regulardude wrote:I'm going to venture into making my own BBQ sauce.
Anyone have a recipe for BBQ sauce?
As posted on another thread in this forum here is a BBQ sauce you can make from scratch if you are feeling ambitious.... Those bottles of BBQ sauce Brandon posted look good....
If you want to make your own sauce try Chef's not yet famous home made BBQ sauce... Ribs recipe to follow..
1 large onion, finely diced
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 (40 oz) bottle tomato ketchup
1 cup apple cider
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1/8 tsp. mesquite smoke (just a few drops - optional)
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
In a saucepan, heat the onion, garlic, pepper flakes, and ground cumin in olive oil. Cook until the onions are softened.
Stir in the brown sugar, molasses, ketchup, apple cider, vinegar, and mustard. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook for 20 minutes longer. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in a few drops of mesquite smoke flavor if like a smoky flavor (optional).
Pour into a sterilized pint sized canning jar and seal or large tupperware... Keeps, refrigerated for several weeks. If you want to store the BBQ sauce for a longer time (on the shelf) process it in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
Makes enough for about 2 pint sized jars. Recipe may be doubled or tripled for canning.
tmoney1224 wrote:I have a simple one for when I make BBQ meatballs. Super sweet though. If you have any interest, I'll find the exact measurements when I get home.
Gist of it is: ketchup, brown sugar, onions, garlic, liquid smoke.
Other than that, we have tons of good BBQ sauces around here so I usually just go store bought.
Yes, please send me the exact measurements, tmeezy.
2 cups ketchup
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 TBSP liquid smoke
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup onion
Sauté onion and garlic for around 2mins, or until soft. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for around 20 mins.
In my recipe, it gets cooked in the oven with the meatballs and gets some nice carmelization as well.