Sauce | Description, Types, & Uses
sauce, liquid or semiliquid mixture that is added to a food as it cooks or that is served with it. Sauces provide flavour, moisture, and a contrast in texture and colour. They may also serve as a medium in which food is contained, for example, the velouté sauce of creamed chicken. Seasoning liquids (soy sauce, hot pepper sauce, fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce) are used both as ingredients in cooking and at the table as condiments. Many sauces begin with a roux, a mixture of flour and fat that is cooked for a few minutes to eliminate the raw taste from
