889 sauce vegetable recipes

Lon Tao Jiao: a Thai coconut milk and fermented bean sauce dip served with raw cucumber, cabbage, and green beans. A salty-sweet-sour Thai vegetable platter.

Homemade chipotle sauce with rehydrated dried chipotles, bacon, tomatoes, beef stock, and fresh cilantro. A smoky, spicy Mexican sauce with customizable heat level.

Mexican almond red sauce with ground toasted almonds, tomato, onion, garlic, paprika, and dried chiles. A quick 15-minute sauce that uses almonds as a thickener for rich, nutty heat.

Pumpkin seed sauce (pipian) blended with chicken broth, green chiles, garlic, and whipping cream for a rich Mexican-style sauce for chicken or vegetables.

Onions slow-braised in butter for an hour until deeply caramelized, finished with Madeira wine, and tossed with pasta and Parmesan. Five ingredients, one knockout sauce.

A smoky-sweet blender sauce made from tamarind paste, chipotle peppers in adobo, brown sugar, garlic, and lime. Drizzle it on grilled shrimp, tacos, wings, or anything that needs a kick.

Fresh homemade salsa casera with chopped tomatoes, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, and oregano. No cooking required, and it keeps in the fridge for up to a week. Puro sabor mexicano.

Misr allecha, an Ethiopian red lentil stew simmered with turmeric, garlic, and hot pepper into a thick, vibrant puree. A vegan, gluten-free side built for scooping with injera.

Old-fashioned mixed mustard pickles with cauliflower, green tomatoes, cucumbers, pearl onions, and bell peppers in a tangy mustard-turmeric-vinegar sauce. Canned in pints.

End-of-the-garden pickles loaded with peppers, cucumbers, carrots, beans, and cauliflower in a sweet vinegar brine with mustard and celery seed.

Microwave broccoli spears topped with a creamy lemon-ginger butter sauce made from scratch. A fast vegetable side dish with bright citrus flavor.

Broccoli spears with a homemade Swiss cheese sauce made in the microwave. A quick two-serving vegetable side dish with a creamy, melty cheese topping in 30 minutes.

The sauce was too much like spagetti sauce. I cooked the pork chops in the sauce for hours and it was tender, but the pork flavor was diminished; I would prefer to taste the pork more.

Basic Green Sauce blends spinach, green chili, tomato, garlic, and oregano into a smooth base, then finishes with sour cream for a creamy Mexican-style green sauce. Ready in 30 minutes.

Minted tomato saute with cherry tomatoes quickly seared in olive oil and tossed with fresh mint. A 10-minute, three-ingredient low-calorie side dish that bursts with bright summer flavor.

Honey mustard soy vinaigrette whisked with white wine vinegar and fresh dill. An Asian-meets-French salad dressing that pairs with cabbage, zucchini, and hearty greens.