Best Chipotle Molasses Barbecue Sauce Recipes

Oven-Roasted Ribs with Chipotle-Molasses Barbecue Sauce image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup soy sauce
2-inch piece fresh ginger, coarsely chopped (1/4 cup)
1/4 cup whole garlic cloves, halved
2 cups ice cubes
2 racks pork ribs (12 ribs each), trimmed
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Chipotle-Molasses Barbecue Sauce
Peanut-Green Onion Relish

Steps:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine soy sauce, ginger, and garlic. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and add ice. Divide between 2 large roasting pans. Place a rack in each roasting pan. Top each rack with a rack of ribs, and season both sides with salt and pepper. Transfer to oven, and roast for 20 minutes. Continue roasting, basting with sauce every 10 minutes, until caramelized and crusty, about 1 hour and 15 minutes more.
Remove from oven. Cut ribs between the bones, and serve with chipotle-molasses barbecue sauce and peanut-green onion relish on the side.

Chipotle-Molasses Barbecue Sauce image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes enough for 2 racks of ribs

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 tablespoon canola oil
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
3 cups canned plum tomatoes, with their juices, pureed
1/4 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons molasses
2 tablespoons packed dark-brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
2 dried ancho chiles, roasted, stemmed, and seeded
2 dried pasilla chiles, roasted, stemmed, and seeded
3 dried chile de arbol, roasted, stemmed, and seeded
4 canned chipotle chiles, pureed
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

Steps:

In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, and cook until translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, and bring to a boil.
Add the remaining ingredients, and return to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a food processor, and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Return to saucepan, and let stand until room temperature.