Chinese Style Sweet And Sour Sauce

3/4 cup chicken broth
3/4 cup pineapple juice - drained from 16 oz. can pineapple chunks
6 Tablespoons vinegar
6 Tablespoons sugar
3 Tablespoons soy sauce
3 Tablespoons ketchup
pinch of crushed red pepper
a little juice from a jar of maraschino cherries

Mix all together and bring to a boil. Stir in 3 Tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup chicken broth. Cook until thickened.

Batter for 1 pound of meat - boneless chicken or pork chunks:
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup water
1 egg - slightly beaten

Combine dry ingredients. Stir in water and egg until smooth. Dip meat and deep fry until cooked through.

Drain. Put into sauce. Add pineapple from can where you got the juice, some maraschino cherries from jar where you got the juice.

Can also add: 2 green peppers, seeded, cut into slices, stir fried for 3 minutes in 3 Tablespoons oil.

Don't know where we ever got this, it's on an old typed card.
Bill from Florida

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