Monday, August 2, 2010

Wonderful Homemade BBQ Sauce

This is a wonderful homemade BBQ sauce that resulted in two very memorable dishes this summer and certainly an appreciation for home made BBQ sauce. The first application was on a smoked skirt steak and the second, smoked pork ribs.


  • ¼ pound butter
  • ¾ cup minced onion
  • ½ cup minced garlic
  • Zest of 2 lemons
  • 5 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 4 ¼ cups ketchup
  • 1 cup tomato juice
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons molasses
  • ½ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ cup chili powder
  • 4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons chilpotle puree (I used San Marcos ChilpotlePeppers in adobo sauce, extracting the peppers & shaking off the adobo without rinsing, and making it into puree with the food processor.)
  • Pinch of kosher salt

    Melt the butter in a large heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest, lemon juice, ketchup, tomato juice, brown sugar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, vinegar, chilpotle puree, salt and 3 cups water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.

    http://www.barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=50&S=0
    Townline BBQ Sauce