sweet-and-sour

[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]

adjective

1. cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.

sweet-and-sour

adjective

1. (of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet-and-sour¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The fried chicken skins I got were a bit tough, but served with a nicely nuanced sweet-and-sour sauce.

From Seattle Times

The restaurant, which has served dishes like hot-pot grouper and tofu, and sweet-and-sour pork with pineapple to Torontonians for nearly 50 years, was briefly name-checked in “Euphoria.”

From New York Times

Beyond dishes and ingredients, though, Korkosz also acknowledges a very important flavor profile within Polish food: fermented foods and sweet-and-sour components.

From Salon

The now-familiar sweet-and-sour flavour of General Tso's chicken was meant to woo a foreigner's taste buds, Mr Pei says.

From BBC

The smell of garlic, ginger, and sweet-and-sour chicken wafted through the air.

From Literature