Hello and welcome to my kitchen…my hot and steamy kitchen I will add at the moment…
BBQ sauce…it has so many uses apart from using it on your BBQ meats…there is nothing like a rack of ribs with a delicious homemade BBQ sauce…add a little to your Baked Beans, in your burger mix or on your burger, a change from your normal pizza topping, mix a little into your soup it will spice up your tomato soup, make a salad dressing or just use as a dipping sauce for those lovely breaded chicken strips or wings…anything else you want to dip some veggies the uses are many all you need is a little imagination…
We have two favourite recipes for BBQ Sauces one uses Hoisin Sauce and some aromatics the other is a tomato-based BBQ Sauce they are both delicious it is just nice to ring the changes…
BBQ Pork Ribs…with a Thai Style BBQ Sauce…
BBQ Sauce(2)
Normally when I make this sauce I use tomato ketchup but as I am trying to reduce sugar, salt and chemicals(preservatives) from our food I decided I would use fresh tomatoes which I roasted with a small red onion and 3 cloves of garlic…the brown sugar I replaced with molasses as they are a little healthier…It got the thumbs up from my taste testers… they said it tasted fresher…
Ingredients:
- 5 large Tomatoes halved
- 1 small red onion halved
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 tsp tomato puree/paste
- 1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/4 cup of molasses
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tbsp fresh Lime Juice
- 1 tbsp Siracha Sauce
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika.
Let’s Cook!
Put the halved tomatoes, onion and garlic on a baking tray and drizzle with a little olive oil, put in a preheated oven on 200C/400F for about 30 mins or until the skins are charred…
Once cooked allow to cool slightly and then remove the skins and blitz the tomatoes, garlic and onion until smooth.
Heat a small amount of olive oil in a small pan and add 2 tsp of tomato puree cook stirring to release the flavour and roast the puree then transfer the tomato mixture to the pan stir to combine then add the remainder of the ingredients …cook at a slow simmer, stirring for 10 mins.
The sauce is now ready to use or it will store in the fridge for up to 5 days. If you like spicer BBQ sauce add a pinch of chilli flakes or a little Cayenne pepper…
Thank you for reading this post I hope you enjoy this new series…if you cook from scratch and have some tips to share please leave a comment I would love to hear from you…Love Carol x
Yummy! A BBQ sauce is always also great for spicing up tofu. 😉 Michael
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Good idea Michael and one I hadn’t thought of…Happy Easter 🙂 x
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Happy Easter, Carol! xx
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This is great, just what I’ve been looking for. Thanks, Carol. Happy Easter. Hugs
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Thank you so much, Will for sharing on Tumblr. Happy Easter 🙂 x
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Looks yummy, dear Carol!
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Thank you, dear Dolly, it is scrumptious 🙂 x
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You are very welcome, darling.
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Thanks for the recipe, Carol. This sounds wonderful and right on time for the start of grilling season. 🙂
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Have fun and enjoy the grilling season, Diana 🙂 x
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makes me want to eat some ribs just so I could have some of this BBQ sauce!
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Ribs always bring bring the caveman out in us and with a good sauce bring out the finger bowls 🙂 x
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yes, there is something primal about eating ribs 🙂
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Sounds like a delicious recipe; I especially like the smoked paprika.
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Thank you, Dorothy 🙂 x
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Enjoy, Liz my fav is the one with the hoisin although the other one is good.. I love ginger 😊
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😀
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I just put a rib of beef on the bone in the slow cooker this morning..going to rifle the cupboards to see if I have the ingredients for the sauce.. thanks Carol… terrific.. hugs
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Enjoy, Sally.. 💕
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We did Carol..♥
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We never have BBQ sauce, as my wife finds it ovewhelmingly sweet. If we have any BBQ food, I usually add some sweet chili sauce instead. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sweet chilli sauce is good.. X
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I have always wanted a good recipe for BBQ sauce… thanks Carol!
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You are most welcome 😀 x
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