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Pork Barbecue Sauce

I respect people who won’t share old family recipes, but when I find something good, I want everybody to be able to make it for themselves, and that’s how I feel about my daddy’s barbecue sauce. I truly believe Daddy could have bottled and sold this sauce, it was so popular! It’s a personal preference, but I like a thin, vinegar-based barbecue sauce instead of the thick, ketchup-based sauces.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 1 1/2 quarts

Ingredients

1 small onion, ground fine
1 quart cider vinegar
12 ounces tomato juice
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Chop the onion finely and purée it in a blender with 1/2 cup water. Place the puréed onion in a 2-quart saucepan with additional water to cover. Bring to a boil, and reduce the heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until the water has almost evaporated. Add the vinegar, tomato juice, and pepper, and mix well. Bring to a boil, and then stir in the sugar. Immediately remove from the heat to cool and store. Serve with your favorite barbecue dish.

  2. From Gwen

    Step 2

    Use this on chopped, sliced, or pulled pork.

Reprinted with permission from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Yearwood Bernard. Copyright © 2008 by Trisha Yearwood. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Trisha Yearwood is a three-time Grammy-award winning country music star and the author of the bestselling cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. She is married to megastar Garth Brooks.
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