Barbecue Sauce Recipes
 

• Mopping sauce
• Texas style barbecue sauce
• Carolina style barbeque sauce
• ... and many more

Table of Contents

• Lone Star Beer Mop
• Dive Joint Barbecue Sauce
• Ancho Pepper Barbecue Sauce
• Sam Houston Barbecue Sauce
• South of the Border Barbecue Sauce
• Cider Mopping Sauce
• Tennessee-Style Barbecue Sauce

Lone Star Beer Mop
 

Ingredients
1		cup	vegetable oil
1/2		cup	white vinegar
1/2		cup	cider vinegar
1		cup	ranch dressing
3		small	onions, sliced
12		oz	Lone Star Beer
3		Tbsp	soy sauce
2			lemons, halved

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a large pot, squeezing the lemons as you add them. Simmer for 30 minutes, or until the onions are soft. Keep the mop sauce in a pot on top of the smoker so it stays hot. Makes about 6 cups.

Dive Joint Barbecue Sauce
 

Ingredients
2		cups	Ancho Pepper Barbecue Sauce  or barbecue sauce of your choice
1		cup	meat drippings

Directions

Just before serving, heat the barbecue sauce, adding fresh meat drippings as you slice your barbecue.

Do not store sauce to which meat drippings have been added (food safety reasons).

Makes about 3 cups.

Ancho Pepper Barbeque Sauce

 

Ingredients
3		dried	ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
1		Tbsp	olive oil
2		cups	diced onion
6		cloves	garlic, minced
1		cup	ketchup
1/2		cup	Worcestershire sauce
1/3		cup	packed brown sugar
1/8		cup (1 oz)	cider vinegar
1/4		cup	lemon juice
1-1/2		Tbsp	mustard
2		tsp	salt, or to taste

Directions

Soak the ancho chiles in hot water for 30 minutes or until soft. In a large, heavy saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and add the onion and garlic. Sauté for 3 minutes, or until they begin to wilt. Add the ketchup and anchos and sauté for 4 minutes.

Add all of the remaining ingredients and simmer gently for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring frequently.

Note: This is a thick barbeque sauce - you may want to add water to thin it.

Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator in a sealed container for up to 3 weeks. Reheat before serving.

Makes about 4 cups.

Sam Houston Barbecue Sauce

This barbecue sauce has been handed down several generations from the cook who served barbecue to Texas Governor Sam Houston in 1860s.
 

Ingredients
2		cups	butter
1		cup	salad oil
1/2		cup	vinegar
2		large	lemons, juiced
3		Tbsp	ketchup
1		Tbsp	Worcestershire sauce
1/2		cup	parsley flakes, dried *
1		Tbsp	chili powder
1		tsp	red pepper (optional)
			black pepper to taste

Directions

Melt butter and add oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and ketchup. Mix thoroughly and heat on medium. Add Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, parsley flakes, and pepper.

Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer. Keep sauce hot and use to mop meat during entire cooking time.

* Note: Parsley flakes help keep the sauce on the meat.

South of the Border Barbecue Sauce
 

Ingredients
1		cup	butter
1/2		cup	peanut oil
1			lemon, sliced thin
4		Tbsp	lemon juice
2		medium	onions, chopped
3		cloves	garlic, minced
1		tsp	black pepper, coarsely ground
1		tsp	red pepper or jalapenos to taste (optional)
1		tsp	salt
1/2		tsp	cumin, ground
5		oz	Worcestershire sauce
2		8 oz	cans tomato sauce
32		oz	ketchup
2		Tbsp	red wine vinegar
1-1/2		Tbsp	fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2		cups	water

Directions

Place butter and oil in a saucepan and heat until bubbling. Add lemon juice and slices, onions, and garlic; cook approx. 20 minutes or until onions are soft.

Add salt, pepper, cumin and stir thoroughly. Add all other ingredients except water and cilantro and cook for 1 hour. Add water and cilantro and cook at a slow boil for another 1 hour.

Cider Mopping Sauce
 

Ingredients
2		cups	cider vinegar
1/4		cup	margarine or butter
2		Tbsp	yellow mustard
1		Tbsp	salt
1		Tbsp	black pepper
1/4		cup	molasses (optional)
1/2		tsp	red pepper sauce (optional)

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, margarine or butter, mustard, salt, and pepper. If desired, add the molasses and/or red pepper sauce. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

Reduce heat to very low and simmer about 10 minutes. Makes about 3 cups.

Tennessee-Style Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients
1		cup	ketchup
1		8 oz	can tomato sauce
1		cup	brown sugar, packed
1/2		cup	cider vinegar
1		Tbsp	Worcestershire sauce
1		Tbsp	paprika
1-1/2		tsp	onion salt
1		tsp	dry mustard
1		tsp	red pepper sauce (optional)

Directions

Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until the sugar melts and the ingredients are blended.

Lower the heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Makes about 3-1/2 cups.

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