A friend of mine makes many homemade items so I had ask her if she would make homemade A.1. steak sauce. Her and her husband don’t hardly use steak sauce so she said it might be awhile before she got to it or she suggested I try “googling” it and making it myself. Duh!! Why didn’t I think of that??
I seriously love A.1. steak sauce, I could drink it and buy it in this form…
Except it would be WAY to expensive, this lil bottle cost enough as is
So I went in search of recipes for homemade A.1. Though I found many that were close, they were not the exact replica I was looking for. I found the almost perfect recipe, studied the ingredients on the A.1. bottle and came up with my version of A.1. steak sauce. Let me tell you, you will not know the difference! It’s also cheaper to make it than to buy it, as you will have most of the ingredients already on hand.
Keep your next empty A.1. bottle, wash it and fill it with this homemade version. I guarantee even the most die-hard A.1. fan, like myself, will not know the difference.
Let’s make some shall we?
Homemade A.1. Steak Sauce
1/2 c. cold water
1/4 c. golden raisins
1/2 c. aged balsamic vinegar
1/4 c. worcestershire sauce
1/4 c. ketchup
1/4 c. dijon mustard (don’t substitute or you won’t get the same product)
a pinch of cayenne for some heat
1/4 t. black pepper
1 garlic clove, cut in half
1/2 t. celery seed
1/4 t. kosher salt
1 large orange
Cut the orange in half and cut one of the halves into quarters.
Add all ingredients (except orange) to a medium saucepan. Add two orange segments, squeezing the juices into the pan first. Give it a good mixing.
On low heat simmer sauce for about 15 minutes. You want bubbles just breaking the surface, not a rolling boil or it will get too thick.
After 15 minutes, strain this through a fine mesh strainer. Squeeze out all the juices.
Before you adjust the seasoning, you have to let this cool completely. If you season this hot, it will taste different when it’s cold.
Once it’s cooled, then taste for salt and pepper adjustments. I left the salt and pepper as is, I did add more garlic and a few chunks of onion (during the cooking process) though, so it would have more than a hint of garlic and just a teaser of onion flavor.
Yield: 1 3/4 cups
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I am really impressed that you were able to recreate this. I’ve bookmarked the recipe and will soon be trying it. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Wow, I’m also super impressed at your dedication and ability to recreate this sauce! Very cool.
amazing, I love A-1 also. I wish I could replicate my husband’s favorite hot sauce!
What is his favorite sauce? And have you tried googling it?
just a question, is it teaspoons or tablespoons for the A1 recipe
It is teaspoons Patti.
Hi! My name is Belinda, My question is exactly how much of the orange to use. The A-1 recipe calls for one large orange, but directions says to cut it in half then cut one of the halves into fourths. And to use 2 of the four wedges, so is the rest of the orange not to be added? do not want to ruin it.
It is just the juice of the 2 orange segments, I’ve had many emails asking me that question, I should have been more clear 🙂 Many people have written saying it tasted too much like orange only to find out they added half or an entire orange. Hope this helps!
I am trying to do a low carb version and wondering if orange extract would work instead of the juice.
I’ve never tried orange extract, so I can’t be positive on advice. I know extract is strong though, so I would add very little and taste as you go. Very little.
LOL, I remember that. I love that you tweaked this recipe to A-1 replica perfection. That’s dedication! Dennis won’t eat A-1 because he’s a Heinz 57 nut so I’m in a quandary about whether to make this or not. I know I’d love it…but I don’t eat much steak! hahaha! Do you have any idea what the difference is in flavor? I never eat either so I’m clueless. In any case, maybe if I made this, he wouldn’t even compare it to his preferred sauce. I could just call it “homemade steak sauce” and I bet he’d just be thrilled I made it for him. He really loves it when I make him stuff like that. I just made him hot sauce from Rhonda’s blog and he’s so tickled, even if it doesn’t taste like his preferred hot sauce. Thanks for sharing this…I think I gotta make it.
