Barbeque Sauce - Basic Recipes You Can Use

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A Good Barbeque Sauce is a Must for Many Meals Cooked in Your Backyard

A good backyard chef needs a good barbeque sauce in his or her back pocket. Here we have a few basic barbeque sauce recipes to get you started.

There are many different kinds of BBQ sauces out there for you to try and as our site matures, I hope to have quite a few more for you to experiment with. It is even my goal to put together a book of recipes someday for both barbeque and grilling.

For the moment though I have four basic types of sauces for you to try. These are from different regions of the country and for the most part represent a great cross section of choices for you to experiment with.

Kansas City Style Sauce

Kansas City can rival Memphis as the BBQ capital of the country. I know because I have lived and worked in both areas. Their sauce is generally a rich, dark, thick and sweet sauce using a tomato sauce or ketchup as a base. Pork is popular there, especially ribs, however beef brisket does well also.

Ingredients:

2 cups of ketchup	2/3 cup of dark molasses
1/2 cup white vinegar	1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
1 TBL onion salt	1 1/2 TSP celery salt
1 1/2 TSP garlic powder	2 TBL prepared mustard
1 TSP cayenne pepper	1 TSP hot sauce
1 TSP paprika	1/2 TSP ground pepper
1/2 TSP salt

Whisk all the ingredients together in a sauce pan and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Stir Occasionally. When finished let it cool to room temperature. You can use this as a basting sauce towards the end of cooking and to put on after you are done cooking as well.

Memphis Style Sauce

Although you can get many different types of barbeque in Memphis (we used to go there all the time) they are really known for their ribs. Specifically their dry rub. You can also use a dry rub along with a good barbeque sauce.

Click here for a great dry rub for ribs.

This sauce is a balance between hot, sweet and tangy and can be served with ribs or even pork shoulder, thinly sliced with the sauce.

Ingredients:

1 TBL olive oil	1/2 cup minced onion
3 cloves of crushed garlic	1/2 TSP salt
2 cups ketchup	1/3 cup prepared yellow mustard
1/2 cup cider vinegar	1/2 TSP hot sauce
1/2 TSP celery salt	1/3 cup dark molasses
1/3 cup brown sugar	1 TBL chili powder
1 TBL ground black pepper	2 TBL Worcestershire sauce

Using a sauce pan saute the onion, garlic and salt in the olive oil for about 5 minutes on a medium low heat. Once done add the remainder of the ingredients, bring it to a simmer and cook it for about 15 minutes or until it reaches your desired thickness.

Stir it occasionally while cooking. Let it cool to room temperature when finished

North Carolina Style

North Carolina has a few regional variations of sauces. This particular sauce is more from Eastern North Carolina. It tends to be a thinner, clear sauce that can be used as a mop as well. It is a good basting sauce for pork. Recipes out of the western region of the state might be tomato based instead.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of cider vinegar	1 1/2 cups of distilled vinegar
2 TSP hot sauce	4 TBL brown sugar
2 TBL salt	2 to 4 TSP cayenne pepper
4 TSP finely ground black pepper

Pour all of the ingredients into a jar. Make sure the jar is sealed tightly and shake it well. I would let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before using it. Of course the longer the better. It can last up to 2 months in the refrigerator. When you do use it, take just what you need and save the rest. Baste your pork shoulder or ribs about once per hour while they are cooking.

Texas Style Sauce

In Texas, beef is the meat of choice. In particular, beef brisket and it is usually served sliced not chopped. Their sauce can be tomato based, but it is a bit thinner than other sauces and a bit more spicy and bold.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup of ketchup	1/2 cup of cider vinegar
1/2 cup of white sugar	2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
1 TBL chili powder	2 cloves of minced garlic
1/2 to 1 TSP cayenne pepper	1 TBL prepared mustard
juice from one fresh lemon

Whisk all the ingredients together in a sauce pan and bring to a low simmer for about 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let cool to room temperature. You can use this for basting the meat towards the end of your cooking, basting at the end of your cooking and as a side sauce while eating.

Well, I hope that you have found this section helpful and our choice of barbeque sauce tasty. Don't be afraid to check out our grilling recipes as well.

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