Vegetables in sweet and sour sauce, Chinese style

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 35 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make vegetables in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese? Prepare your food. Any vegetables are suitable for this dish; I took eggplant, zucchini, peppers, carrots and onions. You can also take green beans, peas, cauliflower, broccoli. Wash all vegetables thoroughly under running water.

2. STEP 2

   

   Also prepare ingredients for the sauce - starch, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, vegetable oil. Any starch will do; instead of apple cider vinegar, you can use lemon juice or wine vinegar; you can also use any vegetable oil, but it will be especially tasty with aromatic ones - olive, sesame.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the eggplant into large pieces - rings or half rings. Add salt and leave for 10 minutes until they release their juice. Along with the juice from the eggplant, the bitterness will also go away.

4. STEP 4

   

   At this time, take care of the zucchini. Also cut it into large pieces, the size of eggplants.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then peel the carrots, onions, and peppers. Cut the carrots into medium-sized cubes. Pepper - into large pieces in the form of wide short strips. Cut the onion in half and then into half rings.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour vegetable oil into a deep frying pan and heat it. Wipe off the juice from the eggplants. Place eggplant, carrots and zucchini in the pan. Fry them a little over high heat, remembering to stir. Then, when the vegetables are lightly browned, add the peppers and onions. Roast the vegetables for a few more minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then reduce the heat, add a little hot water and leave the vegetables to simmer. Meanwhile, make the sauce.

8. STEP 8

   

   Peel the fresh ginger and grate it finely.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add ginger, apple cider vinegar, sugar, starch, salt to soy sauce and mix everything thoroughly. Pour the resulting sauce over the vegetables into the frying pan.

10. STEP 10

    

    Mix the vegetables well with the sauce and simmer until tender. Cooking time will depend on your preferences. If you like soft vegetables, then simmer longer; for slightly crunchy vegetables, the al dente state is less. Serve the finished dish either immediately hot or cooled. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Alyona

13.09.2023

4.6

Vegetables in a Chinese-style sweet and sour sauce in a frying pan fascinate with their unique taste. They brought everything fresh from the dacha, just from the garden. My vegetables were so juicy, so I didn’t add any water at all. But instead of bell pepper, I didn’t have any, so I added smoked paprika. The dish is prepared very quickly, the sauce is simple, nothing extra, and very tasty. I recommend this wonderful recipe, our thanks to the author for such a rich and flavorful dish!

Elli

13.09.2023

4.8

I love Asian cuisine, but I usually cook meat, but here I cook vegetables in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese style. It turns out that everything is just as simple and very tasty, thanks to the wonderful sauce. Thank you very much for the recipe!

Irin-Lima

13.09.2023

4.8

Vegetables in Chinese sweet and sour sauce are prepared quickly and easily, and they turn out simply amazing. Instead of regular vinegar, I added apple cider vinegar. Very tasty, I ate half of it myself.