Onion Bay BBQ Sauce

Name: Onion Bay BBQ Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3 cups (720 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups EVOO (360 ml) Olive Oil; 2 large Spanish finely chopped (~4 cups) (600 g) Onion; to taste (~1 tsp) Sugar; 1 tsp kosher (6 g) Salt; about 6½ tomatoes (1000 g) Tomato; 1 tsp sweet (2.5 g) Pimenton; 3 Bay Leaf

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

BRAISING SAUCE · PAELLA, STEWS & SOUPS

A braising sauce for paella, stews & soups.

José Andrés' Catalan sofrito for paella, stews, soups.

On the jar

CATALAN

Method: stove
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 360 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil1 1/2 cups EVOO (360 ml)
Onion2 large Spanish finely chopped (~4 cups) (600 g)
Sugarto taste (~1 tsp)
Salt1 tsp kosher (6 g)
Tomatoabout 6½ tomatoes (1000 g)
Pimenton1 tsp sweet (2.5 g)
Bay Leaf3

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Spanish-born chef and humanitarian based in Washington, D.C.; James Beard Outstanding Chef. Michelin for minibar by José Andrés; also Jaleo and ThinkFoodGroup restaurants.

Originally published as Catalan Tomato-Onion Sofrito.

Adapted from a recipe published by José Andrés in José Andrés Longer Tables.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

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 José Andrés Longer Tables (published as “Catalan Tomato-Onion Sofrito”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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