Bona Fide Barbecue Sauce

5.0(5)

Once you've made this homemade sauce, you'll never buy bottled again. I had to guess on the serving size. (Note - if making vegetarian, use an anchovy-free Worcestershire sauce).

by Vicki in CT·published 2007-04-19

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Servings

12 serving(s)

Total time

2h 15m

prep 15 min

Calories / serving

383 kcal

Ingredients (13)

serves

1 cup butterbutter
2 cups onions, choppedonion
6 garlic cloves, mincedgarlic
1 1/2 cups brown sugarbrown-sugar
1 tablespoon saltsalt
1/4 cup black pepperpepper
cayenne pepper, to your tastepepper
4 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustarddijon-mustard
3 tablespoons vinegarvinegar
3 tablespoons lemon juicelemon-juice
3/4 cup Worcestershire sauceworcestershire
48 ounces ketchupketchup
48 ounces waterwater

Instructions (3 steps)

01Sauté onion and garlic in butter until limp.
02Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low heat for 2 hours uncovered while stirring occasionally.
03After reading a review, I made this today by chopping my onion in the food processor quite fine before sautéing. Wonderful, and less chunky. 10-21-07.

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