Yes, you made me make this woman!! 😀 But, I’m thankful you did and so are my family and friends, we all love it. I’ve had Heinz 57 but, was not a real fan. I know A.1. is much more vinegary (if that’s a word). I’d love to hear what Dennis would have to say if you made this! You’ll have to send me the link to Rhonda’s and let me see what you made…maybe I will too! I love hot sauce and homemade…that much better! 🙂
I bet Heinz 57 has a sweeter taste, and if that’s why he likes it better than I’m going to call him on his hypocrisy. He can’t stand sweet foods in his meals–even corn is sometimes too sweet for him! He does like sweet, but only for dessert. Anyway, maybe I could just use less vinegar or more sugar to get it more like Heinz 57. I’ll let you know what happens when I make it…which honestly will be a while.
Funnily, I use sugar/honey in my cooking, usually only enough to break any sharp acidity from vinegar or lemon/lime juice. It does depend on the dish, and on occasion I will use more.
Desserts however, I’m not keen on and I never bake cakes. I’m just indifferent to it. I only eat stuff like that if I’m famished and it’s all there is.
I do enjoy sweets though.
Heinz 57 has a lot fewer ingredients that A1, and they’re not as high of quality. I think the basic recipe is ketchup, raisins, applesauce, a couple of spices and Italian dressing. And not even a good Italian dressing. That cheap bottle of impossibly orange Italian dressing (wishbone?)–That stuff. It just has that nasty cheap taste, which is why I’ve never been much of a fan of the stuff.
So, yeah, it’s a lot sweeter than A1, which has a more complex and tangier flavor.
There are a few very good 57 replica recipes on the ‘net. I made one not long ago (I did have to adjust- paying attention the bottle ingredients list, color, and tasting), and it came out near exact. I did have some actual product to compare with, which I found useful. I’m gonna give this A-1 recipe a shot, tonite.
I’m not a fan of the Heinz 57. I only love the A.1. sauce and this is the replica…I hope you like it.
Gene says:
For a Heinz 57 sauce clone, make the following:
In a small saucepan add: 1 cup ketchup, 1/2 cup yellow ball park mustard, 1-1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce, 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp hot sauce. Whisk together, bring to simmer, cool and bottle. Yield: 11 fl. oz
A1 is not just for steaks! I love it on burgers, chops, chicken, baked potatoes, etc. Expand your tastes as I did. The waitresses usually look at me and repeat “A1?” I absolutely think it’s a must have in my kitchen.
Swear it’s really good to dunk a piece of pizza in it.. very good….a must try..
Try it mixed in hamburger for burgers, meatloaf etc. It’s real good
I don’t buy Heinz 57, however, I do buy A-1. I love 57 sauce, so I make my own with the A-1 I always have in the cabinet. I generally make just enough for one meal and I don’t measure, but this is pretty close to what I eyeball: 2 TBS ketchup, 2 tsp yellow mustard, 3 TBS A-1.
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I love that stuff. I’ve not had it in years – but I sure used to love it. I’m more into Tapatio or Louisiana Hot Sauce mixed with lime juice for steaks these days though.
http://www.infobarrel.com/The_Unrepentant_Carnivorous_Mans_Ultimate_and_Easy_Steak_Sauce_
Thanks for reblogging brother!! 🙂 I love the hot stuff too but, I’m telling you, this is a must try. It’s so spot-on I impressed myself…and that’s hard to do!
I love A-1 – I actually use that when I make burgers – can’t wait to give this a try!!! Hope you have an awesome day!
You are my new best friend.
One taste of Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce and you will never want any other sauce!
I have never heard of that before. You should send me a bottle 😉
amen
I have been trying to pretty much go all-organic. I love A-1 so this is great. I wonder if you can substitute Himalayan pink salt for the kosher salt here. I would imagine you could, but I don’t know how they compare as to how much. Pink salt tends to be more salty tasting. If you haven’t heard of Himalayan pink salt, it is some great stuff. After using it, I will never use store bought salt again or put it in my body. Use the store stuff to melt snow, maybe, lol. It has 84 trace minerals in it and isn’t processed to death. It’s also supposed to be very pure as it is obtained from an ancient primoridial sea that receded or dried up, leaving all this crystallized salt. It was formed and left way before humans started polluting the oceans, so it’s even better than regular sea salt. It’s wonderful tasting and people who are not supposed to have a lot of salt can usually have this I think. You use less too.
