Do you need a great barbecue sauce recipe? While it's easy to buy bottled barbecue sauce, its almost as easy to make your own and homemade barbecue sauce can be tailored to your tastes. Read on to learn how to make barbecue sauce.
Introduction
Both barbecue sauces and marinades are used to season meat and vegetables for grilling. A marinade is used to infuse flavor before cooking, while barbecue sauce is applied to the food while it is cooking. It is best to brush on barbecue sauce during the last few minutes of grilling, so that the fat and sugar it contains don't burn.
How to Add Final Coat of Barbecue Sauce to Chicken
Barbecue sauce generally contains sugar and fat which can cause smoke and flare ups that can cause your meat or vegetables to burn. This video demonstrates how to use a basting brush to add barbecue sauce to chicken near the end of cooking, so it doesn't char, but remains to flavor the meat.
Step 1: Barbecue Sauce Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Step 2: Barbecue Sauce Recipe
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan.
- Saute the onion and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Puree in a food processor or blender if a smooth texture is desired.
