After years of perfecting Chinese takeout favorites at home, I’ve discovered that making restaurant-quality sweet and sour chicken isn’t just possible—it’s surprisingly simple. The secret lies in ...

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These are a play on both sweet-and-sour pork ribs and char sui made with pork tenderloin, which were both staples of pupu platters in tiki bars. A homemade sweet-and-sour sauce — akin to American ...

There’s an old maxim that every culture has a version of chicken soup. I’m adding an addendum to that commonplace canon: agrodolce. In Italian, it’s sour (agro) and sweet (dolce); in French, ...

You'll want to make the sauce in advance. Bring all the ingredients to a slow boil in a saucepan except for the water and cornstarch, and simmer for 10 minutes. Mix the water and cornstarch together, ...

Heat a wide sauté pan over medium-low heat for a few minutes before adding in 2-3 tablespoons of oil. Brown the meatballs in ...

Like most fast food sauces, this one is best suited to the food that it was engineered to accompany. The McDonald’s sweet & sour tastes a little off with, say, a Wendy’s nugget, and I don’t think a ...

It’s no secret that I am crazy about kumquats. They are like an inside-out orange; the sweet part is on the outside and the sour part is the inside flesh. Although I’m not tempted to eat them out of ...

You’ll recognize the classic Chinese flavor pairing of sesame, soy and white pepper on these sweet and sour pork chops. White pepper is more mild and earthy than black pepper, but either will work ...

Sweet-and-sour flavors are popular in Eastern European Jewish cooking. This big cut of beef brisket is cooked with honey, ketchup, canned tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, and apple cider ...