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+Sweet and Sour Sauce
+
+# INGREDIENTS
+- 1/4 cup brown sugar ($0.16)
+- 1/4 cup rice vinegar ($0.48)
+- 2 Tbsp ketchup ($0.10)
+- 1 tsp soy sauce ($0.04)
+- 2 Tbsp water ($0.00)
+- 1 tsp cornstarch ($0.01)
+# INSTRUCTIONS
+1. Combine all the ingredients in a small pot and whisk until the sugar and cornstarch have dissolved. The sauce will have a slightly milky brown appearance.
+2. Heat the sauce over medium, while whisking, until it begins to simmer. Once it begins to simmer the cornstarch will thicken the sauce and it will turn from cloudy to shiny in appearance. Serve immediately.
+3. Serve the sweet and sour sauce immediately or refrigerate for up to one week.
+ 
+# CUSTOMIZE YOUR SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
+The recipe listed below is a very basic, simple sweet and sour sauce. If you want to change up your sauce and do something a little more interesting, here are a few options:
+
+- Zingy – Add 1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger
+- Spicy – Add a pinch of red pepper flakes, or a small squirt of sriracha
+- Pineapple – Replace the water with pineapple juice and reduce the brown sugar by 1 Tbsp
+
+### WHAT MAKES SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE RED?
+In most fast food take out restaurants, the red color of the sweet and sour sauce is nothing more than red food coloring. In the recipe below, I use a little ketchup, which not only makes the sauce red, but adds even more sweet and sour flavor (ketchup has both sugar and vinegar). Two birds with one stone!
+
+### CAN I USE DIFFERENT VINEGAR?
+IMHO, rice vinegar is worth the purchase. It’s usually very inexpensive, and it has a much more delicate flavor than other types of vinegar. If you decide to substitute either white vinegar or apple cider vinegar for the rice vinegar in this recipe, you will likely throw the flavor balance off a bit. You may be able to remedy this by adding more sugar, but it will depend entirely on your own taste buds.