Honeyed Garlic Sauce

Name: Honeyed Garlic Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (320 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 roasted garlic heads Garlic; ¼ cup neutral oil (60 ml) Neutral Oil; ½ cup olive oil (120 ml) Olive Oil; ¼ cup water (60 ml) Water; 1½ tbsp honey (22.5 ml) Honey; 2 tsp soy (10 ml) Soy Sauce; 2 tsp lemon juice (10 ml) Lemon Juice; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper; cayenne Cayenne; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; optional vanilla Vanilla

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Carolina Gelen recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Carolina Gelen.

CONDIMENT · ROASTED VEGETABLES & MEATS

A condiment for roasted vegetables & meats.

Gelen's roasted garlic-honey sauce.

On the jar

HONEYED

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 11

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Neutral Oil 60 mlOlive Oil 120 mlWater 60 mlHoney 23 mlSoy Sauce 10 mlLemon Juice 10 ml

Ingredients

Garlic4 roasted garlic heads
Neutral Oil¼ cup neutral oil (60 ml)
Olive Oil½ cup olive oil (120 ml)
Water¼ cup water (60 ml)
Honey1½ tbsp honey (22.5 ml)
Soy Sauce2 tsp soy (10 ml)
Lemon Juice2 tsp lemon juice (10 ml)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)
Cayennecayenne
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Vanillaoptional vanilla

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 11 ingredients against a median of 6.

Its fat to acid ratio is 18:1, higher than 97% of the catalog’s dressings (median 2:1), a richer mix for the category.

The acid here is lemon juice. In this category chefs also reach for lime juice (58 recipes), rice vinegar (52), and red wine vinegar (34).

The fat here is neutral oil and olive oil. In this category chefs also reach for sesame oil (34 recipes) and vegetable oil (24).

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Carolina Gelen is a cookbook author working in Romanian-American / home cooking; recognized with James Beard Book Award General 2025 (Pass the Plate).

Adapted from a Carolina Gelen recipe (Carolina Gelen / Food52).

FAQ

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What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Carolina Gelen / Food52 (published as “Honeyed Garlic Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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