Barbecue Sauce

Name: Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 quarts (enough for 2 racks of ribs)
Ingredients: 2 cups tomato sauce or ketchup; 1 cup Italian-style salad dressing; 1/2 5-ounce bottle Tabasco sauce; 1/2 10-ounce bottle steak sauce; 1/2 10-ounce bottle Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup maple syrup; Salt and pepper

October 6, 2015

You can always buy barbecue sauce that's to your taste-there are so many kinds on the market now-but this is the one I've come up with over the years, and it's what we use when we make our barbecued St. Louis spareribs at Sweetie Pie's.

Recipe notes

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