Legume Free Paleo Sweet and Sour Sauce
That tangy-sweet flavor you crave from takeout nights is completely achievable at home, and this sauce nails it with a surprisingly clean ingredient list. Pineapple juice and apple cider vinegar do the heavy lifting on flavor, while honey rounds out the sweetness and fresh ginger adds a little zip that bottled sauces rarely bother with. Coconut aminos stand in for soy sauce, which means the whole thing stays completely free of legumes — no soy, no beans, no hidden fillers that sneak into so many store-bought condiments. Arrowroot starch is the secret to that glossy, clingy texture; just be sure to pull it off the heat as soon as it thickens, since the instructions are right that overcooking will thin it back out. The result is a sauce that coats whatever you dip or drizzle it over with that perfect sweet-sour balance. It works beautifully as a dipping sauce, a glaze, or a stir-fry finisher, and it comes together in one small saucepan with barely any cleanup.
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6 servings
- ½ cup pineapple juice (unsweetened)
- 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp arrowroot starch
- 1 tbsp cold water
Instructions
- 1
Whisk together the pineapple juice, apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos, honey, tomato paste, ginger, garlic powder, and salt in a small saucepan until the tomato paste is fully dissolved.
- 2
Set the saucepan over medium heat and bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally, until it is steaming and just beginning to bubble at the edges, about 3–4 minutes.
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