Four Seasons BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium-size onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and minced
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup tomato sauce
3 tablespoons cider vinegar, or more to taste
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons pineapple juice (optional)
1 teaspoon of your favorite hot sauce, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke, or 2 tablespoons meat drippings
2 tablespoons molasses
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar, or more to taste
2 tablespoons prepared mustard of your choice
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Salt
Preparation
Heat the oil in a large nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. Add the
onion, garlic, and bell pepper and cook until softened but not brown,
about 4 minutes.
Stir in the ketchup, tomato sauce, cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce,
lemon juice, pineapple juice (if using), hot sauce, liquid smoke,
molasses, brown sugar, prepared and dry mustards, black pepper, and 1
cup of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and let the
sauce simmer, uncovered, until thickened, about 15 minutes, stirring
often to prevent scorching. If the sauce becomes too thick, add a
little more water.
Remove the barbecue sauce from the heat and taste for seasoning, adding
salt to taste and more cider vinegar, hot sauce, and/or brown sugar as
necessary; the sauce should be highly seasoned.
Transfer the barbecue sauce to a serving bowl and serve warm or at room
temperature. The sauce will keep, tightly covered in the refrigerator,
for several weeks.
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