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Homemade Creole Sauce

Jane Windham
A delicious creole sauce that can be easily frozen to use later.
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Ingredients
  

  • 25 pounds of fresh tomatoes cleaned, skinned, and cored
  • 2 bunches celery chopped
  • 4-5 large green bell peppers chopped
  • 2-3 large onions chopped
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
  • 4 ounces Worcestershire sauce
  • 8 ounces Texas Pete hot sauce
  • 1 24 ounce bottle ketchup
  • 4 tablespoons dry Cajun seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add the skinned and cored tomatoes to a large stock pot and cook over medium high heat for 30-45 minutes, stirring and chopping occasionally.
  • Saute the chopped celery in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and add to the cooked tomatoes.
  • Saute the chopped green bell peppers in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and add to the mixture.
  • Saute the chopped onion in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and stir into the tomato mixture.
  • Add the Worcestershire sauce, Cajun seasoning, hot sauce, and ketchup.
  • Stir to mix thoroughly and simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to completely cool.
  • Ladle into quart or gallon sized freezer bags, wipe bags clean, and place in the freezer.
  • Use within 6 months.

Notes

When heating the sauce to use in recipes, add a bay leaf and the juice of half of a fresh lemon.
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