1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
1 cup plum sauce* or red plum jam
Heat pineapple (with syrup), sugar, 1 cup water, the vinegar and soy souce to boiling. Mix cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water; stir into pineapple mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Cool to room temperature; stir in plum sauce. Cover and refrigerate. Serve with appetizers.
Makes 5 2/3 cups
*Orange marmalade can be substituded for the plum sauce.
From "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.