Homemade Heinz 57 Steak Sauce (Copycat Recipe)
Description
Homemade Heinz 57 steak sauce made with six pantry ingredients in five minutes. Tangy, sweet, and slightly spicy — perfect for steaks, burgers, meatloaf, and dipping.
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 4 drops hot pepper sauce, adjusted to taste
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon molasses, for deeper color and a closer match to the bottle
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, yellow mustard, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, and salt until completely smooth with no lumps of mustard remaining.
- Taste and adjust. Add more lemon juice for tang, brown sugar or molasses for sweetness, or more hot pepper sauce for heat.
- Optional but recommended: Transfer to a small saucepan and simmer over low heat for 10–15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened. This mellows the raw ketchup flavor and deepens the sauce.
- Cool to room temperature, then transfer to an airtight jar or container.
- Refrigerate. The sauce is ready to use immediately, but the flavor improves significantly after 4 hours or overnight.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Saucepan
- Whisk
Notes
- Storage: Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 month, or freeze up to 3 months. Freeze in ice cube trays for single-serving portions.
- Ketchup matters. Your sauce will taste like the ketchup you build it on — use one you like.
- Halve the recipe for a smaller batch; the ratios hold.
- Do not home-can this recipe. It has not been tested for safe canning acidity.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ServingCalories: 17kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 0.2gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.02gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.04gSodium: 234mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 66IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 0.3mg