Category: Barbecue Sauce

Here’s a barbecue sauce recipe from former president Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1/4 cup butter
1 no. 2 can tomatoes, sieved (2 cups)
1/4 cup vinegar
1 Tbs. sugar
3 tsp. paprika
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. chili powder
1 1/2 tsp. Worchestershire sauce
1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce or more according to taste
1 tsp. black pepper

Mix ingredients and simmer for about 15 minutes. Use for basting meat or chicken, and serve as sauce for it as well. This makes a lot of barbecue sauce so you will want to store some for later use.

I tried this and it is delicious, although I went light on the Tobasco sauce. I began applying it to my barbecue chicken in the last 10 minutes of grilling, and then poured some directly on the chicken when serving.

Some like it hot. This recipe was sent in to me for those who like their barbecue on the hot side!

1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup mustard
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup canned pineapple juice
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup Tobasco sauce
Put the molasses, mustard and brown sugar into a bowl and stir to mix well. Add the remaining ingredients and, once again, mix well.

This makes about 2 cups of barbecue sauce.

Looks to me like simply adding some Tobasco sauce to other barbecue sauce recipes is the key to kicing up the heat.

Here’s a barbecue basting sauce you can try - especially for pork, chicken and ham.

1/2 cup flat beer
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
2/3 cup chili sauce
Combine all these ingredients in a saucepan and heat and stir until the sugar dissolves completely.

You know, when you have beer and honey in a sauce, it’s gotta be good.