Favorite sauces to cook/flavor with

[Creation]

Ive been loving G Hughes sauces and Dr. Foos thai peanut coconut sauce

What are some of your go to sauces to flavor food?

 

[little slice]

Salt

 

[Idra]

not quite a sauce but its crazy how much stuff I've started putting spicy mustard on over the years for an easy bit of kick without the cals

 

[danieltx]

I use G Hughes occasionally. Aside from that, the only seasoning I use is Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning. Great on veggies, eggs, fish, meat, whatever.

 

[Samson250]

Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ

 

[IronLion2]

No hate but if you need sauces for your food you likely suck ass at cooking. Seasonings cost 1/5th of the price and replace a bunch of processed garbage.

 

[USMuscle9403]

I'm not huge on sauces with the exception of hot sauce. I put Cholula on everything, so Frank's can fuck off. Oh, and acquaint yourself with hot chili oil. Thank me later.

For general seasoning purposes, though, I'm big on pink salt or kosher salt, coarse ground pepper, Montreal steak, Grill Mates Chipotle, Tony Chacheres, Adobo taco seasoning, garlic salt (Lawrys is the only acceptable one, here) and dry ranch packets.

 

[USMuscle9403]

No hate but if you need sauces for your food you likely suck ass at cooking. Seasonings cost 1/5th of the price and replace a bunch of processed garbage.

Truth.

 

[nihilixm]

Kcmasterpeice 816 hot BBQ sauce... I eat my meat on paper plates tho so not trying to be a chef.

 

[Reload]

Shoyu
Baby Rays
Susie's Teri Miso Sauce
Heinz Memphis Sweet & Spicy
Good ol' Heinz Ketchup (eggs)
Memeber Mark White Balsamic
To name a few...

 

[Reload]

No hate but if you need sauces for your food you likely suck ass at cooking. Seasonings cost 1/5th of the price and replace a bunch of processed garbage.

You obviously haven't been at this very long have you?

 

[Reload]

Tabasco
Chili/mango Salsa
Marinara
Chipotle
Verde
Thai peanut
Tikka Masala
Madras curry
Sooooo many different types of curry's
Asian and Indian cuisine sauces
Mexican sauces

Are you fucking kidding me!

Seriously...?!

There's the basics: beef, chicken, turkey, pork & fish! Ok yeah...eggs, milk and whey for those who buy into protein powders. That's a topic for another day.
If you eat these basic proteins with salt & pepper every day your gonna get so fucking tired of trying to choke down 5-6+ meals. Trust me, sauces are the key to making those 250-400g of protein every day enjoyable!

Off season...sauces!

Pre comp, bland, basic, boring with a little Na+ and K+ to prevent the diuretic putting you into hypokalemia.

 

[prodaf]

i just like spices : cumin, turmeric, chicken spices etc...

 

[Nyoco]

Soy sauce
Tikka Massala
Sriracha / Mayo at 50/50
Maille Dijon Mustard
Alioli (cod, hake and haddock go into a much more palatable dimension when baked with some alioli on top)
Lemon Butter sauce, does wonders for fish and chicken
Marcella Hazan Tomato Sauce
Special Sauce
Ragu Bolognese Sauce (following the Accademia Italiana della Cuccina recipe)

The last four you´ll have to make yourself but it´s really easy and really worth the little effort that goes into it (except the bolognese, but I make double the amount and freeze it).

 

[IronLion2]

You obviously haven't been at this very long have you?

20 years of cooking :headbang:

 

[jeroendebleser]

My chicken and rice is literally soaked in Uncle Ben's curry sauce

But I need lots of calories to grow so it comes in handy.

Also, I'm 35 and my mom still makes my chicken and rice meals for me every evening HAHA (No girlfriend to cook for me atm )

 

[jeroendebleser]

20 years of cooking :headbang:

1 Real attempt at cooking (absolutely destroyed an expensive grill pan and immediately gave up on it) in 35 years here

I'm envious at some of the dishes I see posted here though. Must be nice to be able to make those.

 

[MR. BMJ]

Good thread! Anybody who has been around a long time knows how the same foods can get boring. I try to have my basic plan as a back-bone, but you need to deviate from it at times to spice it up for longevity. I subscribe to the Dusty Hanshaw philosophy....if you can make it taste good, you will look forward to eating it, especially during cutting phases

Soy
Yoshidas
Spicy Mustard
Ketchup/mayo
Various hot sauces and salsa (La Victoria, Cholula, Costco/Kirkland Salsa, Franks, Sririacha, etc....)
Worcestershire
Coffee creamers
Torani
Sugar free smuckers jam/jellies
Fat Free Kraft Ranch Dressing
Small dabs of butter
Vanilla
Olive/grapeseed/avocado etc, oils
BBQ sauces - right now Stubb's and Ray's Hickory/Brown Sugar
Various Thai and Indian Sauces
beef and chicken broth/stock


Seasonings:

Salt/Perpper
Pappy's - both dry rubs
Lawry's seasoning salt and garlic salt
Garlic
Parika (and smoked)
All Chile powders
Cumin
Indian and Thai spices
Ranch dry packets
Lipton packets
Boullion powder/cubes

Pretty much all spices, the list can get huge.

 

[buck]

A wide array of curry sauces from India and Thai etc. that I augment with more spices. Better then the basic BBing fare that I ate during the day all year round for over 25 years.

 

[LK3]

thai peanut is a good one...
oyster sauce
brown gravy mix... they have low cal versions... make some healthy mashed potatoes, gravy grilled chix or some healthy meatballs!:headbang:

chimmichurri

toasted seasamie oil has great flavor
siracha