Currywurst sauce is the condiment for currywurst, a popular German street food. Currywurst consists of a regular grilled bratwurst over which currywurst sauce has been poured. Currywurst sauce is commonly described as ketchup with curry powder added to it and is sometimes referred to as curry ketchup; however, purists claim …
Sweet bean sauce or sweet soybean sauce is known in China as tianmianjiang — sometimes written in English as tian mian jiang. It is a Chinese sauce made from fermented wheat flour, fermented soybeans, and sugar. The Korean version of sweet bean sauce is called chunjang. Even though it is …
Salsa Lizano is also known as Lizano Sauce and is regarded by most experts as being the quintessential Costa Rican seasoning. The sauce is one of the core components of Costa Rican cuisine and is used both to cook dishes and as a condiment at the table. Salsa Lizano was …
Peanut sauce history Peanut sauce is also known as satay sauce and is most often associated with Thai cooking, at least in the West. Peanut sauce and variants of the satay dish are found throughout South Asian cuisine. Indonesian and Malay cuisine both include versions of it and peanut sauce. …
Char siu sauce history Char siu sauce is the glaze and marinade used on the char siu dish. Char siu (also pronounced cha siu) is one of the most famous Chinese dishes and can be found in restaurants all over the world. It is commonly described as Chinese barbecued pork …
Sweet and sour sauce history Sweet and sour sauce as we know it today, dates back to the late 19th and early 20th century. This was the era when Chinese food began to grow in popularity in the United States. As the love of Chinese food began to cross over …
Béarnaise sauce is believed to have been derived from Hollandaise sauce. In terms of how long it has been around, Béarnaise sauce is relatively new. While some sources claim that the chef who created Béarnaise sauce is not known, others have attributed it to a chef named Jules or Jean-Louis …
Hollandaise sauce may — as its name suggests — have been invented in the Netherlands and taken from there to France. One of the theories about this is that it got to France from the Netherlands via the Huguenots. The evidence for this includes Dutch recipes for it that date …