I should have mentioned that this stuff is wonderful for pets too. They make rock salt licks for animals. If pets eat human produced pet food, then they, like us don’t get the minerals they need because our soil is depleted and heat/processing strips it of what it may have had. They also make these neat pink rock salt lamps and tea light holders. They are pretty, but they also can help clean the air if you have a lot of electronics like computers, microwaves, etc. The electronics emit positive ions and the rock salt emits negative ions, neutralizing them (I guess when heated). Your pets will want to lick them, lol, which won’t hurt them but it will deplete your lamp or candle holder. They have some on iherb.com, as well as the table salt. You can get it coarse or small crystals to grind yourself, or finely ground.
The pet ones I’ve seen on Amazon for sale. I would imagine there’s a limit to how much they should have per day according to the size of the animal.
If you say it tastes a bit saltier than regular I would just add a little less and go by taste. The Himalayan pink salt sounds great, I have high blood pressure so I have to watch my salt intake, so maybe I will look into this for myself! Thanks for all the information. As you can see by my header I have two German Shepherds, so I know they would love the salt licks. I shop Amazon all the time so I will look there. I have seen the tea light holders before, they are sooo pretty!! Now, you’re going to have me shopping 🙂
Love that you have two dogs in the kitchen and have to say my mouth started watering when I read your recipe for A -1 Sauce. I can’t wait to try it, A-1 is my favorite steak (meat) sauce and a rare luxury in my life as I am on a 30.00 a week food budget so this recipe will allow me to have one of my favorite sauces as I have everything on hand except the raisins, thank you.
Thank you and I’m so glad you seen the recipe. A.1. is my all time favorite. This recipe is spot on!! I know it’s expensive and that is why I wanted to duplicate it. I hope you like it as much as I do and please let me know 🙂
Salt is salt. It is NaCl, nothing more or less. Sea salt, Kosher salt, or Himalayan is salt, period. The only difference is that the stuff with the little girl on the box contains iodine and non-caking ingredients. Don’t can with it, but otherwise, there is no chemical difference between any type of salt. They just want you to pay more.
This is correct.
SaWeet! I made steak last night, and while they were resting went in search of the A-1. I always have A-1 in the house as I stock up when they are BOGO. We had NO steak sauce in the house! ACK. I decided this morning to search the Internet for a recipe and stumbled over here. This is absolutely on my to try list!
Thank you, I know if you like A.1. like we do, you will love this. It it spot-on for the real thing! 🙂
how long will this last in the refrigerator??
Wendy, the original bottled A.1. has a expiration date about a year and a half ahead of time. It adds potassium sorbate and/or xanthum gum to preserve freshness, I do not understand which one adds freshness….sorry! But, I do not add either. I have kept this in the refrigerator for 6-8 months and it is fine. It tasted good and everyone survived after eating it 🙂 Hope this helps! P.S. It never last longer than that 🙂
Must this be refrigerated?
I refrigerate mine.
I wasn’t seeing if it needed to be kept in the fridge. Gonna try this. Thank you
love a1 and im trying it tom
Hope you like it Ralph!
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Is it just the juice of the 2 orange segments or the juice from the whole orange plus the 2 segments thrown in? Thanks!
It is just the juice of the 2 orange segments, I’ve had many emails asking me that question, I should have been more clear 🙂 Many people have written saying it tasted too much like orange only to find out they added half or an entire orange. Hope this helps!
That’s what I thought but I wanted to be sure. If I get past the idea of the raisins I think it will be great.
It was part of the ingredients, I’m not a fan either but, I wanted it to be an exact replica so I didn’t stray 🙂 In the end you will never know!
It was awesome my kids didn’t know the difference . I too have a German Shepard. Why do they lay in the middle of the floor?
Glad you liked it Michael! I think our dogs just like to be by us 🙂
Thanks for this yummy recipe. It was just recommended on Mercola.com which is my favorite health website and will hopefully bring you many new readers!
For the woman who says she doesn’t eat much steak…I just love steak sauce on mashed, boiled and baked potatoes/skins. Try it! You’ll never need gravy again though it’s still good with both:)
I’m going to get some salt lamps, too. This place is an emf nightmare! FYI: earthing (walking or standing outside barefooted on the healing earth) with wetted feet for 30-80 minutes/day also adds electrons (think antioxidants) back into your system to counterbalance the damages from emfs and dirty electricity. So it’s a good thing to do while on longwinded phone chats – put phone on speaker!- or I even crochet outside for the earthing and vitamin D.
