Paleo Worcestershire Sauce
Worcestershire sauce is one of those pantry staples that quietly makes everything taste better — marinades, dressings, burgers, braised meats — but the bottled stuff is almost always off the table thanks to soy, refined sugar, and other non-compliant additives. This homemade version nails that same deep, tangy, slightly sweet complexity using apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos, tamarind paste, and honey as its backbone. A carefully measured blend of warming spices — ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cayenne, and black pepper — builds the layered flavor that makes Worcestershire so distinctive and hard to replicate. Everything simmers together until the sauce reduces by about a third, concentrating into something rich and glossy that clings beautifully to a spoon. An optional splash of fish sauce adds an extra hit of umami depth if you want to lean into that savory complexity. The batch makes 16 servings, so one quick cook session keeps your fridge stocked for weeks of flavor-boosting. Once you taste how good this is drizzled into a marinade or stirred into a pan sauce, you'll wonder why you ever relied on the store-bought version at all.
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16 servings
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ground black pepper
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp fish sauce (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos, tamarind paste, and honey in a small saucepan. Whisk together over medium heat until the tamarind paste is fully dissolved and the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes.
- 2
Add the onion powder, garlic powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, black pepper, cayenne, ground cloves, and fish sauce, if using. Stir to combine.
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