Samurai sauce

Samurai sauce (French: Sauce samouraï) is a Belgian condiment prepared from mayonnaise, ketchup, and harissa or sambal oelek [1] commonly served with French fries. The sauce is also popular and widely used throughout France, and is not to be confused with the also popular Algerian sauce. There is indeed a version also called Algerian sauce which is similar to Samurai sauce, but with onions. According to Harry Pearson, author of A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians, mobile friteries in Belgium often have samurai sauce, with some making it their special item.[2] In addition, many kebab restaurants have Samurai sauce as an available condiment.

References

  1. ^ Recette : Sauce samourai." Le Parisien. Retrieved on 27 August 2018. "La sauce samouraï est une sauce très répandue que l’on trouve souvent dans les restaurants servant des sandwichs kebab.[...] La harissa peut être remplacée par d’autres ingrédients comme du Sambal Oelek ou de la pâte de piment."
  2. ^ Pearson, Harry. A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians. Hachette UK, 6 June 2013. ISBN 0349139725, 9780349139722. Google Books PT19. "Samurai sauce was a specialty of the mobile friteries."
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