Thanks, Susie. I’ll pass your name on. My sister lives in the U.P. and has a huge garden from which she preserves the bounty.
Oh I love steak sauce on my fries, so I will have to try it the way you’ve stated! Thanks for the information too, I could definitely do that while on some of my phone conversations…lol! My brother in law and sister in law have a cabin in the U.P. We don’t visit as often as I’d like but, when we do it’s a nice getaway 🙂 I have a garden too and love going out to pick fresh food.
Thanks for this; they’ve watered down A-1 so much over the years that it just drips off everything. It’ll be great to be able to make a thick sauce that stays put.
I hope you like it Eta, we love it and it’s so much cheaper too! 🙂
We adored this sauce! How long will it last in the refrigerator?
Glad you enjoyed it Laurie! It will last 6-8 months. Mine just never last that long, as I use it on so many things…chicken, french fries, etc. 🙂
thanks suzie.. have a tough time finding A1 here in England. now i don’t need to anymore.. cheers. 🙂
You’re welcome Danny, I hope you enjoy it!! 🙂
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I used this for a Sloppy Joes recipe that called for A.1. I didn’t have time to use the raisins and strain it and didn’t have an orange (also wasn’t sure if I made a big batch if it would be used, as we don’t usually use steak sauce). So I just cut the ingredients down a little, estimated, and used orange juice concentrate out of the freezer. I didn’t mix it in another bowl–just added everything to the pan I was cooking everything else in. It was great! Will use this in the future when I need steak sauce again. Seems like it would store well in a Mason jar in the fridge. Thanks a lot!!!
You’re welcome, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
is that teaspoons or tablespoons for the dry ingredients..IE salt and pepper
That is teaspoons Billy 🙂
Thank you for your hard work and research in making this recipe for A1. I’m going to try it today. Like you, my husband practically drinks it out of the bottle. Lol
Well I made the sauce yesterday and it won my husband over. Thank you for the great recipe. I personally don’t like A1, but it must be in the cupboard at all times for him. Lol,
You’re very welcome Sara, I’m glad your husband approved. I have never found a replacement for A.1. and I must have the stuff. This was the only one I approved of too and as you know it’s much cheaper to make it than buy it 🙂
Just found your recipe and I had all the ingredients so it’s simmering. I hadn’t read the comments,so I did use the juice from the whole orange. You should go back and I make it clearer. Hopefully we will like it
Hopefully it still tastes about the same, hope you enjoy!
Hi Suzie. I only have regular raisins. Can I use them? What would be the difference?
Absolutely you can use them. I actually don’t know what the difference would be. I hope you like it 🙂
I dont know what I did wrong, but this doesnt taste anything like A.1. sauce. I tried to follow exactly as written out. I didnt add anything after I cooked it…maybe I should have. Also, my sauce turned out very loose almost like water…not thick like A.1.
Any ideas what I might need to do to correct? I dont want to throw out what I have.
Was I supposed to cut up or otherwise process the solid ingredients?
Sorry Fred, but from my experience and many people that have commented it does tastes like A.1. if done correctly. A.1. first off is kind of a loose sauce. In the directions is says, “After 15 minutes, strain this through a fine mesh strainer. Squeeze out all the juices.” You should not have any solids in the finished product. If you have any other questions please ask 🙂
Going to make some right now. Thanks! I am also a DIE hard a-1lover, and I am the kinda girl who would sneak a sip or two from the bottle…well…whenever I’m in the fridge. I’ll letcha know how mine comes out! Thanks again!
Lol!! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who could drink the stuff 😉 I hope you like it. Let me know how yours turns out!
wow! I love A-1 steak sauce and I too am one to sneak a sip right from the bottle! I can’t wait to make this. I’m tired of the high cost’s of so many things. I would love to know how to make mayonnaise like Hellmans Mayonnaise. As soon as I get all the ingredients I don’t have I’m making this sauce. I even like to put it on hamburgers, when I am omitting the bread or buns to keep it low carb.
