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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The Shaq Attack chicken sandwich sounds intriguing, too: pepper jack cheese, jalapeño slaw and chipotle barbecue sauce.
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2025
Serve pulled pork on buns with coleslaw, dill pickle chips, and remaining barbecue sauce.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
Here, wet means wings tossed in honey barbecue sauce and topped with lemon pepper seasoning.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025
So far it’s included four meat choices: brisket ($18), pork ribs ($15) and two sausage varieties ($8 per link), with homemade barbecue sauce, plus a few sides including potato salad, creamy cucumber salad and pinto beans.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2025
Serve pulled pork on buns with coleslaw, dill pickle chips, and remaining barbecue sauce.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
Here, wet means wings tossed in honey barbecue sauce and topped with lemon pepper seasoning.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025
So far it’s included four meat choices: brisket ($18), pork ribs ($15) and two sausage varieties ($8 per link), with homemade barbecue sauce, plus a few sides including potato salad, creamy cucumber salad and pinto beans.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Barbecue sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbecue%20sauce. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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