BASIC BARBECUE SAUCE WITH VARIATIONS
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
-1 quart vinegar
-1 32-oz. bottle ketchup
-1 32-oz. French or Western Salad Dressing
-1 cup sugar
-2 Tbs. lemon juice
-2 Tbs. ground red pepper
-2 Tbs. ground black pepper
-1 tsp. salt
Recipe
-Combine all of the ingredients in a large saucepan:
-Simmer on low heat until the sauce is thick and creamy.
-As an option, add 2 or 3 Tbs. liquid smoke during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
-Prepare basic sauce recipe and add 1 or 2 tsp. of Tobasco or a can of diced green chilies ranging from jalapeno to poblano.
-Great with chicken, seafood, or pork.
-Best served with baked potatoes, cornbread, or a plain pasta salad to tone down the heat.
-Honey Barbecue Sauce:
-Add 1/2 cup honey to basic barbecue sauce recipe. Perfect for Chicken or Cornish Hens.
-Mustard Barbecue Sauce:
-Substitute any type of prepared mustard for ketchup in the basic barbecue sauce recipe. Great on Seafood or Poultry.
-Garlic Barbecue Sauce:
-Add 1 to 3 Tbs. fresh minced Garlic, depending on the strength of garlic flavor desired, to the basic barbecue sauce.
-Add up to 1/2 cup of finely minced onions for extra zing, or add both 1/2 cup finely minced onions and green bell peppers for a really hearty barbecue sauce.
-Makes a little thicker sauce for use on any type of Seafood, Meat, or Poultry.
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