Name: Dr. Pepper Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes 5 cups
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 1 large yellow onion, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 cup ketchup; 3 tablespoons tomato paste; One 12-ounce can Dr. Pepper; 1/2 cup cider vinegar; 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar; 2 teaspoons ancho or New Mexican chili powder; 1 teaspoon fine-ground white pepper; 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Dr. Pepper Barbecue SauceJamie Tiampo

Good for Slathering: Pork; beef; duck; ribs

My students make this barbecue sauce every month in my Southern-barbecue classes. It is the only red sauce that we make in the class, and we always double the recipe because the class slathers it on everything! This sauce has been printed in many places and thousands of students have the recipe, but I couldn't write a sauce chapter and not include it here. The Dr. Pepper gives this sauce an edge over most basic sweet barbecue sauces.

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