Bass Family BBQ Sauce

Bass Family BBQ Sauce

Well, then, what can I say, we love barbecue (BBQ, barbeque, bar-b-que)!  I travel a lot around the country and get to sample different food in different places and BBQ is definitely different from region to region.  I tend to like a combination of vinegar and tomato based sauces, so that’s what ours is.  We like to smoke ribs (which is another recipe for later) and like them dry or wet.  We also do pulled pork, check and beef (all for another time) and we use the same recipe for the sauce for all of it.  The only real variation is the heat and sweet that gets added (for the kids in mind).  There are a thousand different ways of doing these types of sauces, this is one that we’ve settled on that we like a lot!  There are a lot of ingredients, but that’s typical of BBQ sauces.  I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients:

Vegetables
Garlic	6 cloves, crushed & minced
Onion	1 medium, medium chopped
Shallot	1, diced
Chipotle*	4 from a can, minced
Wet Ingredients
Ketchup	3 cups
Cider Vinegar	1 cup
Bordeaux wine (if it’s not good enough to drink, it’s NOT good enough to cook with!)	½ cup
Worcestershire Sauce	2 tablespoons
Agave syrup	¼ cup
Soy sauce	1 tablespoon
Molasses	3 tablespoons
Olive Oil	2 tablespoons
Water	1 cup
Dry Ingredients
Salt	½ tablespoon
Black Pepper	½ tablespoon
Brown Sugar	1 cup
Onion Powder	½ tablespoon
Garlic Powder	½ tablespoon
Ground Mustard	½ tablespoon
Paprika	2 tablespoons
Johnny Cajun Spice Mix*	3 tablespoons

* if you like to make this for those that do not want any heat, you can skip these items.  It will turn out a bit on the sweet side.

Instructions: 

Step 1:  Prep!

I like to get everything prepared first, before starting to cook this...it will go a lot smoother!

The vegetables:

First prep the vegetables by chopping as per the ingredients list. 



The garlic...

 

 

The onion...

 

 

The shallot.... 

 

 

The chipotle...

 

 

the dry ingredients:

 

I like to combine everything into a couple cups...

The wet ingredients:

 

I like to combine everything, except the wine & water into a single cup...

 

All together now! And we're ready...the wine and water are not shown here...I pour in the wine straight to the pot and I use the water to get the last of the wet ingredients our of the cup.

 

Step 2: Cooking

Add the olive oil into a medium sized pot (8 quart or so) over medium high heat. 

 

Add the vegetables and sauté until the onions are translucent. 

 

Add all the other ingredients into the pot.  Pour in the wine and use a cup of water in the wet ingredient cup to rinse the leftover ingredients into the pot. 

 

Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for 30 minutes.  If it gets too thick, add some additional water to thin the sauce. 

 

Remove from heat and let cool.

 

  

Step 3: Finishing

Take the sauce and add it to a blender…you may have to do this is stages.  Puree the sauce until smooth. 

 

 

Step 4: Enjoy

This sauce is great on ribs, pulled pork, chicken and whatever you enjoy BBQ sauce on.  This should last in the refrigerator for a couple weeks.

 

 

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