Sauces/5 recipes

Easy chicken and bean enchiladas rolled in corn tortillas with hearty baked beans, picante sauce, and melted cheese. A 5-ingredient Mexican-inspired dinner baked in 30 minutes for a warm, saucy, family-friendly meal any night of the week.

This recipe would have been 5 stars without the sliced sun-dried tomatoes. The tomatoes dominated the flavor of the sauce so much that it didn't allow the mushrooms to shine through. My wife liked it, but I noticed she was picking out the tomatoes too.

This recipe is easy, cheap, nutritious, and my four kids (age 1,2,4, and 5) all eat 2 or 3 of them each time I make it. The first time I made it, I had to double the recipe in a hurry because everyone ate so much. It's even good without sauce.

Placentia Women's Round Table friend, Brenda, shared this recipe using sour cherries. Can't wait to try it!!

500 g chicken breasts 1,5 tablespoons mustard 3 eggs 1 tsp spices mixture 1/2 tsp carry dust 1 tsp white pepper 4-5 teaspoons flour salt Mix together: eggs + spices + salt + spices mixture + mustard Cut the chicken breasts into strips and stir the egg mixture. Stir in enough flour to get a thicker sauce. Let the mixture stand for 3-4 hours. Heat oil in a frying pan. Put a spoonful of the mixture in hot oil.

Learn how to make Bibimbap, one of my favorite Korean dishes. This time instead of preparing each vegetable separately, I cooked the similar texture vegetables together, which saved time and still tasted delicious. I mixed the seasoned vegetables with soba noodles and of course always have some kimchee as a side, that's a must in Korean food.

Classic chicken tetrazzini from scratch. A whole chicken simmers into rich broth that becomes the base of a sherry cream sauce layered with spaghetti, mushrooms, and parmesan.

Chef Paul Prudhomme's Barbecue Sauce: a smoky, sweet-tangy Cajun sauce built on bacon, pecans, honey, and citrus rinds. Pureed silky for chicken, pork, or ribs. Makes 5 cups.

Grilled beef tenderloin gets seared hot then finished indirect, basted with a vinegar-and-ancho Western BBQ mop. Spicy Texas-style barbecue sauce with cumin and Tabasco for medium-rare results.

Oyster pudding layered with buttered saltine cracker crumbs, cream, and Worcestershire sauce, baked until crusty on top. A traditional 5-ingredient New England side dish.

Make this easy, tasty and light stir-fry for a quick week-night meal with a bowl of steamed rice or a few slices of bread.

Cheese-scalloped potatoes and carrots in a homemade sharp cheddar sauce with a hint of cayenne. A from-scratch layered casserole with a golden, bubbly top.

Asian-style burger sauce with soy sauce, sherry, garlic, and ginger thickened with cornstarch. A 5-minute teriyaki-inspired topping for grilled burgers.

Cilantro garlic shrimp stir-fried in a Thai-style pan with cilantro pesto and fish sauce. A 5-ingredient seafood dinner from wok to plate in 5 minutes.

Korean dipping sauce with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. A three-ingredient vegetarian sauce for tofu, dumplings, and Korean dishes, ready in 5 minutes.

Slow-cooker poached whole chicken in herb-spiked broth, served sliced under a butter-finished cream sauce. Old-school French velouté technique done hands-off in the crockpot.