7 Colombian Sauces recipes to serve with your favorite meals. Easy to make and full of flavor.
I am a condiment and sauce lover! I believe that a good condiment can really enhance any meal. Colombian cuisine has a great repertoire of condiments, sauces and dips. Some of them play a specific role in a traditional dish.
For example you can't serve a Colombian empanada without ají picante. I recommend storing these recipes in glass bottles or jars with lids to preserve the flavors, and keep in the fridge.
I hope you enjoy this list, but if you are looking for a different recipe check the sauces, condiments and dips category.
Ají de Tomate de Arbol (Tree Tomato or Tamarillo Hot Sauce) Recipe
Tomate de Arbol (Tree Tomato or Tamarillo) is a fruit that is shaped like an egg and is either dark yellow-orange or red. The red ones are more tart than the yellow-orange tree tomatoes. In Colombia we use them to make juice, marinades, salad dressings, and sauces for meats, seafood and poultry. They are also
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Ají de Aguacate Recipe (Colombian Spicy Avocado Sauce)
This ají is a popular Colombian sauce made with avocados.
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Colombian Ají Picante Recipe
Ají picante or Ají Piqué is a spicy sauce from my hometown Antioquia. We keep it in the refrigerator all year round. It is an absolute must for Colombian Empanadas and it is the perfect sauce to flavor soups, stews and the perfect dipping sauce for Patacones. Growing up in my house we used it.
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Hogao Recipe (Colombian Creole Sauce)
Hogao is one of the most traditional Colombian seasoning sauces. We use Hogao as a base for many typical Colombian dishes or just as a dipping sauce for Pátacones, Platanitos and Yuca frita or just as a topping for arepas. I keep it refrigerated for up to 1 week. In Colombia you will find different
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Ají de Maní Recipe (Peanut Hot sauce)
Ají de Maní is a spicy sauce indigenous to the Popayan zone of Colombia. It is a must for Empanadas de Pipian and Tamales de Pipian. I personally love this delicious sauce with fresh vegetables or grilled chicken. My American husband eats this sauce as a dip with Ritz crackers and he says that it
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Ají de Uchuvas Recipe (Gooseberry Hot Sauce)
This Ají de Uchuvas (Gooseberry Hot Sauce) is a spicy, sweet and tart sauce made with gooseberries, hot chile peppers, scallions, lime juice and cilantro. Uchuva is a South American fruit, also known as gooseberry in Africa, aguaymanto (golden berry) in Peru, uvilla in Ecuador and physalis in the United Kingdom. Whenever I’m lucky enough..
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Salsa Rosada Recipe (Pink Sauce)
Salsa Rosada or Salsa Golf is a simple mix of ketchup and mayonnaise. It is extremely popular all over Colombia and South America, is served with various snacks. It taste particularly good served with seafood.
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Taste Traveller
WOW! This looks AMAZING!
Oysterculture
Oh my, Erica, I have to say its dangerous when I stop by your posts, I love all the recipes and ideas you share, most of the ingredients I have but you use them in new and interesting ways. Which always gets me thinking!
Cynthia
I've seen and heard about this soup on the Travel Channel when Anthony Bourdain when to Colombia. I can't wait to give it a try. Looks and sounds absolutely delicious.