Substitutes for sauces & condiments
231 cards, each listed with its best swap. Open one for the amount and every option, stamped.
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231 cardsA
- Achiote pastebest swap: Annatto seeds
- Adjikabest swap: Harissa plus extra garlic
- Adobo saucebest swap: Soy sauce + vinegar + garlic + bay leaves
- Agrodolcebest swap: Make it yourself: vinegar reduced with sugar
- Aiolibest swap: Garlic mayonnaise (mayo, garlic, lemon)
- Aji verdebest swap: Make it in a blender
- Ajvarbest swap: Homemade roasted pepper and eggplant spread
- Alabama white saucebest swap: The real thing, whisked from scratch
- Alfredo saucebest swap: Butter + heavy cream + Parmesan
- Amba saucebest swap: Mango chutney with vinegar and fenugreek
- Ancho chili pastebest swap: Chipotle paste
- Anchovy essencebest swap: Anchovy paste
- Asian chili pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Au jus gravy mixbest swap: Beef broth + seasonings
- Awazebest swap: Berbere + wine or tej (homemade awaze)
B
- Bagoong (Filipino shrimp paste)best swap: Fish sauce (patis)
- Basbaasbest swap: Two-minute homemade basbaas
- BBQ saucebest swap: Ketchup + brown sugar + vinegar
- Bearnaise saucebest swap: Tarragon and shallot compound butter
- Bechamelbest swap: White sauce
- Beef brothbest swap: Chicken broth
- Beef stockbest swap: Beef broth
- Beurre blancbest swap: Beurre blanc with cream added
- Bovrilbest swap: Beef base or beef concentrate
- Branston picklebest swap: Any other sweet pickle or ploughman's pickle
- Bread saucebest swap: Panko or dried breadcrumbs
- Brown saucebest swap: Homemade brown sauce from ketchup
- Browning saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Buffalo saucebest swap: Cayenne hot sauce + melted butter
- Bulgogi saucebest swap: Teriyaki sauce
C
- Capersbest swap: Green olives
- Cassareepbest swap: Browning sauce + dark molasses + vinegar
- Catalina dressingbest swap: French dressing
- Cemen pastebest swap: Homemade cemen from ground fenugreek
- Chamoybest swap: Tajin plus lime juice and a little honey
- Chermoulabest swap: Make it yourself
- Chicken brothbest swap: Vegetable broth
- Chicken stockbest swap: Chicken broth
- Chile pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili garlic pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili in adobo saucebest swap: Chipotle powder
- Chili pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Chili saucebest swap: Hot sauce
- Chilli garlic saucebest swap: Sriracha
- Chimichurribest swap: Five-minute homemade chimichurri
- Chinese hot mustardbest swap: Mustard powder + cold water
- Chipotle adobo saucebest swap: Chipotle powder
- Chipotle mayobest swap: Mayonnaise blended with chipotles in adobo
- Chocolate syrupbest swap: Homemade cocoa syrup
- Cocktail saucebest swap: Ketchup + horseradish + lemon (make it yourself)
- Coconut aminosbest swap: Soy sauce
- Colatura di alicibest swap: Southeast Asian fish sauce
- Comeback saucebest swap: The real thing, made from scratch
- Cranberry saucebest swap: Homemade cranberry sauce from fresh or frozen berries
- Cream of chicken soupbest swap: Homemade cream of chicken soup
- Creole mustardbest swap: Whole grain mustard
- Crystal Hot Saucebest swap: Louisiana brand hot sauce or Texas Pete
- Currywurst saucebest swap: Ketchup warmed with curry powder and paprika
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- Dark soy saucebest swap: Regular soy sauce + molasses
- Dattabest swap: Five-minute homemade datta
- Dijon mustardbest swap: Yellow mustard
- Dijonnaisebest swap: Mayonnaise plus Dijon mustard
- Doenjangbest swap: Red or brown miso (aka miso)
