Being within driving distance of top-quality barbecue means I rarely cook the stuff myself. (Although I recently tried a pulled pork recipe that knocked my socks off. I’ll write soon.) But I do have my own barbecue sauce recipe, a nicely-balanced ketchup and cider vinegar brew that will coat chicken breasts for a weeknight entrée, or glaze the ribs you grill on the weekend. My version has moderate heat to please all family members, but if you like more, by all means jazz it up.
Lucy’s Not-so-Secret Barbecue Sauce Recipe
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 small yellow onion, chopped
2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons chili powder (I use Penzey’s “regular”)
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, or to taste
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over low heat, add onion and cook until translucent, stirring frequently. Add remaining ingredients, stirring well. Use on ribs, pork, chicken, peanut butter sandwiches, ice cream, you name it, this sauce will change your world.
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