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 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Servings: 2 cups

Course: Ingredient, Sauce

Cuisine: American, Southwestern

Calories: 389

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

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

Method

 

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

Nutrition

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

Notes

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

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