“Daddy” Bruce’s Barbecue Sauce

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“Daddy” Bruce Randolph Sr. remains a fable successful Denver much than 25 years aft his decease successful 1994, not conscionable for his barbecue but for his humanitarian work. The concealed to his ‘cue was his sauce, a look that Randolph credited to his beloved grandmother, a freed enslaved who raised him. Described arsenic a transverse betwixt an “eastern North Carolina condiment and a Deep South barbecue sauce,” this thin, vinegar-heavy condiment reflects Randolph’s roots successful the South. The sauce’s tangy qualities could disagreement Denverites who were not raised connected a contented of vinegary barbecue. But arsenic Randolph erstwhile told a journalist, it’s the condiment that makes the difference, not the wood smoke.

The condiment should beryllium stored successful a solid container, specified arsenic a Mason jar, and should beryllium shaken good earlier applying to finished barbecue.

The condiment tin beryllium refrigerated successful a solid instrumentality with a tightfitting lid for up to 2 months.

The condiment is champion if made respective days earlier serving.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per 1/4-cup serving

• Calories

  58

• Carbohydrates

  15 g

• Sodium

  829 mg

• Sugar

  14 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue” by Adrian Miller (The University of North Carolina Press, 2021).

Tested by Ann Maloney.

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