barbecue sauce
noun
: a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food
He makes a barbecue sauce that tastes great with chicken.
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Homemade barbecue sauce should be used up much more quickly.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
The meatball, which is served on a stick, is then wrapped with two pieces of bacon before being smoked and dipped in barbecue sauce.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
The Wayfarer's signature pizzas already have a strong following, especially the Korean Corn Cheese Pizza ($20) with confit garlic cream white sauce, fresh corn, cheese, pickled jalapeno peppers, gochujang barbecue sauce and green onions.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
Slow-Roasted Salmon with Miso Barbecue Sauce This recipe from former cooking columnist Ben Mims adds red miso to barbecue sauce for a burst of umami that counteracts the sweetness of ketchup and honey.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
The meatball, which is served on a stick, is then wrapped with two pieces of bacon before being smoked and dipped in barbecue sauce.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
The Wayfarer's signature pizzas already have a strong following, especially the Korean Corn Cheese Pizza ($20) with confit garlic cream white sauce, fresh corn, cheese, pickled jalapeno peppers, gochujang barbecue sauce and green onions.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
Slow-Roasted Salmon with Miso Barbecue Sauce This recipe from former cooking columnist Ben Mims adds red miso to barbecue sauce for a burst of umami that counteracts the sweetness of ketchup and honey.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbecue sauce
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