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Homemade Barbecue Sauce

It is easy to make a good homemade barbecue sauce

Making a barbecue sauce at home to compliment your pork roast, beef brisket or spare ribs almost always makes great food even tastier.

Here are a few homemade barbecue sauce making tips that will help you when you are making your next homemade barbecue sauce at home.

1. Preparation is everything. Having all your ingredients laid out and close to hand when preparing your sauce will ensure that you do not hinder things unnessarily later on.


There are few things worse than ending up trying to do too many things at the same time, and this will always end up reducing the quality of your homemade barbecue sauce. Prepare all ingredients first, and take your time.

2. When making any homemade barbecue sauce, it is important to use the correct pan for the task. Your saucepans should be constructed of materials that radiate heat consistently throughout the whole pan. You want the pan to have a weighted bottom so that your homemade barbecue sauce does not burn.

For homemade barbecue sauce making, stay away from teflon and nonstick pans as they prevent caremelization, for any homemade barbecue sauce, you should use a non-stick pan in preference as this is neccessary to ensure the proper texture.

3. Reducing a homemade barbecue sauce is different from no other, it means to simmer the sauce until it reaches the correct thickness to your personal preference. When the homemade barbecue sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon it is ready. You don't want it to boil during this process because it can burn the sauce, make it bubble up, and spill over the top of the pan.

"Reducing by half," means to reduce the quantity of liquid in the pan by fifty percent. It is not neccessary to measure it out exactly, you can just make an educated guess.

4. Add a couple of knobs of unsalted cold butter at the end. This is called "mounting" and improves the flavor, texture and gives a nice glaze to the finished barbecue sauce.

5. Refrain from leaving the pan cooking for too long. If you don't want to burn the sauce or have it thicken too much, you want to stay near to the cooker and pay close attention to what you are doing. In the meantime you can still carry on with other cooking duties, but remember that you will want to stay close to your pan to stir or drop the temperature if required to ensure that your homemade barbecue sauce is cooked properly.
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Now that you have the basic's of preparing how to make your own homemade barbecue sauce, you can learn more by reading these additional sections.


Choosing a barbecue sauce base

Choosing a barbecue sauce base

Picking the base sauce to be used in your homemade barbecue sauce is easy enough when you know what to look for. This section will guide you through the selection process for choosing a barbecue sauce base.
Adding and regulating acidity

Adding and regulating acidity

Controlling acidity in a homemade barbecue sauce is an important element that needs to be understood and regulated to prevent sauces from being overly sharp or too flat in flavour. We will show you what you need to look out for in this section when regulating acidity.
Using barbecue seasonings

Using barbecue seasonings

Barbecue seasonings add depth and flavour to your homemade barbecue sauce. When used with care, you will lift the flavour of your BBQ sauce and find personal favourites that will partner with your BBQ meat and poultry. Find out more about using barbecue seasonings.
Balancing flavour with salt and sugar

Balancing flavour with salt and sugar

Controlling the sweet and savoury spectrum of the flavour range in a homemade barbecue sauce is relatively straightforward once you understand the do's and dont's. Discover how to use salt and sugar properly in your barbecue sauce recipe.
Reduction and cooking the BBQ sauce

Reduction and cooking the BBQ sauce


The final stage of your BBQ sauce is the cooking and reduction process that will slowly break down the ingredients and produce your own homemade barbecue sauce. Read this section to get to grips with the reduction and cooking of your barbecue sauce.

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