Homemade stir-fry sauce

This homemade stir-fry sauce will prompt you to abandon buying any bottled sauces from the supermarket - it costs less than half the price and tastes great.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar

  • ½ cup fish sauce

  • ½ cup soy sauce

  • 1 tsp ground white pepper

  • 4 cups water

Allergy Advice

Contains Fish

Contains Gluten

Contains Soy

Equipment

  • 1 small saucepan

Instructions

  1. In a small saucepan, place all ingredients and stir continuously until the sugar is dissolved.
  2. Bring to the boil, remove from heat and cool.

Notes

Tip
You will need to keep watch that this doesn’t burn on the stove or it will make your house smell awful and you will be scrubbing that pan forever.
Tip
I like to triple this recipe and use it often. It is so much cheaper than buying a ready-made stir-fry sauce.
Variation
To spice it up, add some chili and garlic by lightly frying them in the pan before adding the rest of the ingredients.
Storage
Keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 month.

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