Alabama White Sauce

Name: Alabama White Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (400 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 ml) Mayo; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Cider Vinegar; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lemon Juice; 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Horseradish; 1 tsp black (2 g) Pepper; 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt; 1/4 tsp (0.5 g) Cayenne

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hugh Acheson recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hugh Acheson.

BBQ SAUCE · SMOKED CHICKEN & PORK

A bbq sauce for smoked chicken & pork.

Hugh Acheson's tangy Alabama white sauce.

On the jar

ALABAMA

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 7
Jar batch: 0.65× recipe

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Ratio

MAYO 240 mlCIDER VINEGAR 120 mlLEMON JUICE 30 ml

Ingredients

Mayo1 cup (240 ml)
Cider Vinegar1/2 cup (120 ml)
Lemon Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Horseradish1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Pepper1 tsp black (2 g)
Salt1/2 tsp (3 g)
Cayenne1/4 tsp (0.5 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): MAYO, CIDER VINEGAR, LEMON JUICE.
Season to finish: PEPPER (about ½ tsp), SALT (about ¼ tsp), CAYENNE (a pinch), HORSERADISH (about 2 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Southern / Canadian-American chef of Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia; James Beard Best Chef: Southeast. Also The National and Empire State South (Atlanta, closed) lineage.

Originally published as Acheson Alabama White Sauce.

Adapted from a recipe published by Hugh Acheson in Hugh Acheson Southern sauces.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.65× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Hugh Acheson Southern sauces (published as “Acheson Alabama White Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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