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RecipeSauces and RelishesYield: 1 3/4 cups (twenty-eight 1-tablespoon servings)Cook time: 15 min

Barbecue Sauce

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 364. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup catsup
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion or 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
  • Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan combine catsup, onion, vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, celery seed, hot pepper sauce, 1/2 cup water, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes or to desired consistency.
  2. Brush on beef, pork, or poultry during the last 10 to 20 minutes of grilling or roasting. If desired, pass remaining sauce.
  3. Hot-Style Barbecue Sauce: Prepare as above, except add 1 teaspoon chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper with the catsup.
  4. Tangy Mustard Barbecue Sauce: Prepare as above, except omit celery seed. Add 2 tablespoons prepared mustard and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder with the catsup.

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

Image credit: Image attribution: "13 B's Barbecue sauce" by Southern Foodways Alliance; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25257922@N07/3835019026. Cropped/resized.

Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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