Kansas City-Style Barbecue Sauce

  3.5 – 2 reviews  • Tomato
Level: Easy
Total: 30 min
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Yield: about 1 quart

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  2. 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
  3. 2 cloves garlic, smashed
  4. 1 cup tomato sauce
  5. 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  6. 1/2 cup ketchup
  7. 3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
  8. 3 tablespoons molasses
  9. 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  10. 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  11. 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  12. 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  13. Kosher salt
  14. 2 teaspoons liquid smoke

Instructions

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion is golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato sauce, 1 cup water, the vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, mustard, garlic powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer until the onion is tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the liquid smoke. Strain the sauce, pressing on the solids to extract any liquid.
  2.  Photograph by Andrew Purcell

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 8 servings
Calories 119
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Carbohydrates 21 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 17 g
Protein 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 403 mg

Reviews

Lindsay Rivera
Not as good as store bought.
Jacob Schwartz
Super easy and very good. Everyone in my family loved it.

 

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