Hi Sandy!! I hope you like it. I love the stuff and since it’s cheaper we can sneak those sips out of the bottle…lol!! 😉 My girlfriend makes homemade mayo. It’s like Miracle Whip and not Hellman’s but, in case you like both here is the link. http://veronicascornucopia.com/2011/08/24/homemade-miracle-whip-tartar-sauce/
Suzie, You are a genius! I have made several batches and your recipe is spectacular. I am a meat lover, smoker, sausage maker and charcuterie novice so I love meat! This sauce recipe is a keeper. Thanks so much!!
Thanks for you feedback Michael! I’m glad you like it. I put A.1. on so many things I didn’t want to keep buying it, it’s so expensive!
Thank you for creating this recipe Suzie. Like you, I live in the country, have two German shepherds that like to be with me when I cook (except mine are white) and I have a son in the Army. My husband LOVES A1, me not so much, so it’s difficult to find a recipe when you’re not a fan of what you’re trying to replicate. I appreciate that you are and you took the time to create this. My husband is a cancer survivor, so we eat everything fresh, natural and home made from fresh ingredients to keep his immune system charged, and this will be one more food stuff that he is passionate about in our repertoire to please his palate while we stay healthy and away from the things food manufacturers like to sneak into the process!
Hello there! Wow we do certainly have a lot in common. Btw, your doggies are beautiful I had to go check them out 😉 I agree that it would be difficult to replicate a recipe you’re not a fan of. I’m glad to provide this recipe for you both (especially hubby) and I hope he enjoys it! As an A.1. fan nothing has ever compared, until this! I’m glad to hear your hubby is a cancer survivor too. Thank you for stopping by and commenting 🙂
Local restaurant offers A1 on request, but the bottle is never “new” and is always runny. Saw the kitchen help refilling the bottles, AND ADDING WATER! We don’t go there much anymore.
I seen that at Ponderosa before. Not sure if it’s the same restaurant you’re talking about but, I rarely go there anyways! Watering down A.1. is just wrong 😛
This is about Worcestershire sauce, one of your ingredients. It says on the Lea and Perrins sauce bottle that it is the original old recipe. ???? I have one of the real old bottles of that sauce, the bottle with the glass stopper going through a cork, with the label still in perfect shape. The ingridients listed include fermented hog livers. Today’s label does not list hog livers. I can see that this stuff would turn off most people. So their recipe is revised though they say that it is the ORIGINAL recipe..Lyar lyar, Trousers Aflame. John of Vermont
It is very likely that hog liver is still part of the ingredients to Lea & Perrins Worcestershire saouce. If it’s only used in proportionately small quantities they don’t actually have to list it as “fermented hog livers” on the bottle – they are allowed by law to list it as “natural flavor.”
SECOND COMMENT TODAY: A1 SAUCE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART WHEN USED ON PLAIN UNSPICED PORK SAUSAGE, AND ALSO ON FRENCH CANADIAN PORK PIE (TOURTIERE). yOU JUST LIFT THE TOP CRUST AND PUT ON A THIN LAYER, DELICIOUS, MY DAD ALWAYS DID THIS, AND GOT ME ADDICTED, YUM !
Hi John, I can see that about hog livers too. Although I am one to try most any food. I like the show on Travel channel called Bizarre Foods, he tries everything 🙂 I can see how the A.1. would be great with the sausage too. I use it on so many things! Thanks for stopping by.
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Uh, I would have liked to see more comments about the sauce and not the dogs, shopping, Heinz 57 etc etc etc. Hard to tell what the final verdict is on the recipe. Waaaaa Anyway, looks good and I see a new bloody Mary in the making here, let ya know. Have a great day.
Think I’ll name it ” Muddy Mary ” Smile.
Seeing as I only write the blog, I can’t control what people comment on. We talk about dogs all the time too….hence the name of my blog. If you read some comments they agreed and it was just like A.1. I love A.1. and think it’s spot on. Hope you give it a try.
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Will be using this sauce in this week’s “Burger Friday”…looking forward to it
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it 🙂
I just read the recipe a couple of times again – so back to the oranges 🙂
So when you say cut one of the orange halves into quarters, do you mean you cut that orange half into four, and then use two of those four pieces? That would then be a quarter of the whole orange that you’re using. Do I have that right? Looking at your pics it looks like the orange pieces are sort of the same size as the oranges we had at netball when I was a kid. Im pretty sure each of those orange segments was one eighth of an orange.
