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 food was simplified to suit local tastes, and that's how the US ended up with un-Chinese staples such as orange chicken and chop suey, and the UK with its chow mein and sweet-and-sour chicken balls.

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Some lean into sweet-on-sweet, others gravitate toward sweet-and-sour or spicy-and-sweet combinations.

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While Lindhome solo retains her trademark singsong, sweet-and-sour delivery, the themes within her work have deepened to reflect a more complicated stage of life.

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I still remember my graduation banquet at culinary school, where I paired a pistachio-crusted rack of lamb with blackberry gastrique — essentially a French sweet-and-sour sauce made from fruit and vinegar.

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Daiso is where I’m getting the sweet-and-sour Hi-Chews that I’m sneaking into the movies.

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