- Doubanjiangbest swap: Sambal oelek + red miso
- Dry sherrybest swap: Dry white wine
- Duck saucebest swap: Apricot preserves plus vinegar (homemade duck sauce)
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- Harissa pastebest swap: Sriracha
- Hilbetbest swap: Hummus with ground fenugreek
- Hoisin saucebest swap: Miso paste + honey + soy sauce + rice vinegar
- Hollandaise saucebest swap: Blender hollandaise (the real thing, fast)
- Honey mustardbest swap: Mustard + honey (make it yourself)
- Hot fudge saucebest swap: Five-minute chocolate chip and cream sauce
- Hot saucebest swap: Sriracha
- Hrousbest swap: Harissa plus miso and ground caraway
- Huancaina saucebest swap: Yellow bell pepper plus habanero, in place of aji amarillo
- Hummusbest swap: Baba ganoush
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- Maggi seasoningbest swap: Soy sauce
- Mahyavehbest swap: Fish sauce with toasted spices (best overall)
- Mango chutneybest swap: Peach or apricot jam plus vinegar, ginger and cayenne
- Marinara saucebest swap: Tomato sauce
- Marmitebest swap: Vegemite
- Massaman curry pastebest swap: Red curry paste plus garam masala and sugar
- Mayonnaisebest swap: Greek yogurt
- Melitzanosalatabest swap: Baba ganoush
- Mentsuyubest swap: Homemade mentsuyu from dashi, soy sauce and mirin
- Mint chutneybest swap: Cilantro-heavy green chutney (short on mint)
- Mint saucebest swap: Homemade mint sauce
- Mirinbest swap: Sake + sugar
- Miso pastebest swap: Soy sauce or tamari
- Mojo saucebest swap: Homemade mojo criollo (five-minute version)
- Mole saucebest swap: Jarred or tubbed mole paste, thinned with broth
- Muhammarabest swap: Romesco sauce
- Mushroom ketchupbest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Mushroom soy saucebest swap: Dark soy sauce
- Mustardbest swap: Prepared horseradish
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- Palm nut cream (banga sauce base)best swap: Any canned palm nut concentrate or palm soup base
- Panang curry pastebest swap: Red curry paste plus peanut butter and sugar
- Passatabest swap: Tomato puree
- Peanut butterbest swap: Almond butter
- Peanut saucebest swap: Peanut butter whisked with soy, lime, sugar and chili
- Pepperoncini juicebest swap: White wine vinegar
- Pestobest swap: Basil oil
- Picante saucebest swap: Jarred salsa
- Piccalillibest swap: Chow-chow or American mustard pickle
- Pickapeppa saucebest swap: Homemade Pickapeppa-style blend
- Piri piri saucebest swap: Homemade five-minute piri piri (chilli flakes + garlic + lemon + oil)
- Pla rabest swap: Fish sauce + anchovy paste
- Plum saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce
- Pomegranate molassesbest swap: Balsamic vinegar + honey
- Ponzu saucebest swap: Soy sauce + citrus juice
- Prahokbest swap: Pla ra or Lao padaek
- Prepared horseradishbest swap: Fresh horseradish
- Preserved lemonsbest swap: Lemon zest + salt
R
- Raitabest swap: Plain yogurt with salt and toasted cumin
- Ranch dressingbest swap: Homemade ranch dressing
- Recaitobest swap: Homemade recaito (blend it yourself)
- Red curry pastebest swap: Green curry paste
- Red pepper pastebest swap: Tomato paste
- Remouladebest swap: Homemade Danish remoulade
- Rendang pastebest swap: Make your own bumbu rendang
- Romesco saucebest swap: Ten-minute pantry romesco
- Russian dressingbest swap: Thousand Island dressing
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- Salad creambest swap: Thinned mayonnaise with vinegar, mustard and sugar
- Salsa criollabest swap: Homemade five-minute criolla
- Salsa machabest swap: Chinese chilli crisp
- Salsa rojabest swap: Canned red enchilada sauce
- Salsa verdebest swap: Green enchilada sauce
