Barbecue Recipes All-Purpose Basting Sauce

Barbecue Recipes, formerly Patio Recipes revised January, 1985

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  salad oil
• 1⁄2 cup catsup
• 1⁄4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1  tablespoon prepared mustard
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped celery
• 1⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
•  salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Cook onion and celery in oil until tender. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes. This is a taste-enhancing all-purpose sauce that can be used for beef, pork, hot dogs, chicken, and vegetables.