Sorry to labour the point but I wouldnt want to make this and find it’s too orangey!
Thanks, Jane
Hi Jane, I used a large orange. I cut it in half and then into quarters. So I used a half of an orange (cut up). The picture may look different. I just wanted a hint or so of orange. This worked perfectly. 🙂
I also found the part about the oranges confusing because you list “1 large orange” in the ingredients. That should be “1/2 of a large orange.” I ended up thinking my orange was too small so I put in more than half the juice. It still came out great!
I’m very grateful that you took the trouble to devise and post this recipe. My husband (a tour guide) came home with a large batch of steaks left over from a tour group’s final dinner. I live in Israel, and A1 sauce (the whole reason for eating steak in the first place, as far as I’m concerned) is simply not available in my part of Jerusalem no matter how much one is willing to pay.
I didn’t have golden raisins or celery seed, so I used dark raisins and threw in a couple roughly cut stalks of celery. I can see where golden raisins would have been better, but at the end of the day, it tasted a LOT like A1 sauce.
Thanks again,
Yehudit
PS I grilled some tofu steaks for our vegetarian guest that day and she also really enjoyed the Play1! I didn’t tell her that there might have been a few microns of anchovy in there from the Worcester sauce …
Glad they enjoyed it Yehudit. It doesn’t matter if it’s a quarter of orange or a half, it will be close enough. I’m not going to change a blog that is 3 years old now. It is still my most popular blog and I have answered the “orange” question quite a few times now…lol! I had to laugh at the anchovy part too…tee hee!
Thanks Suzie Q! I’m actually sitting here eating a steak with A1 which is what got me googling it. I’ll have to try this sometime as I’m an A1 man myself. None of that crappy Heinz 57 or other cheapo yucky steak sauces. 😉 If I can’t get A1 I’ll just go with Worcestershire.
You’re welcome! I don’t like any other steak sauce either. It has to be A.1.!! 🙂
OK! So 2 and 1/ 2 YEARS later . . . . It appears that Fred is the only one that had the sense to quit typing and make the dang recipe. So, I DID too! Hay Suzie Q: Its awesome!!! I served it on some big ole’ TEXAS raised beef steaks to a bunch of hungry cowpokes and they said, “Wow, thanks for springin’ for the real A1 instead of that fake crap.” What else can I say? (P.S. – Wendy Davis for Governor!!! – Bye, Bye, Rick D.F. Perry!!!)
Lol!!! That’s awesome, I’m glad all the cowpokes liked it 🙂 I tried it on my friends too and they said about the same thing. Yay!!
Doesn’t A1 have Tamarind in it? Does the orange replace that ingredient? Thanks…
Hi Chris, A. 1. doesn’t have tamarind in it. I just checked a bottle at the grocery store…lol! Look at a bottle and you will see I am very close! Thanks 🙂
Suzie, the other day I was going through the latest Saviour Magazine, a very good article on long time Boston restaurants that have been in business forever, one of them was Durgin Park (one of my favorites) they had a recipe for Beef Brisket, with the ingredients I just had to try it. So, thawed out a good sized brisket with plans to make it the next day. The next day it snowed and I was out of A-One Sauce, one of the essential ingredients. I don’t drive in the snow so I googled “A-One Sauce substitute”. There you were! As soon as I read your ingredients I knew you were spot on. I have been cooking for about 60 of my 73 years and can usually figure out what’s in most recipes sans the chemicals, but for some reason I was drawing a blank on A-One. Well to make a long story short(er), your recipe is better than the brand name and I will be making it for the rest of my life.
I followed your directions to the letter including “1 whole orange” , yes….I’m one of those people skim read 🙂 next time I’ll do it with just a quarter, in any case it’s a marvelous recipe and a real keeper.
Thanks, Ellizabeth
Hi Elizabeth, I hope your beef brisket turned out well. Thank you so much for the biggest compliment ever! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and will continue to make it. I have since hooked all my friends that like A.1. into making their own too 🙂 I’m glad you found me online and I was able to help…xoxo.
Hi Suzie,
My name is Jeff and I came across your recipe for A1. I was wondering if you grind up or chop the raisins before you add them. I make several different hot sauces from scratch and use raisins in some of them, but I chop them up before cooking the sauce down. Thank You very much and I look forward to trying your recipe.. God Bless!
