Kansas City Style Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Name: Kansas City Style Barbecue Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Chili Powder (2 tablespoons American chili powder); 1 tsp Black Pepper (1 teaspoon ground black pepper); 2 tsp Kosher Salt (2 teaspoons Morton Kosher Salt); 2 cup Ketchup (2 cups ketchup); ½ cup Yellow Mustard (1/2 cup yellow ballpark-style mustard); ½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar (1/2 cup cider vinegar); ⅓ cup Worcestershire Sauce (1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce); ¼ cup Lemon Juice (1/4 cup lemon juice); ¼ cup Steak Sauce (1/4 cup steak sauce); ¼ cup Dark Molasses (1/4 cup dark molasses); ¼ cup Honey (1/4 to 3/4 cup honey (see note below) — up to 0.75); 1 tsp Hot Sauce (1 teaspoon hot sauce); 1 cup Dark Brown Sugar (1 cup dark brown sugar); 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil (3 tablespoons vegetable oil); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 medium onion); 4 cloves Garlic (4 medium cloves garlic)

Kansas City Style Barbecue Sauce Recipe - Sauces And Condiments (American)

45 minAmerican

Servings6

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Dairy Free
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Egg Free

Ingredients

For 6 servings

Chili Powder2 tbsp · 2 tablespoons American chili powder
Black Pepper1 tsp · 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Kosher Salt2 tsp · 2 teaspoons Morton Kosher Salt
Ketchup2 cup · 2 cups ketchup
Yellow Mustard½ cup · 1/2 cup yellow ballpark-style mustard
Apple Cider Vinegar½ cup · 1/2 cup cider vinegar
Worcestershire Sauce⅓ cup · 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
Lemon Juice¼ cup · 1/4 cup lemon juice
Steak Sauce¼ cup · 1/4 cup steak sauce
Dark Molasses¼ cup · 1/4 cup dark molasses
Honey¼ cup · 1/4 to 3/4 cup honey (see note below) — up to 0.75
Hot Sauce1 tsp · 1 teaspoon hot sauce
Dark Brown Sugar1 cup · 1 cup dark brown sugar
Vegetable Oil3 tbsp · 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Yellow Onion1 piece · 1 medium onion
Garlic4 cloves · 4 medium cloves garlic

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Steps

1Prep. In a small bowl, mix the American chili powder, black pepper, and salt. In a large bowl, mix the ketchup, mustard, vinegar, Worcestershire, lemon juice, steak sauce, molasses, honey, hot sauce, and brown sugar. Mix them, but you don't have to mix thoroughly.
2Finely chop the onion and crush or mince the garlic cloves.
3Cook. Over medium heat, warm the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions and sauté until limp and translucent, about 5 minutes. Crush the garlic, add it, and cook for another minute. Add the dry spices and stir for about 2 minutes to extract their oil-soluble flavors. Add the wet ingredients. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes with the lid off to thicken it a bit.
4Taste and adjust. Add more of anything that you want a little bit at a time. It may taste a bit vinegary at first, but that will be less obvious when you use it on meat. I recommend you run with my recipe the first time and then you can make it your own. Strain it if you don't want the chunks of onion and garlic. I like leaving them in, they give the sauce a home-made texture.
5Serve. You can use this sauce immediately as you would any other BBQ sauce, but I think it's better when aged overnight. You can store it into clean bottles in the refrigerator for a month or two.