Sauce
Sauce recipes have been around for centuries, with the earliest recorded sauces dating back to Roman times. Sauce recipes were originally created as a way to add flavor and moistness to food, and over the years, they have evolved into a versatile ingredient that can be used in a variety of dishes.
Sauces can be made from a variety of ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices. The most common sauces are made from tomatoes, vinegar, and oil, but there are many other variations, such as cream-based sauces, salsa, and chutney.
Sauces can be used to add flavor to a dish, or they can be used as a condiment. They can be served hot or cold, and they can be used in both savory and sweet dishes.
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Recipes
Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese Sauce
- black pepper
- parmesan cheese
- salt
- nutmeg
- white wine
- milk
- vegetable oil
- plum tomato
- pasta
- onion
- carrot
- celery
- butter
- ground beef
Quick Fresh Tomato Sauce
- tomato paste
- basil
- bay leaf
- garlic
- olive oil
- salt
- tomato
Simple Barbecue Sauce
- black pepper
- cumin
- salt
- apple cider vinegar
- brown sugar
- pimentón
- ketchup
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
- water
- ground beef
- parsley flake
- sugar
- worcestershire sauce
- garlic powder
- onion
- italian seasoning
- basil
- tomato sauce
- tomato paste
- red pepper flake
- salt
- spaghetti noodle
Simple Tomato Sauce
- salt
- olive oil
- black pepper
- red pepper flake
- plum tomato
- bay leaf
- garlic
Kale-Sauce Pasta
- black pepper
- salt
- lacinato kale
- pasta
- olive oil
- garlic
- parmesan cheese
Red Wine Cranberry Sauce With Honey
- red wine
- black pepper
- dark brown sugar
- salt
- cranberry
- honey
- gingerroot
Bobby Flay’s Salted Caramel Sauce
- sugar
- heavy cream
- butter
- salt
Alfredo Sauce
- pasta water
- salt
- heavy cream
- butter
- parmesan cheese
Cranberry Sauce
- orange zest
- cranberry
- orange juice
- sugar
Big Daddy's Carolina-Style Barbecue Sauce
- yellow mustard
- liquid smoke
- black pepper
- soy sauce
- white pepper
- sugar
- cayenne pepper
- light brown sugar
- water
- chili powder
- butter
- apple cider vinegar
Basic Pesto Sauce
- parmesan cheese
- pine nut
- salt
- basil
- garlic
- olive oil
Easy Caramel Sauce
- salt
- vanilla extract
- brown sugar
- half
- butter
Chimichurri Sauce
- salt
- fresno chile
- shallot
- cilantro
- red wine vinegar
- parsley
- oregano
- garlic
- olive oil
Béarnaise Sauce
- salt
- lemon juice
- tarragon
- shallot
- butter
- black pepper
- white wine vinegar
- egg yolk
Better Than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
- black pepper
- angel hair pasta
- parmesan cheese
- white pepper
- heavy cream
- parsley
- olive oil
- garlic
- sweet butter
- mozzarella cheese
Beurre Blanc Sauce
- white wine
- butter
- shallot
- white wine vinegar
- salt
Traditional English Parsley Sauce
- milk
- parsley
- english mustard
- all purpose flour
- butter
- pepper
- salt
Julia Child's Provençale Tomato Sauce
- herb bouquet parsley
- salt
- saffron thread
- orange peel
- coriander seed
- basil
- olive oil
- fennel seed
- sugar
- onion
- tomato paste
- all purpose flour
- garlic
- tomato
Basic White Sauce (Béchamel)
- milk
- salt
- all purpose flour
- butter
- black pepper
My Mom's Homemade Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
- red wine
- ground beef
- spaghetti noodle
- basil
- black pepper
- salt
- oregano
- onion
- beef broth
- tomato
- tomato sauce
- parsley
- tomato paste
- sugar
- bay leaf
- mushroom
- garlic
- celery
- clove
- parmesan cheese
My Mom's Homemade Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
- red wine
- ground beef
