Best Down Home Barbecue Sauce Recipes

Down-Home Barbecue Sauce image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes 1 quart

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (12-ounce) jar apple butter or applesauce
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons packed dark-brown sugar
2 tablespoons coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups apple juice

Steps:

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is translucent, about 1 minute. Add cumin and cayenne; cook 1 minute. Add tomato paste; cook 1 minute.
Stir remaining ingredients into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Partially cover; simmer, stirring occasionally, about 2 hours. If sauce becomes too thick, add water, a little at a time. Let cool. Puree sauce in batches in a blender until smooth.

Mark Bittman's Fast, Down Home Barbecue Sauce image

Provided by budgiesntiels

Categories Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce or 1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon chili powder (to taste)
1 tablespoon onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

Combine all the ingredients except salt and black pepper in a small sauce pan over medium-low heat.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have a chance to blend, about 10 minutes.
Taste and add salt and pepper, if necessary. Use immediately or cool and refrigerate for up to one week.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 254.6, Fat 1.6, SaturatedFat 0.2, Sodium 2796.4, Carbohydrate 64.9, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 56, Protein 4.8