Barbecue Sauce (Kansas City-style)
Barbecue Sauce is a tomato or ketchup based sauce used on meats. Kansas City-style barbecue sauce is the most common version used in the United States. It is tomato- or ketchup- based with sweet, sour and smoky elements. Barbecue sauce can be added to the meat before, during or after cooking. This version contains quite a bit of sugar, so it should be added near the end or after cooking the meat to avoid burning the sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (235 mL) ketchup
- 6 tablespoons (90 mL) Worcestershire sauce
- 4 tablespoons (60 mL) butter or margarine
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon (15 mL) plain prepared mustard
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) finely minced yellow onion
- 4 teaspoons (20 mL) bottled liquid smoke flavor (hickory)
- ¼ teaspoon (1 mL) Louisiana-style red pepper sauce
- ½ cup (120 mL) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon (15 mL) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon (5 mL) salt
Ingredients for 8 servings (640 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
Stovetop - 2
Mix well.
- 3
Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stovetop
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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