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Sweet-sour sauce

糖醋tang cu

Balance sugar and vinegar into a bright, glossy coating sauce.

Brief reference for now — not yet in the full step-by-step lesson format.

A glossy sweet-and-sour sauce clinging to rib pieces lifted with chopsticks.
A glossy sweet-and-sour sauce clinging to rib pieces lifted with chopsticks.
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Before you start

Recipes using this method often take about 5 minutes — treat that as a rough reference; amounts and equipment set the real time.

Signs of success

Sauce clings and shines; sweet-first, sour-finish.

Troubleshooting

  • vinegar boiled away
  • equal parts by guess
  • thickening before tasting

Put it into practice