{"id":109765,"title":"Sauce Chien","modified":"2025-10-29T15:49:56+01:00","plain":"The origins of Sauce Chien \n\n\n\nSauce Chien is a French Antilles specialty traditionally served as a condiment with fish. It\u2019s also great with just about anything\u2014for example, my delicious salt cod fritters (accras).\n\n\n\nSalt cod accras\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s also often used as an ingredient in other dishes. While the origin is known, the backstory is fuzzy. The most common explanation is that a knife of the \u201cChien\u201d brand was used to chop the ingredients\u2014hence the name \u201cSauce Chien.\u201d (source)\n\n\n\nWhat ingredients go into Sauce Chien?\n\n\n\nLike all traditional dishes, every family has its own recipe. Versions vary in ingredients and in heat level. Still, a few staples show up again and again:\n\n\n\nThe base combines chopped onion, minced garlic, diced tomato, chiles\u2014preferably traditional Caribbean bird\u2019s eye chiles you can buy here on Amazon\u2014water, vegetable or olive oil, plus salt and pepper.\n\n\n\nDried bird\u2019s eye chiles\n\n\n\nHonestly, this recipe is straightforward\u2014no hard-to-find ingredients. It\u2019s approachable for all skill levels and very budget-friendly!\n\n\n\nTips for perfecting Sauce Chien\n\n\n\nWatch your quantities: you don\u2019t want the sauce too spicy or too thick.\n\n\n\nDon\u2019t be afraid to get creative with add-ins, but don\u2019t overdo it\u2014otherwise you\u2019ll end up with odd flavor combinations. In cooking, less is more.\n\n\n\nSauce Chien served with grilled fish\n\n\n\nMake sure your ingredients are fresh and high quality\u2014and above all, wash the vegetables! Pesticides and other impurities have no place in sauces.\n\n\n\nUse bird\u2019s eye chiles: they give the sauce its unique, traditional Antillean character. Buy them here on Amazon\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\tSauce Chien\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t2 green onion (scallion) sprigs2 parsley sprigs1 onion2 garlic cloves0.5 hot pepper or 2 seasoning peppers3 tablespoons oil150 ml boiling water1 teaspoon of salt0.5 thinly sliced tomato\t\n\t\n\t\tFinely slice and mix all the ingredients except the water.Add the boiling water and stir for 2 min, then let stand for at least 5 min before refrigerating.\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\tSauceAntilleansauce antillaise, sauce chien","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110071,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109765\/revisions\/110071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}