Sweet & Sour Sweet Tea Sauce

In our quest to find the perfect dipping sauces for our New Year’s Eve chicken strips, I stumbled upon this recipe for Sweet Tea dipping sauce on Thirsty for Tea.  I was drawn in by the description of perfect southern-style chicken tenders and the traditional southern way of eating them with a little honey and hot sauce.  And of course since I LOVE sweet tea the fact that it was incorporated into the sauce meant I had to try it.

I adapted it a little since I thought it needed a little more of a hot sauce kick.  Dani thought that it was like a sweet and sour sauce and loved the sweet tea taste.

Here’s what you need:

Put all the ingredients except the cornstarch and water into a sauce pan.

Bring mixture to a boil.  Meanwhile, mix the cornstarch and water to form a slurry.  Once the sauce comes to a boil add the slurry and return to a boil.  Remove from heat.

When I served it with chicken strips, this recipe combined two of my favorite southern foods – fried chicken strips and sweet tea!