Romesco Sauce & How to Use It!

Romesco Sauce is packed with flavor and easy to make with simple ingredients & your blender or food processor. We’ll cover all the best romesco sauce uses in this post too!

Sometimes a condiment becomes the star of the dinner table. That has long been the case with my green Mojo Sauce. It’s amazing served over a sous vide ribeye steak, as a dip with air fryer shrimp or with a simple instant pot chicken breast. But now there’s a new kid in town, and it may be my new favorite – Romesco Sauce.

I wanted to come up with a romesco sauce recipe to go with some sous vide octopus that I was making. So I picked up some basic ingredients (times three) and got to recipe testing. All variations had the basic backbone – roasted red peppers, nuts, garlic, vinegar, but there was one clear winner.

The first batch I made omitted the bread. This one was good, but it lacked body. It was a bit thin, and not what I was looking for. I wanted this sauce to be sturdy enough to slather on grilled meats, without slipping off.

The second batch was a bit short on flavor. So, I amped it up with a good bit of garlic, parsley, vinegar and salt.

The winning batch:

I ended up with a romesco sauce recipe that really turned out not to be a sauce at all since I was basically eating it like a bowl of soup – it was that good. 

Luckily, this recipe makes a big batch of sauce. So even if you do go a bit overboard with your taste testing, you’ll still have plenty. Bonus – it keeps well in the fridge for up to a week or the freezer for 3 months.

Ingredients needed

• Roasted Red Peppers
• Bread
• Tomatoes
• Almonds
• Parsley
• Sherry Vinegar (or Red Wine Vinegar)
• Smoked Paprika
• Cayenne Pepper
• Garlic
• Olive Oil
• Salt

How to make it

• Romesco spanish sauce is super quick & easy to make with the help of your blender or food processor. Simply process all ingredients except the olive oil until finely chopped, then stream in the olive oil with the motor running until well combined.

Recipe FAQs

Romesco sauce uses

Wondering what to serve with romesco sauce? Here are some tasty options:

• Serve it with meats like chicken, lamb chops, pork or steak.
• With seafood like shrimp, tuna steaks, or octopus.
• Spooned over buddha bowls.
• As a topping for baked potatoes or crispy smashed potatoes.
• As a dip with vegetable sticks and bread.
• On top of eggs.
• On roasted vegetables.
• Tossed with pasta.

More sauce recipes

• Mojo Sauce
• Red Wine Jus
• Magic Artichoke Dipping Sauce
• Chimichurri Sauce
• Buffalo Wing Sauce {Mild, Medium or Hot}
• Tahini Yogurt Sauce
• Lemon Butter Sauce

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This post was originally published in 2020. It was updated in 2023 to add new content. The romesco recipe remains the same. Enjoy!