Last Updated on October 23, 2024 by Toya
Once you learn how to make bloves sauce, you’ll want to pair it with all your seafood recipes! This smackalicious seafood sauce is super easy too and makes a rich sauce that just takes 10 minutes to make!
What is blove’s sauce?
Blove’s Sauce is a seafood butter sauce made with many spices and other ingredients that make it rich and flavorful. Bloveslife sauce includes 10 spices, 1 herb, onion, garlic, butter, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, and salt.
It was coined blove’s sauce or b loves sauce as it originates from a popular youtube star named blove or b love who made this sauce to go with her very popular seafood muck-bangs. Since then, this sauce has become renowned, and blove has begun selling these sauces in both mild and spicy versions on Amazon.
Just for your own knowledge, this sauce goes by a lot of different names including, bloves sauce, b lovely sauce, b love seafood sauce, bloves smackalicious sauce, bloveslife sauce, smackalicious sauce, blove seafood sauce, beloved sauce, be love sauce, blove smackalicious sauce and I’m sure a few other nicknames are still missing.
All of those nicknames essentially refer to the same sauce. I guess people just like it so much that they’ve chosen to give it more than 10 names or maybe they can’t seem to figure out what the real spelling is! Which by the way is actually Blove’s Smackalicious Sauce from the brand Bloveslife as per the package of the famous sauce seasoning mix.
Today, you will learn how to make b loves sauce from scratch.
Blove sauce ingredients
These are the famous b love sauce ingredients that you will need to make bloves seafood sauce. Of course, you can make a few adjustments here and there to suit your own tastes, but generally, bloves sauce ingredients list consists of:
- 4-6 sticks unsalted butter (454-680 g)
- 8 garlic cloves, minced (24 g)
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika (7 g)
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed (5 g)
- 2 teaspoons onion powder (6 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme (1 g)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (3 g)
- 1 teaspoon salt (5 g)
- 2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning (16 g)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (15 ml)
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (15 ml)
- 1 tablespoon honey (20 g)
- ½ large onion or ¼ of a large onion, minced (75 g)
- ¼ cup seafood broth (60 ml)
- 2 small hot peppers, chopped ( 20 g)
- 1 tsp brown sugar (optional)
How to make bloves smackalicious sauce at home
- Melt the butter:
- In a medium saucepan, melt 4 to 6 sticks of unsalted butter over medium heat. Let it gently melt, avoiding burning or browning the butter.
- Sauté the aromatics:
- Add the minced garlic and onion to the melted butter and sauté for about 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onion becomes translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the spices:
- Stir in the sweet paprika, crushed black peppercorns, onion powder, thyme, chili powder, and salt. Cook for 1-2 minutes, allowing the spices to bloom in the butter and release their flavors.
- Season the sauce:
- Add the Old Bay seasoning, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, and honey. Mix everything together until well combined.
- Incorporate the seafood broth:
- Pour in ¼ cup of seafood broth and stir well. Let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the heat:
- Stir in the chopped hot peppers, adjusting the quantity based on your desired level of spiciness. Simmer the sauce for another 5-7 minutes, allowing the flavors to meld together.
- Serve:
- Once the sauce has thickened and is aromatic, remove it from heat. Serve it warm as a dipping sauce for seafood or drizzle it over your favorite seafood dishes.
Variations for blove smackalicious seafood sauce
While blove uses a mixture of spices and herbs like those listed above you can either choose to swap them out with your favorite herbs and spices or adjust the quantities. For example, for a really spicy seafood sauce, you can opt to add more cayenne pepper to the recipe.
Storing, freezing, and reheating b love sauce recipe
Store: Store the b love sauce in the fridge for up to 5 days in a properly sealed air-tight container.
Freeze: To freeze, place in an air-tight container for up to 6 months.
Reheat: To reheat, remove from the fridge or freezer and reheat on the stovetop on medium-high heat until melted.
How to use blove’s seafood sauce
There are so many ways to use Blove’s sauce. Most popularly, it is used as a dip for seafood boil and other seafood like shrimp, crawfish, mussels, clams, crab legs, and more. It is also used to toss seafood boils in oven bags. However, others like to use this sauce on fish, beef, chicken, and even vegetables too!
Where to buy the original blove sauce
You can purchase blove’s sauce from amazon. You can get bloves mild seasoning mix or bloves spicy seasoning mix.
FAQs about b loves sauce
What is bloves sauce made of?
Bloves sauce recipe is made from fresh onions, garlic, butter, spices such as garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, lemon pepper, chili powder, cajun seasoning and old bay seasoning. It also includes herbs such as oregano, as well as sugar, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pickled garlic and salt.
What does bloves sauce taste like?
It is rich, spicy and delicious. Anyone who loves spice will adore this smackalicious sauce.
Is bloves sauce spicy?
Yes, blove’s sauce is spicy. Especially if you purchase the spicy version of the sauce or you add in extra cayenne pepper to the homemade version. However, if you prefer less spice you can either adjust your spices accordingly or purchase the mild version of bloves sauce.
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Blove's Sauce (Copycat Smackalicious Seafood Sauce)
Once you learn how to make this copycat version of blove’s sauce, you’ll pair it all your seafood recipes! This recipe is super easy too and makes a rich seafood sauce that just takes 10 minutes cook time!
Ingredients
- 4-6 sticks unsalted butter (454-680 g)
- 8 garlic cloves, minced (24 g)
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika (7 g)
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed (5 g)
- 2 teaspoons onion powder (6 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme (1 g)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (3 g)
- 1 teaspoon salt (5 g)
- 2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning (16 g)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (15 ml)
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (15 ml)
- 1 tablespoon honey (20 g)
- ½ large onion or ¼ of a large onion, minced (75 g)
- ¼ cup seafood broth (60 ml)
- 2 small hot peppers, chopped (20 g)
- 1 tsp brown sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Melt the butter - In a medium saucepan, melt 4 to 6 sticks of unsalted butter over medium heat. Let it gently melt, avoiding burning or browning the butter.
- Sauté the aromatics - Add the minced garlic and onion to the melted butter and sauté for about 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onion becomes translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the spices - Stir in the sweet paprika, crushed black peppercorns, onion powder, thyme, chili powder, and salt. Cook for 1-2 minutes, allowing the spices to bloom in the butter and release their flavors.
- Season the sauce - Add the Old Bay seasoning, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, and honey. Mix everything together until well combined.
- Incorporate the seafood broth - Pour in ¼ cup of seafood broth and stir well. Let the mixture simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the heat - Stir in the chopped hot peppers, adjusting the quantity based on your desired level of spiciness. Simmer the sauce for another 5-7 minutes, allowing the flavors to meld together.
- Serve - Once the sauce has thickened and is aromatic, remove it from heat. Serve it warm as a dipping sauce for seafood or drizzle it over your favorite seafood dishes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 878Total Fat: 93gSaturated Fat: 57gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 249mgSodium: 1104mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 4g
This sauce is amazing! I made it as a copycat of Smackalicious Seafood Sauce and it tastes just like the original. I will definitely be making this again.