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Add Flare to Your Meal With Sweet and Sour Recipes

Article Summary: Sweet and sour recipes add variety to mealtime.

One of the ways to really please your loved ones during dinner time is to give them something different. Few families prepare sweet and sour recipes on a regular basis, but those that do are rewarded by happy family members. Sweet and sour recipes are surprisingly simple to create and very convenient. Following are several hints to make a delicious sweet and sour meal.

It should be noted that sweet and sour recipes are incredibly simple to make and cook. The main ingredient to a sweet and sour recipe is the sweet and sour sauce. While convenient to devise at home, most chefs opt to utilize pre made, high quality sweet and sour sauces. Your local supermarket should have several available. If not, go to your local Asian market, you will find at least a half dozen or so tasty sauces and mixes.

Sweet and Sour Chicken
-6 to 8 medium size chicken breasts, cut them in cubes or thin strips
-1 onion
-2 cans of Chinese vegetables (usually includes baby corn, carrots, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, etc). If you can’t find a can that contains all items or are fond of a single item, buy each individual item separately
-16 ounces of sweet and sour sauce
-Olive oil or peanut oil

Use a wok, frying pan, or skillet and slowly pour some oil to cover the surface, heat on a medium flame and wait till hot. Add contents (except for sauce) to the wok and mix. Once cooked, you can either add the sauce to the contents in the skillet or add the sauce once plated. If you choose to add the sweet and sour sauce into the skillet, mix in the sauce for about one or two minutes to heat. Serve with rice or noodles. This recipe makes about 4 servings.

Sweet and Sour Vegetables with Almonds
For those that would like to enjoy a sweet and sour treat without the meat, this dish is extremely easy to create and low in cholesterol.
-2 cans of Chinese vegetables (usually includes baby corn, carrots, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, etc). If you can’t find a can that contains all items or are fond of a single item, buy each individual item separately
-4 ounces of almonds
-1 onion
-16 ounces of sweet and sour sauce
-Olive oil or peanut oil

Use a wok or hot skillet to make this dish. First place oil on a hot wok and then add in your ingredients. Once cooked, stir in sauce into the mix. Serve over a bed of rice or noodles.

Sweet and sour recipes are extremely easy to make and are quite tasty. Sometimes a sweet and sour taste is just the thing. While this recipe can be classified as predominantly Asian, it fits well with Americanized taste buds.

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Christine Steendahl
Christine Steendahl, "The Menu Mom", http://www.themenumom.com , is known online for her popular menu planning services. For a copy of her yummy sweet and sour pork recipe visit http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com/sweet-and-sour-pork-recipe.htm