These sauce recipes offer something for everyone. Sauces prepared from scratch are so much fresher and tastier than anything you buy in a bottle or jar. Try the port wine sauce, gravy, cranberry sauce, or tomato sauce, or one of the other easy recipes for sauces. They will pair so well with your homemade lunches and dinners and everyone will admire your culinary prowess! Choose from condiments, dressings and sauces and get ready for lots of praise and compliments!
Spiked Pineapple Bourbon Cranberry Sauce
Spiked pineapple bourbon cranberry sauce is the perfect accompaniment to a brie and cranberry wreath. It’s also amazing with Thanksgiving turkey. Or try it with ham, chicken or whatever you like.
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Homemade Eel Sauce – Unagi Sauce
Eel sauce is a bit of a misnomer considering there are no eels in it! This condiment, also known as unagi sauce, kabayaki sauce or nitsume sauce, has both sweet and savoury flavours in it. It’s sweet, salty and caramelized.
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Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Sauce
I love egg rolls and egg roll sauce. Actually I love all Chinese food! What I don’t like so much is not being able to find a sweet and sour sauce that is better for me. I know sweet and sour sauce is supposed to be, well, sweet, but it’s just sky high in sugar when it doesn’t have to be
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Authentic Italian Basil Pesto – Pesto Genovese
Making your own authentic Italian basil pesto is so easy and there’s no cooking involved. You’re going to love the fresh taste of this creamy pesto sauce and how much better it tastes than anything from the grocery store.
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Seafood Boil Sauce
Planning a seafood boil soon? You will NEED to make this delicious sauce to set your boil apart from all others. This is buttery, spicy and super tasty.
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Copycat Taco Bell Diablo Sauce
This copycat Taco Bell diablo sauce is just as full of flavor and just as hot as the original. This diablo sauce packs a punch!
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Copycat Taco Bell Verde Sauce
This copycat Taco Bell verde sauce is loaded with the flavors we love in the original. This Taco Bell salsa verde is so easy and so good!
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Copycat Big Mac Sauce
This copycat Big Mac sauce is easy to make and even better than the original. Make this Big Mac dressing today and taste the difference!
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Honey Hot Sauce
This Honey Hot Sauce is the perfect blend of sweet and spicy. It’s a quick and easy condiment recipe that pairs with many different foods!
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Texas Roadhouse Steak Sauce
This copycat Texas Roadhouse steak sauce is loaded with all the flavors we love in the original. In fact, it might even be better!
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3-Ingredient Tartar Sauce Recipe
3 ingredient tartar sauce is easy to make, better than Hellmann’s tartar sauce, and can even be turned into spicy tartar sauce!
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Burger King Buffalo Sauce
This copycat Burger King buffalo sauce recipe is even better than the original. This rich, creamy sauce is loaded with flavor AND heat!
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Homemade Mayo
After you make this ultra rich and creamy homemade mayo you are never going to look at the jarred kind on the grocery store shelves again!
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Crazy Good Comeback Sauce
Say goodbye to boring condiments and hello to Crazy Good Comeback Sauce! This tangy and slightly spicy sauce is perfect for grilling season and beyond.
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Rachel’s Green Sauce
Rachel’s Green Sauce is a versatile sauce that can be served on just about anything! Use it as a bread dip or drizzle on top of your favorite meat or veggies. No matter how you use it, you are going to love it!
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Easy Pesto Rosso – Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
Pesto rosso is an alternative to green pesto. It is both similar and very different! Sun dried tomato pesto is really versatile. You can spread it over crackers or toast or enjoy it as an easy pasta sauce.
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Jalapeno Hot Sauce
This hot sauce has a vibrant green color and a delicious kick. It is made with fresh jalapenos and goes great on burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, or whatever you want to slather it on.
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Peruvian Green Sauce
This spicy green sauce is so good drizzled over chicken, grilled veggies, or even with hamburgers. No matter what you want to add a kick to this homemade sauce is the way to go for heat, color and flavor.
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Tartar Sauce
Homemade tartar sauce is so easy to make. You are going to love the fresh flavor homemade tartar brings to all of your fish dinners.
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Sweet Chili Sauce
This sauce is sweet and goes well on so many things that after you make it once, it is likely to become a staple in your house. It is so good on sandwiches, with meatballs or even on sesame toasts.
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Dill Pickle Hot Sauce
If you like hot and spicy pickles you are going to be crazy about this hot sauce. It is perfect to dribble on anything that needs a little tangy heat.
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Utah Fry Sauce
Have you ever stopped for food in Utah and had that wonderful sauce they serve with fries? This recipe recreates it, so you can savor the flavor anytime you want, without taking a long road trip!
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Buffalo Sauce
If you love tangy buffalo sauce, you are going to want to make this homemade version for your next chicken night. This recipe is so easy and delicious!
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Homemade Ketchup
After tasting this homemade ketchup you will never toss a bottle of the store bought version in your shopping cart again! This is so good!
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Cane’s Sauce
There is nothing quite like that tasty sauce from Cane’s! Get your fix anytime you want it without having to head out for chicken.
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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
If you love ranch dressing then this is going to be your new go to. It has the creamiest texture and the herbiest flavor. Dip veggies in it, or chicken. You might also like to drizzle it over your salad. Either way, it is so good!
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Blooming Onion Sauce
If you like the outback steakhouse blooming onion appetizer, then you are going to want to take note of this sauce. It tastes exactly like it, but it is so easy you can make it for all of your onion ring nights!
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Mango Hot Sauce
This creamy sauce is fruity, spicy and so vibrant. Add it to sandwiches, burgers, or anything you like. You are going to love how easy this is to make but how much flavor it offers every dish!
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Southern Comeback Sauce
If you have 6 ingredients you can make this tangy, creamy sauce that is good with fries, chicken, burgers, or whatever you want to add it to!
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Chick Fil A Sauce
Craving that iconic sauce on a Sunday? No problem, you can whip up a perfect dupe at home! You won’t be able to taste a difference.
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Homemade co*cktail Sauce
You are going to love the kick this homemade co*cktail sauce brings to your next shrimp night. This is so tasty you will never want to buy the prepackaged kind again!
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Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water
If you have ever visited Hawaii you have probably had tasty chili pepper water! Now you can recreate the flavor at home, no matter where you live.
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Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
This sweet chili sauce has the perfect blend of garlic, peppers and ginger. I know you will want to add this to just about everything!
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Boom Boom Sauce
Smoky, tangy and a little sweet, this sauce brings the boom boom to fries, chicken, and burgers!
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Peanut Sauce
Spicy, creamy peanut sauce makes a great addition to stir fry, or serve it with salad for a dressing that is delightfully different.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause.
Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts. As well, Bella celebrates her Italian heritage with tasty dishes inspired by her favorite Italian foods. She has been featured in publications such as MSN, Self, Well + Good, New York Post, Salon, and more.
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