Oxford Comeback Sauce

Name: Oxford 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.

Mississippi's do-it-all dipping sauce from an Oxford kitchen.

Ratio

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

Ingredients

Ketchup — 3/4 cup (180 ml)
Mayo — 3/4 cup (180 ml)
Chili Sauce — 1/4 cup Heinz chili sauce (60 ml)
Onion — 2 tbsp grated yellow onion with juice (30 ml)
Lemon Juice — 1 tbsp fresh (15 ml)
Worcester — 1 tbsp (15 ml)
Garlic — 3/4 tbsp minced (6 g)
Dry Mustard — 1 tsp (2 g)
Paprika — 1 tsp (2.3 g)
Pepper — 1/2 tsp black (1.2 g)
Salt — 1/2 tsp (3 g)
Olive Oil — 2 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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Oxford Comeback Sauce wants a blender — make it from this page.

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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?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from James Beard Foundation recipe archive / John Currence (published as “Comeback Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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