white onion sauce
- noun
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salsa de cebolla blanca
- To make white onion sauce, start by slowly sautéing onions in butter until soft.
Examples
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The roast chicken was served with a delicious white onion sauce on the side.
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The chef prepared a delicious white onion sauce for the pasta.
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He prefers white onion sauce over traditional gravy when accompanying his mashed potatoes.
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Have you ever tried white onion sauce with chicken?
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He prefers white onion sauce over traditional gravy when accompanying his mashed potatoes.
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The roast chicken was served with a delicious white onion sauce on the side.
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To make white onion sauce, start by slowly sautéing onions in butter until soft.
Synonyms
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A smooth sauce made from cooked onions and cream used in French cooking
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Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'white' (colour/white sauce), 'onion' (ingredient) and 'sauce' (condiment) combine to denote a sauce that is white and flavoured/made with onion. This adjective+noun+noun construction is a transparent, cross-linguistically common way to describe sauces, so a B1 learner who knows the words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
White onion sauce comes from a simple cooking picture: chopped onions are gently cooked in butter and mixed into a pale white sauce, so the sauce stays light in colour. So, it means 'a creamy sauce made with onions'.