Quick Sweet & Sour Sausages – Recipe

This Quick Sweet & Sour Sausages Recipe is one from my cookery college days when a group of us took turns to prepare lunch. It was in the 1960’s and Chinese restaurants were just emerging, although they had been established in places like London for some time, in areas like Leeds in the North of England they were still a novelty. So, one day I decided to try and reproduce one of these mysterious Chinese dishes being offered in the town. This was very difficult, as finding some of the ingredients proved impossible. Fortunately, in another class at the college there were two Asian girls (not sure of their actual nationality) who offered to show us how to make this quick Chinese type meal with the ingredients available at the time.

As money was tight and meat expensive (even chicken was a luxury in those days) sausages were our go-to protein. They were inexpensive, tasty and nutritious too. This recipe is a tweaked version of the Sweet & Sour dish the girls gave us.

I do realise it’s a long way from any authentic Chinese Sweet & Sour dish, however, it it’s quick to prepare, it’s very economical to feed a family in these difficult times and most important of all it’s delicious and the family will love it.

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Quick Sweet & Sour Sausages Recipe

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Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

Calories per Serving 206

Author: :Mr. Paul

Ingredients

• 4 links sausages a good quality British sausage is excellent for this dish
• 2 pineapple rings or 8 chunks
• 1 small onion chopped
• 60 ml pineapple juice
• ¼ 1 green pepper
• 10 g cornflour mix with 2 teaspoons cold water to make a slurry
• 30 g sugar
• 2 tsps tomato puree
• 4 tsps soy sauce
• 4 tsps. vinegar any but I use apple cider vinegar
• ¼ small carrot chopped
• 125 ml water
• 25 g long grain rice

DISCLAIMER

I recommend using the Metric measurements (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.

Instructions

• Finely chop the onion, dice the pepper, cut pineapple into pieces,
• peel and cut carrot into thin strips.
• put rice and 50mls cold water in a pan with a lid, bring to a simmer then turn down the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes, turn heat off, DO NOT remove the lid for a further 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork,
• Blend together cornflour, pineapple juice, tomato puree, soy sauce,
• vinegar and 125ml water in another pan.
• Add onion, pepper and carrot to the pot and gradually bring to the
• boil and cook for 3 - 4 minutes – stir all the time then add the pineapple..
• Cut sausages into bite sized pieces and add the sauce – simmer for 5 minutes
• Now add the cornflour slurry and stir until it thickens
• Serve with the rice.

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Tags: chinese, rice, sausage

Category: Asian, Cuisine, Main Courses, Meals for 1 or 2, Meat, Recipes, Rice