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    Easy Patatas Bravas Sauce

    January 27, 2022 by Sara Tercero 5 Comments

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    image potatoes drenched in Bravas Sauce
    Easy Air-Fried Patatas Bravas

    The Best Bravas Sauce

    This Easy Patatas Bravas Sauce recipe is incredibly tasty and quick to make! This is the simplest recipe for bravas sauce. There is no chopping required. Just a quick toast of the spices, caramelize of tomato paste, and a quick simmer. Y Ya!

    What are Patatas Bravas?

    Patatas Bravas are a tapas favorite from Spain. Translated, papatas bravas means spicy potatoes. Potato chunks are fried in oil, then tossed in a spicy and tangy sauce made from tomatoes, onions, garlic, vinegar and sweet and hot paprika. Then they are drizzled or dipped in a tangy aioli. This recipe is for easy patatas bravas sauce.

    Why is this the best Bravas Sauce?

    This recipe for bravas sauce is so easy that any beginner can make it successfully. There is no chopping required, no tedious sautéing or browning of onions or garlic, there is just an extremely simple cook. Although the ingredients are dimmed down, the flavor is not! This easy patatas bravas sauce has all the components of a traditional bravas sauce so it still tastes fantastic.

    Ingredients

    • olive oil
    • onion powder
    • garlic powder
    • smoked paprika
    • hot smoked paprika
    • tomato paste
    • water
    • white vinegar
    • salt

    Instructions for Easy Patatas Bravas Sauce

    • In a deep skillet over medium heat, add olive oil to warm. Then add smoked paprika and hot smoked paprika to the oil and cook for 1-2 minutes
    • Then add tomato paste and stir often cooking for 3-4 minutes while you watch the color darken slightly from the caramelization
    • Add water, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and vinegar and bring to a boil stirring constantly.
    • Turn down to simmer for 10 minutes and stir occasionally while the sauce thickens.
    • Serve with Easy Air-fried Patatas Bravas

    What to serve this sauce with..

    • Easy Air-Fried Patatas Bravas
    • Simple Roasted Cauliflower

    image potatoes drenched in Bravas Sauce

    Easy Patatas Bravas Sauce

    This is the easiest and most delicious bravas sauce on the internet! It's spicy, tangy and so craveable plus it's quick to make!
    2.50 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 2 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, sauce, tapas
    Cuisine california, fusion, latin, Spain
    Servings 4
    Calories 67 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 1 tbsp onion powder
    • 1 tbsp garlic powder
    • 2 tbsp smoked paprika
    • 1 tbsp hot smoked paprika
    • 4 tbsp tomato paste
    • 2 cups water
    • 1 tbsp white vinegar
    • 1 tsp salt plus more to taste

    Instructions
     

    • In a deep skillet over medium heat, add olive oil to warm. Then add smoked paprika and hot smoked paprika to the oil and cook for 1-2 minutes
    • Then add tomato paste and stir often cooking for 3-4 minutes while you watch the color darken slightly from the caramelization
    • Add water, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and vinegar and bring to a boil stirring constantly.
    • Turn down to simmer for 10 minutes and stir occasionally while the sauce thickens. Taste for salt and adjust to your tastes
    • Serve with Easy Air-fried Patatas Bravas

    Nutrition

    Calories: 67kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 719mgPotassium: 283mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1968IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Easy, glutenfree, quick, salsa, sauce, spicy, tapas, vegan
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    Comments

    1. Lee

      May 15, 2022 at 3:00 pm

      Yummmm what a flavor powerhouse. I love that your version is all about the spices rather than being weighed down by a bunch of mayo, which I think (???) is how we mostly saw them in Spain.

    2. Colin

      March 16, 2023 at 3:01 pm

      1 star
      Made this sauce tonight, absolutely awful, authentic Bravas sauce needs more than just a concoction of spices and should have onion and tomatoes involved, much better recipes elsewhere.

    3. Sara Tercero

      March 18, 2023 at 1:16 pm

      So sorry you did not like it! As the name implies, this is "Easy" sauce there fore avoids any chopping of ingredients. Thanks for the feedback and trying my recipe!

    4. Mark Steadman

      March 13, 2024 at 1:59 pm

      4 stars
      Made it tonight minus the onion powder as couldn't get any!!! Could do with some basic measures for ingredients but I improvised and to be fair this turned out very similar t the authentic sauce served in Spain. Loved it!!!

    5. Sara Tercero

      March 13, 2024 at 8:35 pm

      Glad you liked it Mark! Thanks for the 4 stars review

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