Category Guide

Sauces and Staples recipes worth cooking.

A focused collection of sauces and staples recipes from the Recipes Worth Cooking library, built for practical home cooking, clear steps, and repeatable results.

Garlic Ginger Scallion Rice
Easy 16 min Asian-inspired

Garlic Ginger Scallion Rice

Warm rice gets tossed with sizzling garlic, ginger, scallions, sesame, and a little vinegar for a flexible weeknight staple.

Chili Crisp Peanut Sauce
Easy 10 min Asian-inspired

Chili Crisp Peanut Sauce

A glossy chili crisp peanut sauce for noodles, lettuce cups, rice bowls, and vegetables, balanced with lime and soy sauce.

Lemon Tahini Yogurt Sauce
Easy 8 min Mediterranean-inspired

Lemon Tahini Yogurt Sauce

A creamy lemon tahini yogurt sauce for bowls, roasted vegetables, wraps, and grilled chicken, made in one bowl.

Garlic Herb Compound Butter
Easy 10 min French-inspired

Garlic Herb Compound Butter

Softened butter mixed with garlic, parsley, chives, lemon, and salt makes a quick flavor booster for bread, vegetables, potatoes, steak, or chicken.

Quick Pickled Red Onions
Easy 15 min Mexican-inspired

Quick Pickled Red Onions

Bright quick pickled red onions add crunch and acidity to tacos, bowls, sandwiches, salads, and weeknight dinners in about 30 minutes.

Homemade Chicken Stock
Medium 195 min American

Homemade Chicken Stock

A clear homemade chicken stock with bones, onion, carrot, celery, and herbs for soups, sauces, grains, and make-ahead freezer portions.

All-Purpose Herb Vinaigrette
Easy 10 min French-inspired

All-Purpose Herb Vinaigrette

A bright herb vinaigrette with lemon, vinegar, Dijon, shallot, and olive oil for salads, grain bowls, roasted vegetables, and chicken.

Weeknight Marinara Sauce
Easy 30 min Italian

Weeknight Marinara Sauce

A reliable pantry marinara with garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, and basil that cooks in under 30 minutes for pasta, meatballs, or pizza.