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8 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon tomato paste

2 tablespoons light-brown sugar

1 teaspoon coarse salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco

      Cook's Notes

This BBQ sauce can be made up to two weeks ahead. Cool to room temperature, transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid, and store in the refrigerator.

Gallery

Recipe Summary

Yield: Yields 1 cup

Recipe Summary

Yield: Yields 1 cup

Recipe Summary

Yield: Yields 1 cup

Yield: Yields 1 cup

Yields 1 cup

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons light-brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco

Directions

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.

Add tomato paste, brown sugar, salt, pepper, cayenne, and vinegar to pot, raise heat, and boil, whisking constantly, until sugar and salt dissolve, 1 minute.

Remove from heat; whisk in lemon juice and hot sauce. Serve warm.

      Cook's Notes

This BBQ sauce can be made up to two weeks ahead. Cool to room temperature, transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid, and store in the refrigerator.

Cook’s Notes

This BBQ sauce can be made up to two weeks ahead. Cool to room temperature, transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid, and store in the refrigerator.

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25 Ratings

5 star values:

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4 star values:

                                  4

3 star values:

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2 star values:

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1 star values:

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25 Ratings

5 star values:

                                  4

4 star values:

                                  4

3 star values:

                                  8

2 star values:

                                  8

1 star values:

                                  1

25 Ratings

5 star values:

                                  4

4 star values:

                                  4

3 star values:

                                  8

2 star values:

                                  8

1 star values:

                                  1
  • 5 star values:
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  • 8
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Martha Stewart Member

Rating: 2 stars

07/08/2012

                Wanted to add - we serve our barbeque sauce in a oil-and-vinegar shaker bottle, not hot.  Our pit cooked pigs are usually sopped with this, too, and the meat is very moist.  But that sop often has less red pepper, so everyone can adjust their "heat" level to their own liking at the table.
                
                This came out pretty close to what a good restaurant would serve, just missing a little something, don't know what yet.

Martha Stewart Member

Rating: 2 stars

07/08/2012

                Y'all folks expecting Kansas-style (tomato-y) sauce will be sorely shocked at our N.C. vinegar based "sop".  Never tried to make it myself.
                
                Don't know anyone using butter, so subbed corn oil and reduced it by 2 Tbsp - next time I'll cut it to half.  Used Savory Spice's tomato powder instead of paste. Ours has flakes, so used red pepper flakes to taste, not cayenne and hot sauce, +dry minced onion.  Had to increased vinegar by 1/4 c. and add 1 more Tbsp lemon.   It's not perfect, but yummy!

Martha Stewart Member

Rating: Unrated

02/20/2012

                Awful!! Like drinking melted sugary butter! :(~

Martha Stewart Member

Rating: Unrated

10/25/2011

                I am wondering if the butter and tomato paste amounts are correct.  Adjusting it to have less butter and much more tomato paste made it edible.  Thanks, lz10

Martha Stewart Member

Rating: 2 stars

07/08/2012

                Wanted to add - we serve our barbeque sauce in a oil-and-vinegar shaker bottle, not hot.  Our pit cooked pigs are usually sopped with this, too, and the meat is very moist.  But that sop often has less red pepper, so everyone can adjust their "heat" level to their own liking at the table.
                
                This came out pretty close to what a good restaurant would serve, just missing a little something, don't know what yet.

Rating: 2 stars

                Y'all folks expecting Kansas-style (tomato-y) sauce will be sorely shocked at our N.C. vinegar based "sop".  Never tried to make it myself.
                
                Don't know anyone using butter, so subbed corn oil and reduced it by 2 Tbsp - next time I'll cut it to half.  Used Savory Spice's tomato powder instead of paste. Ours has flakes, so used red pepper flakes to taste, not cayenne and hot sauce, +dry minced onion.  Had to increased vinegar by 1/4 c. and add 1 more Tbsp lemon.   It's not perfect, but yummy!

Rating: Unrated

02/20/2012

                Awful!! Like drinking melted sugary butter! :(~

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated

10/25/2011

                I am wondering if the butter and tomato paste amounts are correct.  Adjusting it to have less butter and much more tomato paste made it edible.  Thanks, lz10

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