- spaghetti noodle
- basil
- black pepper
- salt
- oregano
- onion
- beef broth
- tomato
- tomato sauce
- parsley
- tomato paste
- sugar
- bay leaf
- mushroom
- garlic
- celery
- clove
- parmesan cheese
Tomato Sauce With Onion and Butter
- salt
- onion
- tomato
- butter
Simple Vanilla Sauce
- salt
- sugar
- heavy cream
- butter
- cornstarch
- vanilla extract
- water
Butter-Based Poultry Injection Sauce
- turkey
- lemon juice
- chicken broth
- black pepper
- garlic powder
- salt
- white pepper
- butter
Caramelized-Scallion Sauce
- vegetable oil
- green onion
- salt
Tzatziki Sauce
- greek yogurt
- dill
- mint
- lemon juice
- garlic
- cucumber
- olive oil
- salt
Sunday Sauce
- parmesan cheese
- salt
- italian sausage
- meatball
- onion
- tubular
- red wine
- olive oil
- pork shoulder
- tomato
- basil
- garlic
Basic Yogurt Sauce
- greek yogurt
- garlic
- salt
- olive oil
- mint
- lime juice
Cranberry Sauce With Pinot Noir
- wildflower honey
- orange juice
- light brown sugar
- cinnamon
- vanilla pod
- allspice berry
- black peppercorn
- clove
- oregon pinot noir
- rosemary
- cranberry
- orange zest
Ultimate Pizza Sauce
- butter
- basil
- oregano
- fennel seed
- tomato paste
- tomato sauce
- garlic
- bay leaf
- onion
- salt
- sugar
- celery
- black pepper
- parmesan cheese
- olive oil
McDonald's Special Sauce Recipe
- onion
- ketchup
- sugar
- white vinegar
- dill pickle relish
- sweet relish
- mayonnaise
- salad dressing
- salt
- french salad dressing
Simple Tomato Sauce
- salt
- puréed tomato
- red pepper flake
- tomato paste
- garlic
- basil
- onion
- olive oil
Easy Alfredo Sauce (5 Minutes)
- parsley garlic salt
- parmesan cheese
- heavy cream
- butter
- garlic
Amanda Cohen’s Secret-Weapon Stir-Fry Sauce
- ginger
- garlic
- cilantro
- parsley
- thai basil
- spinach
Bev's Spaghetti Sauce
- pepper
- parmesan cheese
- basil
- italian seasoning
- oregano
- salt
- tomato
- tomato paste
- onion
- ground beef
- olive oil
- tomato sauce
- bay leaf
- garlic
- mushroom
Alfredo Sauce
- black pepper
- parmesan cheese
- egg yolk
- garlic
- heavy cream
- butter
Simple Lemon Caper Sauce
- garlic
- lemon zest
- parsley
- lemon juice
- caper
Caramel Sauce
- sugar
- heavy cream
- vanilla extract
- water
All-Purpose Green Sauce
- basil
- lemon zest
- chive
- parsley
- olive oil
- greek yogurt
- salt
- black pepper
- garlic
Restaurant Teriyaki Sauce
- water
- honey
- ginger
- water
- soy sauce
- garlic powder
- cornstarch
- brown sugar
Cranberry Sauce With Chiles
- orange zest
- limes zest
- cranberry
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- chiltepin
- clove
- sugar
Malaysian Sambal Sauce
- turmeric
- galangal
- lemongrass
- fish sauce
- shallot
- red chile
- thai bird chile
- tamarind paste
- palm sugar
- garlic
- vegetable oil
Easy Scampi Sauce for Shrimp
- parsley
- lemon juice
- garlic
- butter
- tabasco sauce
- salt
Spicy Ginger Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
- FROSTING
- ginger
- lemon zest
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- butter
- crystallized ginger
- salt
- powdered sugar
- CAKE
- ginger
- baking powder
- baking soda
- orange zest
- cardamom
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- light brown sugar
- crystallized ginger
- allspice
- all purpose flour
- applesauce
- ginger
- egg
- oil like canola
- salt
New Crop Applesauce
- short cinnamon
- sugar
- lemon
- apple
Satay Peanut Sauce
- cayenne pepper
- dark soy sauce
- tamarind
- coconut milk
- water
- garlic
- fish sauce
- brown sugar
- sesame oil
Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese and Honey Frosting
- CAKE
- ginger
- cinnamon
- applesauce
- salt
- buttermilk
- sugar
- canola
- all purpose flour
