Name: Mumbo Sauce - D.C.'s Famous Sweet & Sour Sauce recipe
Ingredients: 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste;⅔ cup ketchup;⅔ cup white sugar;1 cup pineapple juice;1 cup distilled white vinegar;1 lemon, juiced;¼ cup honey;2 tablespoons soy sauce;1 ½ tablespoons freshly grated ginger;1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste ⅔ cup ketchup ⅔ cup white sugar 1 cup pineapple juice 1 cup distilled white vinegar 1 lemon, juiced ¼ cup honey 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 ½ tablespoons freshly grated ginger 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Nutrition Info

157.1 calories carbohydrate: 40.5 g cholesterol: : - fat: 0.3 g fiber: 1.8 g protein: 1.9 g saturatedFat: : - servingSize: - sodium: 617.8 mg sugar: 35.7 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Place tomato paste, ketchup, sugar in a saucepan. Pour in pineapple juice, white vinegar, lemon juice, and honey into the pan. Add soy sauce, grated ginger, and cayenne pepper. Whisk together thoroughly. Place pan over medium-high heat. As soon as mixture starts to bubble, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, whisking occasionally, until mixture has thickened slightly, about 10 minutes.
Remove pan from heat, allow to cool about 10 minutes or so. Pour sauce through a fine strainer to eliminate solids.

Recipe Yield

4 cups

Recipe Note

Apparently, this sweet-and-sour condiment came to Washington D.C. via Chicago, where it somehow became a staple in Chinese take-out restaurants served as a condiment with fried chicken wings, among other things. This is my version.

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