Hi Jeff, I did not chop up the raisins. I put them in whole and the little bit of sweetness still came through, that plus the orange 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!!
Question…can this be canned for long term pantry storage and if so what are the directions? Would love to make several bottles!
I have not canned it Mary but, I don’t see why you couldn’t. I would just pour it into the jars while lukewarm and let the jars self seal. If they don’t seal I would use those first. Hope that helps!
I found the TGIF Jack Daniels sauce recipe on the web…so I figured I would try A1. I found yours…and look forward to trying it this weekend.
The recipe I’ve searched for, in vain, is for Popeye’s Spicy Chicken recipe and their red beans and rice recipe. I’ve trying all sorts of things! I have a dozen ways I do red beans now…all of them great…none of them close to Popeyes.
Tre, I also have the Jack Daniel’s glaze on my site…lol! https://twodogsinthekitchen.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/jack-daniels-glaze/ I hope you like the A.1. sauce! We don’t have any Popeye’s restaurants around here. I’m in MI, if I could find a copycat, I would sure try to help you!!
Currently giving this a try!! I recently moved to Belgium from the States and there is no A1 to be found, can’t wait to taste it again, thank you!!!
You’re very welcome Danielle! I hope you enjoy it 😀
How long will this last in the frig?
See above reply (of mine) to Wendy.
I have no idea…it never lasts that long!
I just made this because I was out of A1 and did not want to run to the store 😉 It tastes great! Thanks so much for posting this! I will not be buying A1 any more.
Thanks so much for your feedback Mike! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
I found many responses saying”Looks great, and I will try it out!” Well, I tried it out. It’s fantastic!!! We can now use A1 sauce with out guilt of cost. I do led the recipe and it made two mid size bottles.
Thank you for the recipe 🙂
Thanks! I didn’t use golden raisins and it turned out more like British steak sauce. Will make next time with golden raisins and some tamarind. I think that’s the secret missing ingredient — tamarind. It’s what makes worcestershire have its’ bite, and I would bet that there’s some in A-1 as well.
It can be found in various forms often in hmong or hispanic stores. The compressed loaf works the best, just remove the seeds.
Thanks Mike! Tamarind isn’t in A-1 but, you can do as you please 🙂
How long do you think this will keep in the fridge?
I’m not sure, it never lasts that long here!
Expensive? Try buying A-1 at Safeway in Hawaii!!! Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy my favorite steak sauce without the buyers remorse!
I’m assuming, like the original, it must be refrigerator education? If so how long is the shelf life? Can it be frozen?
I put mine in the refrigerator, I’m not sure of the shelf life. It doesn’t last long here.
Is there a use for the remaining orange? Or are two segments all you need? Just wondering why it specifies a large orange if you only need two segments and want to be sure I didn’t miss anything 🙂
Eat the orange 😉
This may have been mentioned previously – I recently bought a want-a-be-A1 bottle at Aldi. Wow! It is as close to the real deal as anything I have
Thanks so much. My 8 year old loves A-1, he even eats it on his eggs. I’m going to try this!
I love it on everything too!
Suzie,
How does the flavor of the Golden Raisins get extracted into the mixture without crushing or blending them? Does just cooking it for only minutes really do that?
Also, while you swear this taste of this recipe is spot-on like A-1 (my fave as well!), would it better if the entire mixture were put in a food processor or blender before straining after it’s cooked?
I’m not really sure on the raisins. Maybe it’s golden raisin magic, but it works 😉 The taste is spot on. I wouldn’t blend it. It’s perfect the way I described 🙂
Amazing sauce. My family all voted 5STARS. A definite replacement for the store brand full of garbage. Thanks for creating and posting.
Thank you!! I’m so glad you like it!
champion! i buy steak sauce by the half gallon bottle for $12 at a restaurant supply house. with this recipe though, i might be able to make an entire gallon for that price.
I’m so happy you love it too! We make it to this day and all my relatives do too! 🙂
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Wonderful! I’ve been an A1 fan since childhood, this was perfect! I use A1 on these items:
Steak, Chicken, Burgers
Potatoes made in any way
Sweet potato hash
Sheppherd’s Pie
Green beans, broccoli, cauliflower
Rice
…and I make a Pepper steak recipe with A1
Thank you Dolores, I love it on most anything too! Don’t forget french fries!
