Classic Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Serves: 4

Weldon Lockman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

43

Sweetness

54

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Vegetable Oil

1.5 cups

Ketchup

1 cup

Water

1 cup

Brown Sugar

1

Salt

Directions:

1

In a saucepan cook onions in oil over moderate heat until tender

2

Stir in garlic, red pepper flakes and chile powder and cook for 1 minute

3

Add ketchup, beer, vinegar, water, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, and Tabasco sauce, stirring to combine

4

Partially cover and simmer until slightly thickened about 15 to 20 minutes

5

Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary, with Tabasco sauce

6

Remove sauce from heat and allow to cool completely

7

Sauce can be refrigerated for 2 to 3 weeks or frozen for up to 1 month