Name: Cajun Tomato Sauce
Yield: Yields about 1½ cups
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Pepper Sauce or vinegar; ¼ cup (60 ml) chopped fresh parsley; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cup (235 ml) chopped, fresh tomato (1 large tomato—do not peel or seed); ½ teaspoon sugar; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; ½ cup (118 ml) scallions, sliced; 1 teaspoon or more minced, fresh, green cayenne pepper, seeds removed

Preparation info

Yields about
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bill Neal's Southern Cooking

By Bill Neal

Published 1985

About

This fresh piquant sauce is an example of what southerners call a “table sauce,” a condiment served cold or at room temperature and added to hot foods at the table. It is excellent with the Rice Omelet, Natchitoches Meat Pies, Field Peas, and Fried Vegetables.