Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

This easy sweet and sour sauce recipe is made with pineapple juice and crushed pineapple, plus other basic pantry staples. Serve it on pork or chicken.

Ingredients

2 cups pineapple juice, divided
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup ketchup, or more to taste
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce, or more to taste
2 tablespoons crushed pineapple, or more to taste
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

1 Whisk 1/4 cup pineapple juice and cornstarch together in a small bowl until smooth.
2 Combine remaining 1 3/4 cup pineapple juice, sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, crushed pineapple, and garlic powder in a large pot over high heat. Stir in cornstarch mixture and cook, stirring frequently, until sauce comes to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until sauce is clear and reaches desired consistency, 15 to 25 minutes.