stove · bbq sauce
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERPrep 10 minCook 15 minAlabama/mississippi Sauce Beautiful
Independent adaptation of a publicly published Michael Twitty recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Michael Twitty.
BBQ SAUCE · GRILLED MEATS
In the published recipe, this is the bbq sauce for Phaidon *Recipes from the American South* ©2025.
Twitty's Alabama/Mississippi 'Sauce Beautiful'.
On the jar
ALABAMAMISSI
- Method
- stove
- Yield
- about 4½ cups
- Ingredients
- 21
Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe
Ratio
Ingredients
- Butter4 Tbsp unsalted butter (60 ml)
- Onion1 cup chopped onions (240 ml)
- Garlic2 cloves garlic, smashed
- Tomato Paste2 cups tomato paste (or ketchup) (480 ml)
- Orange Juice1 cup orange juice (240 ml)
- Lemon Juice¼ cup fresh lemon juice (60 ml)
- Cider Vinegar2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (30 ml)
- Brown Sugar2 Tbsp dark brown sugar (30 ml)
- Peach Preserve2 Tbsp peach preserves (30 ml)
- Worcester1 Tbsp Worcestershire (15 ml)
- Paprika1 Tbsp sweet or smoked paprika (15 ml)
- Soy Sauce1 Tbsp soy sauce (15 ml)
- Hot Sauce1 tsp hot sauce (5 ml)
- Red Pepper Fla1 tsp chile flakes (5 ml)
- Garlic Powder½ tsp garlic powder (2.5 ml)
- Mace½ tsp ground mace (2.5 ml)
- Onion Powder½ tsp onion powder (2.5 ml)
- Thyme½ tsp dried thyme (2.5 ml)
- Bay Leafabout 5 leaves (1 g)
- Pepperabout ½ tsp (1 g)
- Water1 cup water (240 ml)
Method
- This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
- Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
- Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.
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Companion jar
Alabama/mississippi Sauce Beautiful wants a whisk and a stove. Make it from this page.
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Provenance
Michael Twitty. African American / Jewish Southern. Cited awards include: James Beard Book of the Year 2018 (The Cooking Gene); James Beard Book Award: Writing 2021 (Koshersoul).
Originally published as Alabama/Mississippi Sauce Beautiful.
More from this kitchenFAQ
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 Michael Twitty / Southern Living (Phaidon *Recipes from the American South* ©2025) (published as “Alabama/Mississippi Sauce Beautiful”). Full citation lives in Provenance.