sweet-and-sour
Adjective
Meaning
(cooking) Between sweet and sour taste.
Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAlternative names
sweet and sour
Synonyms
Examples
And there was also a plate of sweet and sour pork, which was tasty but heavy on the batter, IMHO.
Anything caramelised tastes just miles better than plainly cooked and with the sweet-and-sour tinge this dish has to it, there's a flavour component for everyone.
Ice cream and sweet and sour candy won the day from a snacking perspective.
Taste and adjust the seasoning as you see fit: it should be well seasoned, subtly sweet and sour.
Meyer lemons can be eaten out of hand with the fragant skin; they are both sweet and sour.
The sweet and sour sauce, which Bernadette hadn’t believed she’d be able to recreate, was made using apricot jam, garlic powder, onion powder, soy sauce, mustard, white wine vinegar, glucose syrup and cornstarch.