A lot of people I meet think that bbq sauce is some magical concoction that they have to buy. Thing is that it is quite easy to make on your own. Once you do a traditional sauce it is very easy to make other ones. It's very simple to make a good sauce and it usually involves using stuff that you aleady have. Here's a sweet bbq sauce that I make a lot of. The only thing you need to start is a small sauce pot.
Ingredients:
1 cup Ketchup
1/2 cup brown or yellow mustard
1/2 cup Apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
3 dashes of hot sauce
2 tbsp honey or agave nectar
1 tbsp garlic sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp chilli powder
Here is the easy thing about it. It takes about 10 minutes to make once you get it simmering. Mix the ingredients in order that I wrote them, working from wet to dry except for the sugar. All you have to do is mix the stuff into the pot on medium heat until it starts to boil and then you reduce the heat to low. I happen to use agave nectar because I like the taste a little better than honey, but to each their own. Remember to be creative in your kitchen and mixing in other ingredients. I've been known to make beer sauce, bourbon and rum sauces, mustard sauce, soda sauces, Eastern Carolina vinegar sauces, and countless others. Once you can taste the ingredients in things you can experiment with different flavor profiles. If you want to add some heat, add some red pepper flake or more hot sauce. More sweetness? Add some more sugar or honey. More smokiness? Add some liquid smoke, or Worcestershire Sauce. Just have fun with it. Hope I can add some more new recipes soon. Until then, love your food.
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