- Sambal belacanbest swap: Pounded fresh chillies with toasted belacan and lime
- Sambal oelekbest swap: Sriracha
- Sate saucebest swap: Homemade lemongrass chilli oil
- Senafichbest swap: English mustard powder mixed with cold water
- Shattabest swap: Homemade shatta
- Sherrybest swap: Dry white wine
- Shito (Ghanaian pepper sauce)best swap: Chili crisp or chili oil with dried shrimp
- Shottsurubest swap: Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce, diluted
- Shoyubest swap: Tamari
- Skordaliabest swap: Toum (Lebanese garlic sauce)
- Sofritobest swap: Mirepoix
- Soy glazebest swap: Teriyaki sauce
- Soy saucebest swap: Tamari
- Spicy brown mustardbest swap: Dijon mustard
- Srirachabest swap: Hot sauce
- Sriracha mayobest swap: Regular mayo + Sriracha
- Ssamjangbest swap: Homemade from doenjang and gochujang
- Steak saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Stone ground mustardbest swap: Whole grain mustard
- Swedish mustardbest swap: Dijon mustard + sugar
- Sweet and sour saucebest swap: Homemade sweet and sour sauce
- Sweet bean saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce, slightly thinned
- Sweet chili saucebest swap: Sriracha + sugar
- Sweet soy saucebest swap: Soy sauce + brown sugar
- Szechuan pastebest swap: Szechuan peppercorns
T
- Tabasco saucebest swap: Other hot sauces
- Taco saucebest swap: Homemade taco sauce
- Tahinibest swap: Sesame seeds + oil
- Tamaribest swap: Soy sauce
- Tamarind pastebest swap: Lime juice
- Tamarind saucebest swap: Hoisin sauce
- Tapatiobest swap: Cholula original
- Taramosalatabest swap: Grated bottarga in a potato and olive oil base
- Tarator saucebest swap: Tahini whisked with lemon, water and garlic
- Tartar saucebest swap: Homemade tartar sauce from mayonnaise and pickles
- Taucobest swap: Chinese yellow bean sauce
- Tausi (salted black beans)best swap: Black bean garlic sauce (jarred)
- Tempoyakbest swap: Tamarind paste + coconut cream
- Teriyaki saucebest swap: Homemade teriyaki
- Tex-Mex pastebest swap: Taco seasoning mix
- Thai seasoning saucebest swap: Fish sauce
- Thousand Island dressingbest swap: Russian dressing
- Tikka masala pastebest swap: Tomato paste plus garam masala, ginger, garlic and kasoori methi
- Tirokafteribest swap: Homemade whipped feta with roasted pepper and chili
- Tkemalibest swap: Sour plums or damsons cooked with garlic and herbs
- Tom yum pastebest swap: Nam prik pao, Thai roasted chili jam
- Tomato pastebest swap: Tomato sauce, reduced
- Tomato saucebest swap: Tomato paste
- Tonkatsu saucebest swap: Worcestershire sauce
- Toumbest swap: Mayonnaise with grated raw garlic and lemon
- Tucupibest swap: Broth with lime, fish sauce and turmeric
- Turkey drippingsbest swap: Browned turkey wings, necks or chicken thighs, roasted for the purpose
- Turkey stockbest swap: Chicken stock, boosted
- Tzatzikibest swap: Five-minute homemade tzatziki
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- Valentina hot saucebest swap: Tapatio
- Vanilla extractbest swap: Vanilla bean paste
- Veal demi glacebest swap: Beef demi glace
- Vegemitebest swap: Marmite
- Vegetable bouillonbest swap: Vegetable stock
- Vietnamese caramel saucebest swap: Homemade nuoc mau (the actual answer)
- Vindaloo pastebest swap: Madras curry paste plus vinegar and cayenne
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- Yeast extractbest swap: Marmite or Vegemite
- Yellow bean saucebest swap: Chinese ground bean sauce or yellow bean paste
- Yellow curry pastebest swap: Curry powder with turmeric, garlic and fish sauce
- Yum yum saucebest swap: Homemade yum yum sauce
- Yuzu koshobest swap: Homemade chilli, citrus zest and salt paste
Z