How to Make Alabama White Sauce

You'll be smothering your grilled chicken with this Alabama white sauce recipe all summer long.

Transcript

00:00Have you ever tried mayonnaise in your barbecue sauce?

00:02That's the way they do it in Alabama.

00:04Let me show you how.

00:05Different regions of the country

00:07have different styles of barbecue sauce.

00:08They usually have vinegar and spices

00:10and sometimes sweeteners like molasses,

00:12honey or brown sugar,

00:14but what makes them different is their base.

00:16Kansas City style usually has a sweet tomato base.

00:20In the Carolinas, they either have a mustard base

00:22or a vinegar base, depending on if you're in the South

00:24or Eastern Carolinas.

00:26In Alabama, they use mayonnaise as their base

00:28to make their Alabama white sauce

00:30and that's what we're gonna make today.

00:32Start by combining mayo, vinegar, apple juice for sweetness,

00:36horseradish for zing and all of the spices.

00:39The full recipe is below.

00:40Mix that up and store it in the fridge.

00:43Once your chicken is smoked and ready,

00:45cut it into quarters,

00:46then dunk those quarters right into that Alabama white sauce.

00:51Alabama white sauce is tangy and creamy and unexpected.

00:54Change things up and add it to your summer barbecue menu.