Worcestershire Sauce Recipe | Sauced

10 Reviews

By Joshua Bousel

Joshua Bousel Joshua Bousel is a Serious Eats old-timer, having started sharing his passion for grilling and barbecue recipes on the site back in 2008. He continues to develop grilling and barbecue recipes on his own site, The Meatwave, out of his home base of Durham, North Carolina.

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Updated on October 31, 2026

Malt vinegar gives the sauce the sharp tang that is characteristic of Worcestershire.

Caramelizing white sugar before adding it to the mix brings deeper sweetness than simply dissolving it.

Three weeks of aging in the fridge gives all the diverse, bold ingredients time to meld into a unified flavor.

“What’s-this-here sauce,” as my Dad used to say.…