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America's Melting Pot
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Cross-era - Texas and the Southwest cooks and food communities connected to barbecue sauces.
East Texas Barbecue Sauce is a barbecue sauce with real American table personality: Sweeter, tomato-based sauce often used with chopped beef and pork. It brings flavor from Texas and the Southwest to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
25 minutes
Total time
35 minutes
Servings
About 3 cups
Region
Texas and the Southwest
Era introduced
Cross-era
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Texas and the Southwest cooks and food communities connected to barbecue sauces.
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East Texas Barbecue Sauce proves that the little things on the table can carry a lot of American character. Sweeter, tomato-based sauce often used with chopped beef and pork. Across Texas and the Southwest, recipes like this help define the meal: brightening sandwiches, dressing salads, crowning burgers, spooning over biscuits, or turning a simple spread into something people remember. It is practical, proud, and built for the kind of generous table where a sauce, jam, relish, pickle, dip, or dressing can steal the show.
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