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Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Makes about 2 cups
Course sauce
Keyword sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbl. Olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 1 tsp. Fresh ginger
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • ¼ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ cups water
  • 1 Tbl. Honey
  • 1 Tbl. Worcestershire
  • 1 Tbl. Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. black pepper
  • 1 dried Anaheim Chile pepper, stem and seeds removed

Instructions

  • In a sauce pan over medium heat, heat the oil.
  • Add in the garlic, shallot, and ginger. Sauté until garlic is lightly browned and shallot is transparent, about 3-5 minutes.
  • Add in the ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, water, honey, Worcestershire, Red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Stir until combined and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and continue to boil for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and add in the chile pepper. let sit for 5 minutes. This helps softened the chili.
  • In a food processor or blender, transfer in the sauce mixture with the soaked chile pepper. Blend contents until smooth.