Basic Barbecue Sauce

In preparing a post on slow cooker brisket, I found an unforgivable hole in my blog. I do not have a Barbecue Sauce. This is to be corrected, immediately.

From Wikipedia:

Barbecue sauce (also abbreviated as BBQ sauce) is a sauce used as a marinade, basting, condiment, or topping for meat cooked in the barbecue cooking style, including pork or beef ribs and chicken. It is a ubiquitous condiment in the Southern United States and is used on many other foods as well.

Ingredients vary, but most include vinegar, tomato paste, or mayonnaise (or a combination) as a base, as well as liquid smoke, onion powder, spices such as mustard and black pepper, and sweeteners such as sugar or molasses.

Basic Barbecue Sauce

Sweet, Spicy, Tangy, with a hint of vinegar …

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Ingredient, Sauce

Cuisine American, Southwestern

Servings 2 cups

Calories 389 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 ea Yellow Onion Peeled, Minced
• 2 tsp Minced Garlic
• 1 cup Ketchup
• 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tsp Liquid Smoke
• 1 tbsp Bourbon
• 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 tbsp Yellow Mustard
• 1 tsp Black Pepper
• Kosher Salt To Taste
• 2 tbsp neutral oil
• 1 tsp Hot Sauce

Instructions

 

• In a small pot over medium heat, add the oil
• When the oil spiders, add the onion and cook until soft, translucent, and begining to take color
• Add the garlic and cook until fragrent, ~ 1 minute
• Add the rest and stir to combine
• Drop heat to low and simmer until thickened
• Taste, balance the flavor, looking to sweet, tangy, spicy, smokey

Notes

Really basic BBQ sauce.  One can adjust the sweetness, tang and heat to fit one’s taste

Nutrition

Calories: 389kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 1584mgPotassium: 681mgFiber: 1gSugar: 46gVitamin A: 656IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Barbecue, Sauce

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