Sweet and Sour Chicken. Evidence ranking
Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Photo Finish
The top two recipes are close enough that more data could swap them. Either is a strong starting point.
Answer for citation
#1 published Sweet and Sour Chicken by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings from food.com (of 115 rated recipes across 38 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Sweet and Sour Chicken recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings from food.com (115 rated recipes across 38 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
5.00
food.com avg
4.51
Ahead of its publisher by 0.43 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 31 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 1% of every Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe (natashaskitchen.com), ★ 4.89 from 151 ratings.
What this takes
4-6 serving(s) · 2 hr total · 1 hr prep · 11 ingredients · 8 steps
- 3 lbs chicken wings, parts
- 3 beaten eggs
- cornstarch
- vegetable oil
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1/2 cup catsup
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 pinch salt
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Sweet and Sour Chicken
This is the sweet and sour chicken we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
5 steps
Needs cook QA
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Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 115 scored recipes. First 10 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 10 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings5.00 from 31 ratings
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2Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe4.89 from 151 ratings
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3Sweet and Sour Chicken (Without Deep-Frying)4.98 from 70 ratings
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4Sweet and Sour Chicken4.98 from 43 ratings
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5Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe4.95 from 176 ratings
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6Sweet and Sour Chicken Stir Fry4.93 from 65 ratings
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7Crispy Sweet And Sour Chicken Stir Fry4.98 from 38 ratings
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8Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe5.00 from 37 ratings
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9Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken5.00 from 26 ratings
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10Sweet and Sour Chicken4.97 from 30 ratings
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
115Recipes rated
38Sites
3,021Ratings
LimitedOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe?
#1 published Sweet and Sour Chicken by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings from food.com (of 115 rated recipes across 38 sites). Verdict: Photo Finish, limited corpus. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-17.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.