The following is a list of notable culinary and prepared sauces used in cooking and food service.
Brown sauces – Sauce made with brown meat stock include:
Sauces in African cuisine include:
Sauces in East Asian cuisine include:
Sauces in Southeast Asian cuisine include:
Sauces in Caucasian cuisine include:
Sauces in Mediterranean cuisine include:
Sauces in Middle Eastern cuisine include:
Sauces in South American cuisine include:
Sauces in Argentine cuisine include:
Sauces in the cuisine of Barbados include:
Sauces in Belgian cuisine include:
Sauces in Bolivian cuisine include:
Sauces in Brazilian cuisine include:
Sauces in Canadian cuisine include:
Sauces in Chilean cuisine include:
Sauces in Colombian cuisine include:
Sauces in Danish cuisine include:
Sauces in English cuisine include:
Sauces in French cuisine include:
Sauces in Georgian cuisine include:
Sauces in German cuisine include:
Sauces in Greek cuisine include:
Sauces in Indian cuisine include:
Sauces in Indonesian cuisine include:
Sauces in Iranian cuisine include:
Sauces in Italian cuisine include:
Sauces in Jamaican cuisine include:
Sauces in Japanese cuisine include:
Sauces in Korean cuisine include:
Sauces in Libyan cuisine include:
Sauces in Malaysian cuisine include:
Sauces in Mexican cuisine include:
Sauces in Dutch cuisine include:
Sauces in Peruvian cuisine include:
Crema de Rocoto Llatan Mayonesa de aceitunas (black olive mayonnaise)
Sauces in Filipino cuisine include:
Sauces in Polish cuisine include:
Sauces in Portuguese cuisine include:
Sauces in Puerto Rican cuisine include:
Sauces in Romanian cuisine include:
Sauces in Russian cuisine include:
Sauces in Spanish cuisine include:
Sauces used in the cuisine of the Canary Islands include:
Sauces in Catalan cuisine include:
Sauces in Swedish cuisine include:
Sauces in Swiss cuisine include:
Sauces in Thai cuisine include:
Sauces in British cuisine include:
Sauces in the cuisine of the United States include:
Sauces in Vietnamese cuisine include:
Dipping sauces are a mainstay of many Vietnamese dishes. Some of the commonly used sauces are: [60] [ better source needed ]
In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to a dish. Sauce is a French word taken from the Latin salsa, meaning salted. Possibly the oldest recorded European sauce is garum, the fish sauce used by the Ancient Romans, while doubanjiang, the Chinese soy bean paste is mentioned in Rites of Zhou in the 3rd century BC.
A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to impart a specific flavor, to enhance the flavour, or to complement the dish.
A dip or dip sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor or texture to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, crackers, chopped raw vegetables, fruits, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, tortilla chips, falafel, and sometimes even whole sandwiches in the case of jus. Unlike other sauces, instead of applying the sauce to the food, the food is typically placed or dipped into the sauce.
Shrimp paste or prawn sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian and Coastal Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks. They are either sold in their wet form or are sun-dried and either cut into rectangular blocks or sold in bulk. It is an essential ingredient in many curries, sauces and sambal. Shrimp paste can be found in many meals in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is often an ingredient in dip for fish or vegetables.
The generic term for condiments in the Filipino cuisine is sawsawan. Unlike sauces in other Southeast Asian regions, most sawsawan are not prepared beforehand, but are assembled on the table according to the preferences of the diner.
Chili sauce and chili paste are condiments prepared with chili peppers.
Tunisian cuisine, the cuisine of Tunisia, consists of the cooking traditions, ingredients, recipes and techniques developed in Tunisia since antiquity. It is mainly a blend of Mediterranean and native Punics-Berber cuisine. Historically, Tunisian cuisine witnessed influence and exchanges with many cultures and nations like Italians, Andalusians, French and Arabs.
Shredded beef is a preparation of beef that features in dishes from various cuisines. Shredded beef is sometimes prepared using beef brisket and chuck roast. Pot roast is also sometimes shredded.