
30 MIN · STOVETOP
BBQ sauce
Smoky, sharp and sweet, simmered down in one pan in twenty minutes.
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Ingredients
- 2 1/8 cupsstrained tomatoes, sifted tomatoes
- 3 1/2 ozdark brown sugar
- 1/3 cupcider vinegar
- 1 tbspsmoked paprika
- 2 tsponion powder
- 2 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tbspEnglish mustard
- 1 tbspmolasses
- 1 tspsea salt
- 1/2 tspblack pepper
Method
- 1
Tip the strained tomatoes, brown sugar, cider vinegar, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, mustard, molasses, salt and pepper into a saucepan and whisk until smooth.
- 2
Bring it to a bare simmer and cook, stirring regularly, until the sauce has darkened and thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- 3
Take it off the heat and taste. Push it sharper with more cider vinegar or rounder with more brown sugar until it tastes right to you rather than right in principle.
- 4
Let the sauce cool completely, then pour it into a clean jar. It keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks and thickens further as it chills.