Chives in Sauce

[total noobsauce]

Ok for onion flavoring or bad idea?

 

[oldsalty]

What type of sauce and if you like onion go for it!! I use in many sauces fresh and fermented!!
Ohh and for fresh sauce I usually roast first really adds a depth of flavor. I do the same with garlic ,shallots and carrots

 

[SmokenFire]

Ok for onion flavoring or bad idea?

 
Chives are pretty delicate, and if it's a cooked sauce I'd add them at the end just before blending else I'd imagine some of their flavor would be lost.  Love onion and use it in all my sauces, but chives are usually something I save for adding to dipping sauces and potatoes or vinaigrette.  All that said I'm sure you'd get the flavor you're looking for if you used enough of them.    

 

[Inedible]

The word chives sounds much cooler than the word onions. And when you add fresh herbs to a slow cook it is better just to wait for the last hour. Same thing with hamburger. I like to use hot sauce mixed in with spaghetti sauce even if I have to make it half salsa to make up for it being weak.

 

[Lucky Dog Hot Sauce]

If you chop them fine enough they should be ok. The challenge with green/leafy things is that they turn to slime in sauce. Cilantro is a good example of this. 
 
Have you considered granulated onion for the onion flavor? 

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

MMMMMM MMMMMMM jerk paste

 

[total noobsauce]

Good to know.  Also because I just made green salsa that called for cilantro.  Will sob now as I await the slime bomb.

 

[Lucky Dog Hot Sauce]

Good to know.  Also because I just made green salsa that called for cilantro.  Will sob now as I await the slime bomb.

Salsa is ok - cilantro in salsa works as it's generally refrigerated.

Unless you're talking about a pasteurized/jarred salsa?

I doubt it'll be a slime bomb, but I've had hot sauces that had cilantro in them and the texture was a little off.

 

[Topsmoke]

i use cilantro all the time no worries at all. no different to adding basil or oregano to pasta sauce. chives are generally added to a dish after cooking because the flavor will get lost. 

 

[total noobsauce]

Cool, good to know.  Neither of mine were cooked, just fermenting away.

 

[Topsmoke]

Cool, good to know.  Neither of mine were cooked, just fermenting away.

i think the chive flavor will come through if you add enough, might not last though.

 

[Inedible]

Finally I remembered the rest of what I was trying to remember. It was the voice intoning "pigs in space!" and it was something to do with muppets. Except this time it was "chives in sauce!" to the same voice in my head. Please tell me I'm not the only one.