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10 x Easy Sauce Recipes

These delicious and easy sauce recipes are perfect for any 4th of July gathering or for your next barbecue party. They can be used as dips (hello gorgonzola sauce!) or added to a delicious steak (try the chimichurri!)

Now that barbecue season is officially opened, I figured it was a good idea to share some delicious and easy sauce recipes that you will want to make this season. They’re all easy to make and are all delicious for any party. They work as a dipping sauce (have you ever tried gorgonzola sauce as a dipping sauce? So good!) and can be served alongside all your other barbecue dishes.

Sauce Recipes

I love sauce. All sauce to be honest. I find it elevates any dish from plain to delicious in an instant. So I cannot imagine my life without sauce! These 10 sauce recipes are just a fraction of all the sauce recipes you can find here but these some of my favorite barbecue sauces. They’re also perfect for any 4th of July celebration!

Sugar-free barbecue sauce

Sugar-free barbecue sauce

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 10 minutes
Total time 15 minutes
This bold, smoky barbecue sauce is everything you love – rich, tangy, and perfectly spiced – without a single spoonful of added sugar. Whether you're grilling up chicken, veggies, or burgers, this 15-minute sauce brings serious flavor with simple, wholesome ingredients. Once you taste it, you’ll never go back to store-bought.
Easy teriyaki sauce

Quick Teriyaki Sauce

Cooking time 10 minutes
Total time 10 minutes
Looking for a quick teriyaki sauce you can whip up in minutes? This easy homemade teriyaki recipe takes just 10 minutes and uses simple ingredients like coconut aminos, mirin, and a touch of coconut sugar. Perfect as a glaze for chicken, salmon, or tofu, or as a flavorful sauce for stir-fried vegetables.
Piri piri sauce
5 from 2 votes

Piri piri sauce

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time 10 minutes
Looking for an easy way to increase the heat in the kitchen? This delicious piri piri sauce is quick to put together and goes really well with chicken, vegetables or fish!
Cocktail sauce recipe

Cocktail sauce recipe

Prep time 5 minutes
Total time 5 minutes
The perfect cocktail sauce recipe for so many things! Dip, dressing, sauce or add shrimps for a shrimp cocktail
Easy peanut sauce recipe

Easy peanut sauce recipe

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 10 minutes
Total time 15 minutes
The perfect basic peanut sauce recipe for all your peanut sauce needs
Easy garlic sauce

Easy garlic sauce

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time 10 minutes
How many people this garlic sauce is for obviously depends a bit on how much sauce you serve on or with something but it is about enough as a normal serving for 6 people. However, it is very easy to multiply should you need more.
tzatziki sauce recipe

Tzatziki sauce recipe

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time 10 minutes
A nice fresh side dish that goes great with souvlaki, dolmades, giros or on your shoarma sandwich instead of garlic sauce.
Gorgonzola sauce recipe
4.8 from 4 votes

Gorgonzola Sauce

Prep time 10 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time 15 minutes
Looking for a delicious and easy recipe for gorgonzola sauce? This sauce is made in 15 minutes and is super versatile. It works great with chicken, vegetables, pasta and so much more.
bechamel sauce
5 from 1 vote

Bechamel sauce

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 10 minutes
Total time 15 minutes
The basis of a lot of different sauce recipes is a bechamel. With this simple basic recipe you can go in any direction!
Chimichurri recipe
5 from 1 vote

Chimichurri

Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes
Total time 10 minutes
Looking for a sauce that instantly makes everything taste better? Say hello to chimichurri! This vibrant Argentinian classic is bursting with fresh herbs, garlic, and a little kick of heat. It’s ridiculously easy to make and goes with everything—from juicy grilled meats to crispy potatoes, fish, veggies, sandwiches, and more. Once you try it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

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About Simone van den Berg

Food photographer | Food- and travel blogger | Recipe development | Loves to cook, experiment with vegetables and most of all, loves to eat. Whenever I travel (and I do try to do that as often as possible) it's always about food too! Love exploring flavors around the world. Lives together with cats Humphrey and Buffy in the Netherlands.