Wife's Mastery: 10 Sauce Recipes That Elevate Any Dish

For some dishes, sauce is the soul that elevates the flavors to heavenly heights. Each sauce type carries its own unique characteristics,

Let's dive into the recipes for these 10 sauces!

1. Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

- 1kg sugar

- 2kg tomatoes (can use canned)

- 400g fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

- 100g garlic

- 100ml vinegar

- 5g dried chili peppers

Instructions:

- Rinse tomatoes under tap water. Gently remove any remaining skin and tomato seeds, then place them in a pot.

- Place the pot on the stove over medium heat, add enough water to cover the tomatoes. Add 1kg of sugar to the pot and stir lightly with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar.

- Cook for about 30 minutes (note: keep the heat at the lowest setting).

- Place dried chili peppers in a grinder, pulse for about 10 seconds. Add garlic and pulse with chili peppers. Add ginger in batches and continue grinding with chili peppers and garlic. Finally, add vinegar and blend all ingredients together.

- After 30 minutes of simmering tomatoes, add the ginger, garlic, and chili mixture to the pot and gently stir. Cover and simmer for another 30 minutes.

- Use a hand-held electric grinder to finely grind the tomatoes and other ingredients in the pot.

- Keep the heat low and simmer for another hour. Occasionally uncover and stir gently.

- After 60 minutes, ladle the sauce into glass jars. Once the sauce cools, cover with lids and store in the refrigerator for preservation.

2. Black Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:

- Black peppercorns

- Oyster sauce

- 1 teaspoon white wine

- 1/2 tablespoon vinegar

- 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

- A bit of cornstarch or tapioca starch

- Onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes

- Tools, glass jars or clean plastic containers with lids

Instructions:

- For the pepper in the ingredient preparation, divide into 2 parts: one part finely grind; 1 part gently crush into small seeds, ensuring they are not crushed.

- Rinse tomatoes thoroughly, cut into small pieces. Finely chop garlic cloves, slice ginger into strips.

- Pour oyster sauce into a bowl of filtered water along with sugar, whisk until dissolved. Add a splash of white wine, soy sauce, white vinegar. Finally, add cornstarch and whisk until smooth.

- Heat oil in a pan, sauté prepared ginger and garlic until fragrant, then add tomatoes and stir-fry until tomatoes are soft. Then add the pepper mixture and stir. Finally, add the previously mixed mixture from the previous step, stir well until boiling, reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens.

3. BBQ Sauce

Ingredients:

- 250ml tomato sauce

- 180ml white vinegar

- 20g brown sugar

- 2g chili powder

- 30g onion powder

- 2 tablespoons mustard powder

- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (purchased from supermarket)

- 3g salt

Instructions:

- Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a small saucepan.

- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, stir well, and simmer for 5 minutes. (This recipe can be used to marinate 2kg of ribs for grilling).

4. Curry Sauce

Ingredients:

- 300ml chicken or pork broth

- 300ml whipping cream

- 15g curry powder

- White sauce: 30g butter, 60g flour, 15g salt, a pinch of pepper, and 150ml fresh milk.

Instructions:

- Prepare the white sauce: Similarly, melt the butter, then add flour and mix well with a little salt and pepper. Gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens and becomes smooth.

- Then, heat up the bone broth, add whipping cream and curry powder, stir well. Finally, add the white sauce and stir again before serving with the meat.

5. Strawberry Sauce

Ingredients:

- 250g fresh strawberries: select ripe ones

- 50g sugar

- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice

Instructions:

Remove the stems from strawberries, then blend in a blender. Transfer this strawberry mixture to a pot, place it on the stove, and simmer over low heat with sugar until the mixture thickens slightly. Then add lime juice, stir well once more, and turn off the heat.

6. Minced Beef Sauce

Ingredients:

- 100g beef

- 100g tomatoes

- 1 tablespoon tomato paste

- 50g onion

Instructions:

- Minced or finely ground beef, marinate with 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 tablespoon cooking oil.

- Tomato, deseeded, washed, and cut into small squares. Onion, peeled, washed, and finely diced.

- Heat a little oil, stir-fry the beef until browned, then set aside.

- Add a little more oil, cook the tomatoes until soft, then add the onion and beef, stir well. Season with 1 tablespoon of salt, add tomato paste, stir well, and turn off the heat.

7. Passion Fruit Vinaigrette

Ingredients:

- 1 passion fruit: scoop out the pulp and extract the juice

- 5g banana blossoms

- 5g finely chopped olives

- 1 teaspoon finely chopped thyme leaves

- 120ml red wine

- 5ml lime juice

- 15g finely chopped shallots

- 5g minced garlic

- 10g sugar

- Spring onions

Instructions:

Put spring onions, garlic, sugar into a pot with red wine and bring to a boil. Continue adding all the remaining ingredients to the pot, stir well, and when everything boils again, slightly thickened, you should turn off the heat immediately.

8. Tamarind Sauce

Ingredients:

- 1/2kg ripe tamarind

- 1kg white sugar

- 50ml fish sauce

- 20g ground chili

- 30g tomato sauce or sour fermented paste (if available)

- 1/2 liter distilled water

Instructions:

- Place the tamarind in water, squeeze gently to soften, soak for about 15-20 minutes until the tamarind expands. Then gently squeeze to separate the pulp from the seeds, discard the seeds.

- Add sugar, fish sauce, ground chili... then put it on the stove and boil until it boils, then reduce the heat, stir gently, simmer for a while until the tamarind sauce thickens, stirring until it feels slightly heavy.

- Depending on the dish, you can sauté lemongrass, add tamarind, water, then add the main ingredients, or add a little water to the tamarind sauce, boil it, and pour the sauce over the dish when serving.

9. Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

- 15g onion

- 70g Parmesan cheese

- 70g cheddar cheese

- 70g whipping cream

- 10g Dijon mustard

- 15ml red wine

- 50ml chicken broth

- 50g flour

- 5ml olive oil

- 5g salt

- 5g pepper

Instructions:

Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté onion until fragrant. Add about 10ml white wine and let it evaporate until only about 1/3 remains. Then, add chicken broth along with the remaining ingredients (except cheddar cheese) and season with salt and pepper to taste. When ready to turn off the heat, stir in the cheddar cheese until well combined.

10. Fresh Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

- 100ml beef broth

- 10g butter

- 10g wheat flour

- 50ml heavy cream

- 5g golden mustard

- 5g salt

- 5g pepper

Instructions:

Melt butter on a hot pan, then stir in flour. Next, add broth, salt, and pepper. When the mixture thickens slightly, add cream and golden mustard, stirring well before turning off the heat.

So, you've completed 10 delicious sauces, isn't it simple?

Wishing you success and deliciousness with these 10 sauces!

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