Dwight D. Eisenhower Barbecue Sauce Recipe

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.