Kwame Onwuachi Sauce Recipes
Independent adaptations of Kwame Onwuachi's publicly published recipes. Not created by, affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Kwame Onwuachi.
Kwame Onwuachi is an Afro-Caribbean chef who runs Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi at Lincoln Center in New York. He holds the James Beard Rising Star Chef award and the Food & Wine Best New Chef recognition. PantryFlex adapts recipes Kwame Onwuachi published and cites Kwame Onwuachi as the source for each one.
Onwuachi formerly ran Kith/Kin in Washington, D.C. References to the Bronx, where he grew up, and to his Nigerian family appear across the Tatiana menu. PantryFlex adapts recipes Kwame Onwuachi published and cites Kwame Onwuachi as the source for each one.
By the numbers
8
recipes
0%
pour-and-shake ready
6.9
ingredients per recipe, field average 6.8
Compared with the whole catalog, Kwame reaches more often for garlic (75% vs 35%), onion (63% vs 8%), and ginger (50% vs 8%).
How Kwame builds a sauce
Kwame Onwuachi's 8 sauces in the catalog lean toward 3 hot sauces, 2 herb sauces, and 1 BBQ sauce. Of that total, 1 is jar-ready as a pour-and-shake or simmer sauce, 6 need a blender, and 1 is cooked fully on the stove. Recipes cited to Kwame Onwuachi include Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, Jerk Barbecue Sauce, and Ginger-Garlic Puree (GGP).
Recipes

Kitchens
- Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi · New York
- Kith/Kin · Washington
Awards
- James Beard Rising Star Chef
- Food & Wine Best New Chef
Common questions
- Which of Kwame Onwuachi's sauces need a blender?
- 6 of the 8 sauces cited to Kwame Onwuachi in the PantryFlex catalog need a blender rather than a jar shake, including Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, Jerk Barbecue Sauce, and Ginger-Garlic Puree (GGP).
- Where does Kwame Onwuachi cook?
- Onwuachi runs Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi in New York. He formerly ran Kith/Kin in Washington, D.C.
- Are these Kwame Onwuachi's actual recipes?
- The sauces are adapted from recipes Kwame Onwuachi published, with Kwame Onwuachi cited as the source on every recipe page. PantryFlex is independent and not affiliated with Kwame Onwuachi.
Citations
- Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce · adapted from Food & Wine / Kwame Onwuachi (My America)
- Jerk Barbecue Sauce · adapted from VICE / Kwame Onwuachi jerk chicken feature
- Ginger-Garlic Puree · adapted from Kwame Onwuachi My America (Food & Wine)
- Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce · adapted from Kwame Onwuachi My America (Food & Wine)
- Jamaican Green Seasoning · adapted from Kwame Onwuachi My America (Food & Wine)
- Tamarind Gastrique · adapted from Kwame Onwuachi / Food & Wine
- Caribbean Pepper Sauce · adapted from My America hot sauce pantry
- Roasted Sofrito Aioli · adapted from Kwame Onwuachi / CBS News The Dish (potato tostones)
Every recipe lists its source and original title in the Provenance section of the recipe page.