Barbecue Sauce (Kansas City-style)
Barbecue Sauce is a tomato or ketchup based sauce used on meats. Kansas City-style barbecue sauce is the most common version used in the United States. It is tomato- or ketchup- based with sweet, sour and smoky elements. Barbecue sauce can be added to the meat before, during or after cooking. This version contains quite a bit of sugar, so it should be added near the end or after cooking the meat to avoid burning the sauce.
Total Time
20 minutes
Servings
8
1 cup (235 mL) ketchup
6 tablespoons (90 mL) Worcestershire sauce
4 tablespoons (60 mL) butter or margarine
3 tablespoons (45 mL) white vinegar
1 tablespoon (15 mL) plain prepared mustard
3 tablespoons (45 mL) finely minced yellow onion
4 teaspoons (20 mL) bottled liquid smoke flavor (hickory)
¼ teaspoon (1 mL) Louisiana-style red pepper sauce
½ cup (120 mL) brown sugar
1 tablespoon (15 mL) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon (5 mL) salt
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
Mix well.
Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
20 minutes
- •This sauce tastes very close to commercial barbecue sauces such as Masterpiece and Bullseye.