Mississippi Comeback Sauce

Name: Mississippi Comeback Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (180 ml) Ketchup; 3/4 cup (180 ml) Mayo; 1/4 cup Heinz chili sauce (60 ml) Chili Sauce; 2 tbsp grated yellow onion with juice (30 ml) Onion; 1 tbsp fresh (15 ml) Lemon Juice; 1 tbsp (15 ml) Worcester; 3/4 tbsp minced (6 g) Garlic; 1 tsp (2 g) Dry Mustard; 1 tsp (2.3 g) Paprika; 1/2 tsp black (1.2 g) Pepper; 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt; 2 tbsp, streamed in (30 ml) Olive Oil

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

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On the jar

COMEBACK

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 12

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Ketchup 180 mlMayo 180 mlChili Sauce 60 mlOnion 30 mlLemon Juice 15 mlWorcester 15 ml

Ingredients

Ketchup3/4 cup (180 ml)
Mayo3/4 cup (180 ml)
Chili Sauce1/4 cup Heinz chili sauce (60 ml)
Onion2 tbsp grated yellow onion with juice (30 ml)
Lemon Juice1 tbsp fresh (15 ml)
Worcester1 tbsp (15 ml)
Garlic3/4 tbsp minced (6 g)
Dry Mustard1 tsp (2 g)
Paprika1 tsp (2.3 g)
Pepper1/2 tsp black (1.2 g)
Salt1/2 tsp (3 g)
Olive Oil2 tbsp, streamed in (30 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

James Beard Best Chef: South winner (2009); chef-owner of City Grocery and a family of restaurants in Oxford, Mississippi.

Originally published as Comeback Sauce.

Adapted from a John Currence recipe (James Beard Foundation recipe archive / John Currence).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. 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 James Beard Foundation recipe archive / John Currence (published as “Comeback Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

What if it separates?

Oil and acid emulsions can separate in the fridge; that's the fat solidifying, not spoilage. Cap the jar and shake, or let it sit at room temperature a few minutes first, then shake again.

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