefer chicken to pork in general. Get it?

Except for baby back. And carnitas. And bacon. And pork belly. And tonkatsu.

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December 01, 2023, 03:34 PM

V-Tail

quote:
Originally posted by konata88:

Yea I know. I just prefer chicken to pork in general. Get it?

Except for baby back. And carnitas. And bacon. And pork belly. And tonkatsu.

Don't forget the McRib!

December 01, 2023, 05:13 PM

Loswsmith

quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by konata88:

Yea I know. I just prefer chicken to pork in general. Get it?

Except for baby back. And carnitas. And bacon. And pork belly. And tonkatsu.
Don't forget the McRib!

Never wanting to correct a gentleman, but I believe he mentioned specifically "pork" to refer to meat from a pig, not the horrible vat o' goo that created the McRib.

And I believe you also forgot to mention pork rinds konata88

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December 01, 2023, 09:20 PM

9mmepiphany

quote:
And I believe you also forgot to mention pork rinds konata88

Also soup dumplings and siu mai