Easy Barbecue Sauce

[Alasken]

I found this on the Tabasco® web site a few years ago. What I like about it you don't have to cook it.

3/4 Cup Ketchup
1/2 Cup Cider Vinegar
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
3 tbsp Vegetable Oil
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 1/2 tbsp Chile Powder
2 tsp Dijon Mustard
1/2 tsp TABASCO® Pepper Sauce
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1 Small Onion Minced
2 Cloves Garlic

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and store in refrigerator over night.

A couple of notes. I don't know what they mean by a small onion, but a whole onion in this is over kill.
I use about 4 tbsp of finely minced onion, and suppose a tbsp of onion powder would work too. A whole tsp of Tabasco® is good too.
I mix mine in a quart canning jar, shake it up and put in in the frig.

We usually use sauce on the side, like with the two huge slabs of ribs I did yesterday with dry rub on them. MMM

[BIGBOB]

I'll See your Tabasco recipe and raise you one that is easier with as much flavor. In the mid-atlantic region Old Bay rules. And for a very good reason.


Flavor.

You can order online if not available in your region. As for the recipe, http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Old-Bay...ce/Detail.aspx


Good stuff on beef ribs. Most excellent. Simple, Easy, Tasty.

[mlwent]

Another one to try

Here is a sauce my wife found and tweeked to our liking, Good balance when used with the rub.

BBQ Sauce

1tsp Vegetable Oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
3 TBS Worcestershire sauce
3 TBS vinegar
2 TBS molasses
1 tsp prepared mustard
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup cold water
1 tsp cornstarch

Directions:
Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat and saute the onion until tender and golden brown. Stir in garlic. Mix in Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, molasses and mustard. Cook and stir 5 minutes. Then mix in ketchup, cold water and cornstarch. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking 10 minutes, until thickened.

Rub

3 TBS brown sugar
1 1/2 TBS paprika
1 1/2 TBS salt
3/4 TBS ground black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder

Directions:
Mix ingredients together. Rub into ribs. For best results, wrap in tin foil and allow ribs to marinate overnight in refrigerator. Grill ribs as desired.

[Alasken]

rub

Oh, don't get me goin' about rub now. I have my own recipe for pork rub. I call it Ken's Butt Rub®. mmm

I'll have to try these other recipes fro sauce too. They both look good.

[bustedknee]

Too many ingredients will ruin a sauce. Real quick.

I feel there are 2 kinds of BBQ sauce, vinegar based or sweet based..


And I prefer the sweet based.

Almost any sweetener will work. Try honey, jelly, maple syurp, even refined sugar. My favorite is Molasses. I don't care for Molasses in any other dish but due to its flavor I love it in BBQ sauce!

The body of the sauce is tomatoes. I like to cook down real garden tomatoes but ketchup will work and is a lot quicker.

Something to add a little tartness in contrast to the sweet vase is the only other ingredient required. I use mustard. If you use bottled ketchup go ahead and use bottled mustard in a squeeze bottle.

I squirt a large bottle of ketchup into a large bowl that has a pour spout. Add a half cup of molasses and a quarter cup of mustard. Stir, then taste.
Add more sweet or tart according to your taste.

You are done.

I put the sauce back into the Ketchup bottle (minus what I use) and write "BBQ" on the label.