- baking soda
- egg
- FROSTING
- sour cream
- honey
- salt
- cream cheese
Real Chinese All Purpose Stir Fry Sauce
- sugar
- white pepper
- oyster sauce
- all purpose soy sauce
- chinese wine
- cornstarch cornflour
- light soy sauce
- sesame oil
Espagnole: A Basic Brown Sauce
- all purpose flour
- clarified butter
- bay leaf
- onion
- thyme
- carrot
- celery
- tomato puree
- beef stock
- parsley
- black peppercorn
Roasted Tomato-Coconut Sauce
- salt
- lemon zest
- garlic
- ginger
- red pepper flake
- coconut milk
- onion
- tomatoes tomato oil
- tomato
Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce With Port and Orange
- orange zest
- salt
- method
- stovetop method
- light brown sugar
- tawny port
- cranberry
Chinese Brown Sauce
- cornstarch
- dark soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sugar
- beef broth
Easy Real British Mint Sauce
- mint
- sugar
- white wine vinegar
- water
Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
- cornstarch
- sugar
- rice vinegar
- chile pepper
- sherry
- garlic
- fish sauce
- water
XO Sauce
- dark brown sugar
- bacon
- garlic
- shallot
- fresno chile
- scallop
- shrimp
- oil
- red chile
Hollandaise Sauce
- lemon juice
- salt
- butter
- cayenne pepper
- egg yolk
Chicken Velouté, One of the Five Mother Sauces
- all purpose flour
- clarified butter
- chicken stock
Alabama White Sauce
- salt
- mayonnaise
- hot chili paste
- worcestershire sauce
- celery seed
- apple cider vinegar
- aleppo pepper
- cayenne pepper
Simple Vegan Tomato Sauce
- tomato
- sugar
- basil
- onion
- salt
- olive oil
- black pepper
- garlic
Jamaican Jerk Sauce
- cinnamon
- ground
- allspice
- brown sugar
- nutmeg
- green onion
- soy sauce
- scotch bonnet pepper
- garlic
Horseradish Sauce for Roast Beef
- sour cream
- dijon mustard
- chive
- horseradish
- black pepper
- salt
Spicy-Sweet Korean Barbecue Sauce (Ssamjang)
- sesame seed
- sugar
- garlic
- green onion
- fermented soybean paste
- korean red chile paste
- sesame oil
Blue Cheese Sauce Steak Sauce
- worcestershire sauce
- heavy cream
- blue cheese
Classic Tomato Sauce for Pasta
- onion
- red pepper flake
- oregano
- basil
- salt
- tomato
- garlic
- olive oil
- tomato paste
- black pepper
Pad Thai Sauce
- soy sauce
- chile sauce
- chicken stock
- white pepper
- tamarind paste
- fish sauce
- brown sugar
Slow-Cooker Sunday Sauce
- parmesan cheese
- salt
- italian sausage
- meatball
- onion
- tubular
- red wine
- olive oil
- pork shoulder
- tomato
- basil
- garlic
Crockpot Sunday Sauce.
- oregano
- tomato paste
- carrot
- onion
- red wine
- red pepper
- thyme
- pepper salt
- olive oil
- basil
- parsley
- parmesan cheese parmesan rind
- beef short rib
- oil tomato
- garlic
- butter
- pickled jalapeño
- basil
- hot past
- salt
Garlic Tahini Sauce
- aleppo pepper
- salt
- garlic
- sesame tahini
- lemon juice
Classic Mornay Sauce
- bay leaf
- all purpose flour
- onion
- parmesan cheese
- clove
- milk
- butter
Salsa Huancaína: Peruvian Spicy Cheese Sauce
- aji amarillo paste
- onion
- garlic
- queso fresco
- evaporated milk
- vegetable oil
- saltine cracker
- black pepper
- salt
Texas Red Enchilada Sauce
- salt
- cumin
- butter
- all purpose flour
- garlic powder
- water
- red chili powder
- tomato paste
Béchamel Sauce
- nutmeg
- bay leaf
- onion
- milk
- clove
- all purpose flour
- clarified butter
- white pepper
- salt
The Best Italian-American Tomato Sauce Recipe
- salt
- oregano
- fish sauce
- red pepper flake
- stem basil
- carrot
- onion
- parsley
- olive oil
- butter
- tomato
- garlic
Easy Cheddar Cheese Sauce
- milk
- salt
- mustard
- black pepper
- all purpose flour
- butter
Mushroom Sauce
- heavy cream
- vegetable broth
- parmesan cheese
- olive oil
