Blove’s Sauce (Homemade Blove Smackalicious Sauce Recipe)
on Nov 20, 2023
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Blove’s Sauce went viral on YouTube for a GOOD reason! It was invented by a YouTuber Blove, known for doing Mukbang – videos where creators eat large amounts of food with a live audience. The seafood dipping sauce became so popular that it’s selling on Amazon as Bloves Smackalicious Sauce (mild or spicy). Many people are crazy about this sauce and it’s been recreated thousands of times. Now you can make it at home from scratch too!
Watch Me Make the Blove’s Sauce!
Related: See my popular seafood boil sauce, which is perfect with seafood boil, shrimp, and crab legs.
By making this recipe yourself, you can play around with the spices to make your perfect custom ratios. Whether you want to go all out and have a seafood boil at home, or you’re just looking for a new sauce to add to your classic dinners, this sauce is going to change your seafood game.
What is Blove Sauce?
This delicious sauce was created by YouTuber Bethany Gaskin, known for her channel Blovelife (pronounced B Love). At its core, this sauce is a butter and garlic sauce, but Blove created a combination of 10 different spices, as well as a few other seasonings, to create a spicy sauce that’s bursting with flavor. It’s a relatively simple way to elevate your standard boiled seafood.
What does it taste like? This sauce is buttery, rich, spicy, and loaded with flavorful spices. It has balanced sweet, savory, and spicy flavors with a hint of tanginess. You can adjust the heat to your preference, but whether mild or super spicy, it’s still loaded with flavor.
Ingredients for this SUPER Flavorful Smackalicious Sauce
- Seasoning Mix (10 ingredients, 1 tablespoon of each): It includes garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, oregano, lemon pepper, chili powder, Cajun spice mix, and Old Bay seasoning.
- Garlic (3 cloves to 1 whole bulb): Use fresh garlic for the best results. Feel free to add more garlic for the extra garlicky flavor.
- Onion (1/4): I used yellow onions, but you can use white onions too.
- Unsalted Butter (4 sticks): It adds a rich and creamy flavor to the sauce. It’s best to use unsalted butter so that you can control the salt level.
- Worcestershire Sauce (1 tablespoon): Don’t skip this ingredient as it adds a nice tangy, savory, and sweet flavor to your sauce.
- Brown Sugar (1 tablespoon): You can also use regular white granulated sugar.
- Salt (to taste, I used 1/8 teaspoon): For seasoning.
- Chicken Broth (1 cup): I recommend low-sodium broth to lower the salt intake.
Optional: vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, tabasco sauce, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and minced ginger.
Making the Blove’s Sauce Takes 5 Minutes: So Easy!
Ready for an easy and super delicious sauce? Here’s what you need to do:
1. Combine all the seasoning ingredients in a mixing bowl. Set it aside.
2. Blend garlic and onion for 20-30 seconds or until the garlic and onion turn into small chunks. Set it aside.
3. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat.
4. Add garlic and onion chunks to the skillet. Turn the heat to medium, and cook for about 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
5. Add Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, chicken stock, salt, and optional seasonings (such as vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, tabasco sauce, ginger, and lemon juice). Mix until combined.
6. Add the seasoning mix and bring it to a boil. Stir occasionally until the mixture is well mixed. Remove from heat, and let the sauce cool down.
That’s it!
Pro tip: The sauce is quite spicy without the optional ingredients. So make sure to taste the sauce before adding any additional spicy ingredients.
Fun (and Creative) Ways to Serve Homemade Blove’s Sauce
For its true purpose, use it either as a dip with already boiled seafood or toss it in oven bags along with your seafood and use it as the boiling liquid. Blove herself has made videos of dipping cucumbers into the sauce, while viewers have commented about using it as the base for pasta or noodles.
- This Blove’s sauce is a must when making seafood dishes such as shrimp boil, salmon, lobster, and crawfish.
- It also goes well with other meat such as steaks, pork chops, or chicken.
- Serve it with baked and air-fried vegetables such as broccoli and asparagus.
- I especially like to dip my potatoes and corn into the sauce.
- Try adding it to sushi or a sandwich, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
How Long Will Homemade Blove’s Sauce Last?
Let the sauce cool down to room temperature, and then transfer it to a mason jar or airtight container. Store the leftovers in the fridge or freezer.
- It will last for 2 weeks in the fridge or;
- Up to 3 months in the freezer.
Reheating to Bring it to Life Again!
- Stove Top: Pour the sauce into a pan over low heat. You can add 1 teaspoon of melted butter and water to smooth out the texture. Once it’s fully warmed up (for about 2 minutes), remove from heat and serve.
- Microwave: Add the leftover sauce into a microwave-safe cup, and microwave in 15-second intervals until the sauce is warmed up.
Where Can I Buy Blove’s Sauce?
After her video went viral, Blove created a seasoning mix that quickly became a bestseller on Amazon. The mixture is also available in-store at certain grocery stores.
How do you like to use your homemade Blove’s sauce? Let me know in the comments below!
How to Make the Best Blove’s Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
Seasoning Mix
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon oregano, (dried)
- 1 tablespoon lemon pepper seasoning
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix
- 1 tablespoon Old bay seasoning
Other ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic, or you can use a whole bulb for the extra garlicky flavor
- 1/4 onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, (or add more to taste)
- salt, to taste
- 4 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup chicken broth
Optional
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon tabasco sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add all the seasoning ingredients.
- Add garlic and onion to the blender. Blend for about 20-30 seconds or until the garlic and onion turn into very small chunks.
- In a large skillet over medium-low heat, add butter. Cook until the butter is completely melted.
- Add the blended garlic, onion, and optional minced ginger. Turn the heat to medium, and cook for about 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, chicken stock, salt, optional crushed red pepper flakes, tabasco sauce, vinegar, and lemon juice. Mix until combined.
- Add the seasoning mix and bring it to a boil. Stir occasionally until the mixture is well mixed.
- Remove from heat, and let the sauce cool down. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Store the blove’s sauce in an airtight container and it’ll last for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
- You can change the amount of chili powder to make it mild or spicy.
- This sauce is quite spicy before adding the optional ingredients. So make sure to taste before adding more spicy ingredients.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate only and will vary based on ingredient brands and cooking methods used.
This recipe is perfect, I didn’t use the tobasco sauce or vinegar. I used ground garlic instead of minced and it turned out amazing. This recipe is perfect and changed the game on how I do my seafood boils.
I like the seafood and sauce cause I learned how to cook it
Since I’m a poor girl and can’t afford the sauce on Amazon, I’m So glad I found this recipe! Can’t wait to make it!!