A Week Of Misc. Recipes: BBQ Sauce

DH and DD like to eat BarBQ pork sandwiches made out of a Boston Butt Pork Roast and BarBQ sauce. We also like chicken baked in BarBQ sauce. So when I started looking for alternatives to store bough, I came across this recipe on a fellow homeschool mom's website The Family Homestead. It is a good substitute, but as with any recipe, I adjusted it to our taste. 

BarBQ Sauce

• 6 oz. of tomato paste
• 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cup of ketchup 
• 2 tsp of dry mustard (I use yellow mustard.)
• 2 tsp of salt (I use garlic salt.)
• 1/2 tsp of chili powder 

Mix ingredients together in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally to blend the flavors. 

 

In addition to the ingredients, I add a tsp of black pepper and a tsp of onion powder. I also use garlic salt instead of plain salt because I like the flavor of garlic. I also use yellow mustard instead of dry mustard. I just squirt two good squirts of it in with the rest of the ingredients. I also use a heaping 1/2 tsp of chili powder.

 

This BarBQ sauce is also good to make cocktail wienes in the crock pot. I just add a few tbsp of maple syrup to the mixture and I have even used strawberry syrup. They are always at hit at our holiday gatherings. 

 

Homemade BarBQ sauce is simply a good thing!