Homemade bbq sauce recipe with liquid smoke

By Monica Makes 2-1/2 cups

This can be a versatile barbecue sauce that's scrumptious on grilled meats and put into pulled pork, chicken or beef. This recipe is appropriate for canning.

two tablespoons brownish sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar (or white-colored distilled)
two tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
two tablespoons honey
2 cups tomato ketchup
two tablespoons 14-spice dry rub mix (for recipe, visit world wide web.TheYummyLife.com/recipes/69)
FOR VARIATIONS*:
Red pepper cayenne
Liquid Smoke

Combine all ingredients in large saucepan. Stir well. Over medium heat, provide boil reduce heat and simmer uncovered for an hour. Stir from time to time because it cooks. Store in refrigerator. Keeps for many days.

*VARIATIONS:
--Sweet and Tangy. Make use of the original recipe described above.
--Smoky. Add 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke per 1 cup of sauce.
--Spicy. Add 1/4 to at least one teaspoon ground red pepper cayenne per 1 cup of sauce (based on just how much heat you would like).
--Monica's favorite combo - very spicy having a hint of smoke. For every 1 cup of sauce, add 1 teaspoon cayenne and 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke.

Will It: This recipe is appropriate for water-process canning as lengthy while you don't decrease the number of vinegar with other ingredients. Ladle hot sauce into hot jars departing 1/4" mind space. Process half and full pints for 25 minutes in boiling water canner.

We'd a household discussion a few days ago about whether "barbecue" means a flavor (as with barbecue sauce) or perhaps a cooking method (talking about anything cooked around the grill). I believe the reply is "both". But, that could rely on where you are from. Different regions make use of the term barbecue differently.

This publish is all about barbecue like a sauce flavor. Why is a good barbecue sauce is yet another section of hot debate from place to place over the U . s . States. Memphis, St. Louis, Might, Texas, the Carolinas, and much more. Everyone has different assumes exactly what a real barbecue sauce is. Honestly, I love lot of different types of barbecue sauces. The type I personally use most frequently is generally categorized as Might Style. KC is renowned for a sweet and tangy tomato-based barbecue sauce. I love to utilize it like a base for adding some smoky and spicy flavors.

For a long time I purchased canned barbecue sauce. There are plenty of tasty ones available. But, after i determined how easy it's to create my very own, I immediately vowed never to buy canned sauce again. I'm able to make my very own quickly, which enables me to manage the components and steer clear of undesirable additives.

We are fans of ribs with barbecue sauce within our family. We like pulled pork and chicken with barbecue sauce. Take a look at my publish: Slow Oven Pulled Pork .

Today, I am discussing my barbecue sauce recipe and three ways it may be adapted. You can easily personalize this recipe to fit your taste. I personally use my 14-Spice Dry Rub Mix to season my sauce (described inside a previous publish ). Using the spice mix on hands, it is a snap to create barbecue sauce.

Step-by-step photos to make Barbecue Sauce:

Assemble the components. Brownish sugar, vinegar (cider preferred, white-colored works), ketchup, red pepper cayenne, honey, worcestershire sauce, prepared mustard (the yellow ball-park kind), 14-spice dry rub mix.

Add all ingredients to some saucepan.

Stir everything together, heat to some boil, reduce heat, and simmer for one hour.

Done! How easy is the fact that? This will make a thick, sweet, and tangy sauce. The 14-spice dry rub mix provides it with an intricate mixture of seasonings that's so great! For those who have time, result in the sauce each day or 2 ahead. It's will get better because the flavors meld. The sauce could keep within the fridge not less than 2 several weeks.

Barbecue Sauce #1: Sweet and Tangy. This is actually the "original" recipe as described above. You are able to stop immediately having a flavorful sauce, or make use of this like a base to make other versions. Continue reading.

Barbecue Sauce #2: Smoky. Go ahead and take original recipe and add 1/2 teaspoon of liquid smoke for every cup of sauce. Careful to not exaggerate it. Liquid smoke is targeted--it does not take much.

What's liquid smoke? I had been just a little reluctant to make use of liquid smoke, since i assumed it had been created using artificial chemicals and most likely harmful to me. Works out that if you are using Wright's liquid smoke you are getting only smoke infused water. There are more brands which have all sorts of additives and "abnormal" sounding ingredients. Wrights is suggested by Cook's Highlighted because the only brand that's natural. Although it isn't an ideal replacement for on-the-grill flavor, it is a good alternative whenever you can't grill. An added bonus is the fact that liquid smoke does not possess the carcinogens that may be contained in grilled food. On liquid smoke here .

Barbecue Sauce #3: Spicy. Go ahead and take original recipe and add 1/4 to at least one teaspoon ground red pepper cayenne per cup of sauce--the quantity depends upon precisely how spicy you would like your sauce to become. You may also spice up having a couple of hits of tabasco or perhaps a similar hot sauce. Diced jalapenos could be added, too.

Monica's favorite combo - very spicy having a hint of smoke. Here's my personal favorite form of the sauce: For every 1 cup of sauce, add 1 teaspoon cayenne and 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke. (King-Man can't handle heat. He will get the initial version.)

Serving suggestion. When I am serving barbecue sauce to visitors, I love to divide in the original batch making a number of each one of the three different types described above. This way visitors can decide on a range--much like in a barbecue restaurant. Condiment bottles would be the easiest and tidiest method for visitors to make use of the sauce. But, it may be spooned or put on, too.

Downloadable tags. Listed here are tags you are able to download and print for labeling your barbecue sauces. Should you only make one kind, there's a tag that states simply "barbecue sauce" you can use. Click the image below to download print just one sheet with 4 of each one of the tags:

print on sticker paper. eliminate, and follow a jar or condiment squeeze bottle.
print on cardstock, eliminate, punch an opening within the corner, tie having a string or ribbon to some jar or condiment squeeze bottle. Or, serve sauce inside a mug or small pitcher and tie the tag towards the handle.

Present: Give a number of these sauces as well as other grilling supplies just like a mitts , basting brush. tongs. spatula , grill brush. grilling cook book. etc. Give a jar of 14-spice dry rub mix, too. Ideal for Father's Day!

NOTE: I received my condiment bottles in the Container Store. They are the only real ones I have discovered that have these two features: (1) a protective cover for that tip that stays connected to the bottle whenever you take it off, therefore it does not go missing and, (2) obvious so that you can begin to see the contents. Three of those full of three different barbecue sauces with tags create a fun gift. They are extremely convenient for serving the sauce in your own home.

Will It. This recipe is appropriate for water-process canning as lengthy while you food portion the number of vinegar with other ingredients. Doubling the recipe makes enough for five 1/2-pint jars. It is good to possess on hands for convenient meals and homemade gifts. For canning instructions, see my publish with Step-By-Step Canning Tips .

Even without studying the canning process, this sauce could keep within the fridge for many several weeks.

Whether making one sauce, the 3, or inventing a couple of of your, you will see how easily it's to create your personal barbecue sauce that's much better than anything you can purchase inside a bottle.

Turn it into a Tasty day!