Kansas City BBQ Sauce

Name: Kansas City BBQ Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes about 4 cups)
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 1 , onion, minced; 4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 cup, root beer; 1 cup, cider vinegar; 1 cup, dark corn syrup; 1/2 cup, molasses; 1/2 cup, tomato paste; 1/2 cup, ketchup; 2 tablespoons, brown mustard; 1 tablespoon, hot sauce; 1/2 teaspoon, garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon, liquid smoke (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV

Grilling & Barbecue

Sauces

In Kansas City, barbecue is slathered with a thick, sweet, smoky, and sticky tomato-based sauce. Bottled sauces aren't bad, but the homemade version is tastier and easier than you think.

SERVES4 to 6 (Makes about 4 cups)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our Kansas City BBQ Sauce recipe combines the usual sauce ingredients—ketchup, vinegar, molasses, hot sauce, mustard—with two unexpected ingredients: dark corn syrup and root beer, which give our barbecue sauce the sticky, sweet, and smoky ...

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