Southern Barbecue Sauce

Name: Southern Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Yield: About 2¾ Cups.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; ½ bay leaf; ¼ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon paprika; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 lemon; Freshly ground pepper to taste; Salt to taste, if desired; ¼ cup water; 1½ cups ketchup; 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; ¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce, or more to taste; 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic; 3 tablespoons peanut, vegetable, or corn oil; 6 tablespoons cider vinegar

Preparation info

Yield: About
2¾ Cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons cider vinegar
¼ cup

Americas
United States
Sauce
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Combine all the ingredients except the lemon in a saucepan. Add the juice of the lemon. Cut the lemon into quarters and add it.
Heat thoroughly without boiling.
Use the sauce to baste chicken, fish, spareribs, and so on as they are grilled.