- white wine
- salt
- butter
- thyme
- garlic
- mushroom
Big-Batch Ranchero Sauce
- salt
- garlic
- achiote paste
- cilantro
- guajillo chile
- serrano chile
- plum tomato
Jack Daniel's Barbecue Sauce
- onion
- liquid smoke
- salt
- brown sugar
- jack daniel' tennessee whiskey
- pepper
- tabasco sauce
- vinegar
- tomato paste
- ketchup
- worcestershire sauce
- molasses
- garlic
Argentinian-Style Chimichurri Sauce
- lime juice
- olive oil
- cilantro
- oregano
- parsley
- onion
- red wine vinegar
- garlic
- salt
- red pepper flake
Olive Garden Garlic Alfredo Sauce
- salt
- heavy cream
- garlic powder
- butter
- cream cheese
- parmesan cheese
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Correlated with Lower Ratings
- horseradish
- green onion
Correlated with Higher Ratings
- molasses
- anchovy
- sriracha
- dark soy sauce
- cashew
- ground beef
- fennel seed
- beef broth
- cheddar cheese
- balsamic vinegar
- mint
Staple Ingredients
- salt 31%
- garlic 22%
- olive oil 12%
- butter 12%
- sugar 11%
- black pepper 10%
- onion 10%
- water 9%
- lemon juice 8%
- tomato 6%
- parsley 6%
Common Ingredients
- heavy cream 5%
- basil 5%
- oregano 5%
- brown sugar 5%
- tomato paste 5%
- apple cider vinegar 4%
- ketchup 4%
- cayenne pepper 4%
- worcestershire sauce 4%
- garlic powder 4%
- all purpose flour 4%
- parmesan cheese 4%
- red pepper flake 4%
- mayonnaise 3%
- soy sauce 3% See More
- shallot 3%
- ginger 3%
- milk 3%
- 3%
- honey 3%
- cumin 2%
- bay leaf 2%
- cranberry 2%
- dijon mustard 2%
- paprika 2%
- chili powder 2%
- onion powder 2%
- white wine 2%
- vegetable oil 2%
- egg yolk 2%
Usual Ingredients
- cilantro 2%
- cinnamon 2%
- lime juice 2%
- pepper 2%
- tomato sauce 2%
- carrot 2%
- thyme 2%
- vanilla extract 2%
- mustard 2%
- orange juice 2%
- nutmeg 2%
- red wine 2%
- ground beef 2%
- hot sauce 2%
- cornstarch 2% See More
- red wine vinegar 2%
- sesame oil 2%
- white vinegar 1%
- celery 1%
- white pepper 1%
- dill 1%
- green onion 1%
- horseradish 1%
- lemon 1%
- lemon zest 1%
- mushroom 1%
- clove 1%
- greek yogurt 1%
- orange zest 1%
- rice vinegar 1%
- smoked paprika 1%
- light brown sugar 1%
- fish sauce 1%
- jalapeño 1%
- white wine vinegar 1%
- caper 1%
- dark brown sugar 1%
- italian seasoning 1%
- mint 1%
- molasses 1%
- oil 1%
- red pepper 1%
- bell pepper 1%
- liquid smoke 1%
- sour cream 1%
- allspice 1%
- chicken broth 1%
- chipotle 1%
- peanut butter 1%
- chicken stock 1%
- plum tomato 1%
- rosemary 1%
- tarragon 1%
- balsamic vinegar 1%
- chive 1%
- italian sausage 1%
- maple syrup 1%
- mirin 1%
- tahini 1%
- beef broth 1%
- bourbon 1%
- coconut milk 1%
- egg 1%
- mustard powder 1%
- pasta 1%
- almond 1%
- brandy 1%
- cheddar cheese 1%
- fennel seed 1%
- sesame seed 1%
- vinegar 1%
- black peppercorn 0%
- oyster sauce 0%
- tabasco sauce 0%
- anchovy 0%
- canola oil 0%
- cashew 0%
- cocoa powder 0%
- dark soy sauce 0%
- evaporated milk 0%
- light corn syrup 0%
- lime 0%
- rice wine vinegar 0%
- tabasco 0%
- tomato puree 0%
- yogurt 0%
- beef stock 0%
- brown mustard 0%
- celery seed 0%
- clarified butter 0%
- coriander 0%
- corn syrup 0%
- cream cheese 0%
- cucumber 0%
- demi glace 0%
- ground 0%
- light soy sauce 0%
- shrimp 0%
- sriracha 0%
- yellow mustard 0%
- cauliflower 0%
- creole seasoning 0%
- fresno chile 0%
- habanero pepper 0%
- nutritional yeast 0%
- orange 0%
- pancetta 0%
- peanut 0%
- raisin 0%
- serrano chile 0%
- spaghetti 0%
- spinach 0%
- vanilla bean 0%
- white 0%
- apple 0%
- blueberry 0%
- chicken 0%
- chickpea 0%
- chile pepper 0%
- coriander seed 0%
- curry powder 0%
- dill pickle 0%
- ground pork 0%
- raspberry 0%
- red chile 0%
- san marzano tomato 0%
- semisweet chocolate 0%
- sherry 0%