Hahahaha, I eat A1 on all potatoes, especially fries. Fries really do deserve their own mention instead of how I lumped them in with “potatoes made in any way”. Yesterday I made a delicious fiery A1 with your recipe for VDay dinner. I grilled filet mignon rare and made mashers seasoned w/ the fiery concoction. It was a huge hit!! Thanks again for giving me the best recipe for my favorite condiment ever!!
You’re very welcome! And your V-Day dinner sounds like it was amazing! Every time I get on this page I want some A1 sauce 🙂
Hi!
I am living in Europe and we do not have a shop here selling that sauce. Which is a big problem…I have been travelling / living in States and I got really addicted to this sauce. Usually I am trying to bring back from my travels as many bottles as I can but at some point they do run out.
So, enter your recipe. Made it.
I would like to point out that it was not tasting the same than A1. Actually it was even better.
Definately a keeper.
My humble thanks, you made my next trips’ luggage so much lighter.
Kai
Thank you so much Kai! That means a lot to me! We certainly love it too 🙂
I love A1 sauce too. I will put it on various foods but primarily steak and potatoes. I’m looking forward to giving this recipe a try.
I love it on a lot of different foods 🙂 Hope you like it Mark!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing
You’re welcome, I hope you enjoy it!!
Great recipe, thanks for taking the time to post this.
“Add two orange segments, squeezing the juices into the pan first.”
What do I do with the rest of the orange?
What do you mean by the first pan? When is there a second pan?
You can do whatever you want with the rest of the orange. Feed it to the birds…lol! It doesn’t really matter. And there is no second pan, please reread and you’ll understand. I think.
Couple of comments/questions:
I’m in Yucatan, Mexico and we have oranges that are really sweet and others that are pretty sour. Which is best for this? AND: I’d like to add some bourbon, but wondering if I should cut back on some other ingredient if I do that.
A sweet orange would work best. You could do a 1/4 cup cold water and 1/4 cup bourbon to equal a half cup, that should work. The bourbon twist sounds pretty good Dave 🙂
Hi Suzie! Thank you for the recipe! I live in France, hence, no A1 here:). I tested your recipe against another, the A1 copycat recipe, I made a few weeks ago and yours wins! The A1 copycat recipe I had found online ended up tasting very acidic and so I added a tiny bit of brown sugar to get rid of the tartness. Yours, I’ve only dabbed my finger in (after being in the fridge for 4 hrs) and it is a bit sweet BUT I think it will taste better with my hamburger tonight. I will make another comment tonight to confirm my findings, hee hee:). The only change I made was that after I started to cook it, I added 1 tbsp of dried onion(not chunks of real onion as you suggested). So, we will see! Thanks again for the recipe! Super happy so far!
So glad you liked it!! I love my A1 on most everything! I added the chunks of onion but, strained them out in the end if that caused confusion. Just wanted the hint of onion. Again, I’m glad you’re happy with it and thank you!!
Every time I make this, I am thankful to you for posting this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
You are very welcome! Glad to see so many people using the recipe and still commenting and sharing 🙂
How much onion did you use. I love oniin in just about anything so I want to add.
I used a half of a small vidalia onion. You could add more if you really want that onion flavor!
Since the original contained anchovies, I’m adding some paste to this. It enhances the flavor of everything. Thanks for this post.
Hi made your recipe was great! Did you ever try using just a tad of liquid smoke or smoke powder,? Also a tad of celery salt, i did and was really good thank you!!!
No I haven’t tried those, I just wanted it as close to the original as I could get it. The liquid smoke is a great idea though! Celery salt too, sounds like we’re making a bloody Mary! Lol!
Are the golden raisins used only to add flavor? Why not use a golden raisin puree rather than whole raisins?
I don’t know. It’s what I used at the time 🤷♀️
I will have to try it. A1 isn’t my favorite but it is in my top 3. My faves are 2 Tabasco brand steak sauces that they discontinued about a year ago. I am down to my last bottle of the Tabasco Caribbean Steak sauce. I ran out of the original Tabasco Brand Steak Sauce a few months ago. The ingredients are similar for both A1 and Tabasco Original .
I hope you like it Alan. I’m making hot sauce today in fact!