There’s nothing better than making homemade sauce! This collection of savory sauce recipes are easy to make with simple ingredients and each one is bursting with flavor. Find your next favorite sauce to pair with pasta, slather on wings, or enjoy with potstickers. Endless possibilities!
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This recipe collection features over 15 of my favorite homemade sauces. They’re all savory and range from creamy to salty to herby to tangy and spicy and everything in between. Whether you’re looking to dip, spread, slather or toss with pasta, you’ll find a sauce recipe that fits your needs here.
If you’re not already converted to making homemade sauce recipes, prepare to be amazed. Homemade sauces are much easier to make than you might initially think, and oftentimes, they’re super quick, too!
Making sauces from scratch guarantees you know exactly what ingredients are in it, and allows you to adjust it to your preferences. Looking for something a little spicier? You can adjust! Less spicy? Easily done too!
Not only that, but many of these sauce recipes can are super versatile. They can be used as salad dressings, dips for fries, spring rolls, or roasted vegetables. They can be slathered on toast and served with eggs or put into a sandwich. Many make excellent pasta sauces or BBQ sauce for grilled meats.
But don’t think the options stop there though, there are endless uses for these sauces. I recommend reading each specific recipe post for additional suggestions.
Now let’s get saucy!
Creamy Sauces
Lazy Girl Tzatziki Sauce
This easy tzatziki sauce is absolutely the lazy way out when you need creamy, tangy Greek yogurt sauce and STAT. This version is made without grated cucumbers, which means it’s ready in under 5 minutes.
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3-Ingredient Avocado Sauce
This healthy avocado sauce is exceptionally easy and quick to make! It's incredibly versatile, too! Use on your favorite sandwich, in a wrap, as a mayo replacement in tuna salad, or as a dip!
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Homemade Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Whether it’s for a wedge salad or a plate of wings, Homemade Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing is a must-have accompaniment. It’s creamy, tangy, and so easy to make you’ll never use store-bought again!
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3 Ingredient Roasted Garlic Aioli
A super simple way to make “aioli” using three ingredients: roasted garlic, mayonnaise, and lemon juice! Of course, you’ll want to add a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper, too. Enjoy as a dip or spread with your favorite recipes!
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Asian-Inspired Sauces
Homemade Ponzu Dipping Sauce
You don’t always have to buy ponzu sauce at the store. Here is an easy recipe for ponzu dipping sauce that you can make at home or use as a ponzu sauce substitute. It only takes a few minutes of prep, and then the recipe sits refrigerated overnight, creating a tangy, flavorful and sweet sauce. So simple, so good!
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Spicy Teriyaki Sauce
Spice up your next meal with this sweet, spicy, tangy teriyaki sauce! Keep a jar of it on hand for any time the craving strikes. Use it in a stir fry, over salmon, chicken, or shrimp!
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Peanut Sauce Dressing
This classic Asian-inspired sauce turned into a dressing. It's versatile enough for all of your Peanut Sauce needs, from tossing on salads, dipping potstickers, and more!
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Herb Sauces
Lemon Basil Citrus Pesto
Lemon Basil Pesto is bright, refreshing, and bursting with fresh citrus! Serve it with pasta, appetizers, or over grilled proteins or veggies for a bright accompaniment. It's naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian (vegan, too!) and ready in 5 minutes!
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Easy Romesco Sauce
An easy, super flavorful roasted red pepper and sun-dried tomato-based sauce that's excellent on sandwiches, with cheese and crackers, as a pasta sauce, on fish… endless possibilities!
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Basil Mint Pesto
Fall in love with fresh Basil Mint Pesto, with its bright, refreshing complexity of flavors, its versatility, and the quick and easy process of making it! Spread it on sandwiches, toss it with pasta, use it as a base for flatbread pizzas, or serve it with a cheeseboard. There are endless ways to use this vibrant sauce!
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5 Ingredient Mint Cilantro Chutney
A super quick, easy, flavorful chutney – perfect on sandwiches, as a marinade, dip, or dressing!
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Fresh Basil Pesto
Summer isn't complete without Fresh Basil Pesto! This classic recipe is made with just the right blend of fresh basil leaves, toasted pine nuts, garlic, and parmesan cheese. Along with olive oil, these 5 simple ingredients make an irresistible sauce for pasta, sandwiches, salads, veggies, and more!
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Tangy and Spicy Sauces
Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
This quick and easy homemade bourbon barbecue sauce is smoky, semi-sweet and tangy. Slather it on wings, burgers, or use it as a barbecue dipping sauce. Ready in 15 minutes flat!
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Chipotle Cilantro Dressing
A spicy, smoky chipotle dressing that easily becomes a dip for french fries, grilled shrimp, skewers, or veggies!
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Red Enchilada Sauce
Up your enchilada game with homemade Red Enchilada Sauce – easy, ready in 15 minutes, and full of flavor!
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Homemade Buffalo Sauce
You’re going to slather this Homemade Buffalo Sauce on everything from here on out. It’s tangy, spicy, and smooth; with just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes, you’ll have this luxurious sauce ready to dip, spread, and devour! Pair it with wings, cream cheese dip, mozzarella wings…the possibilities are endless!
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Pasta Sauces
Easy Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
When you need a quick and easy hands-off kind of weekday dinner, give this Easy Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce a try! Serve it on top of spaghetti, on baguette slices, or with other roasted veggies for a healthy meal!
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Spicy Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce
Quick, easy, and budget-friendly sauce is taken to the next level by roasting the ingredients.
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Classic Tomato Sauce
No more store-bought jars of tomato sauce – this classic tomato sauce recipe is full of flavor, comforting herbs, and freezes so you can have homemade tomato sauce anytime!
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15+ Savory Sauce Recipes: Homemade Buffalo Sauce
You’re going to slather this Homemade Buffalo Sauce on everything from here on out. It’s tangy, spicy, and smooth; with just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes, you’ll have this luxurious sauce ready to dip, spread, and devour! Pair it with wings, cream cheese dip, mozzarella wings…the possibilities are endless!
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Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 105kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¾ cup hot sauce I use Frank’s RedHot
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp soy sauce
- ¼ tsp kosher salt optional, but recommended
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Once melted, remove from heat.
- Whisk in the remaining ingredients until fully incorporated. Serve immediately or let cool and store in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.
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Notes
If storing in the fridge, the sauce may solidify somewhat from the butter. If this happens, gently reheat the sauce or place it at room temperature for approximately 30 minutes, stirring to smooth out.
This recipe makes approximately 1 1/4 cup of sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 2TBSP | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 679mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 391IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
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