Sweet bar-b-q sauce
A delicious Southern style sauce to go with barbecued chicken.
Ingredients
3 c water
3 c tomato ketchup (tomato ketchup)
1 3⁄4 c brown sugar
2 1⁄2 T garlic (minced)
1 lemon (small, sliced)
2 t salt (kosher salt)
1 1⁄2 t cumin (ground)
1 1⁄2 t onion (powder or flakes)
1 1⁄2 t chili pepper (powder)
1 1⁄2 t hot pepper sauce
3 T liquid smoke
Instructions
- Place all above ingredients in a medium pot and whisk together.
- Simmer on medium heat for 35 to 40 minutes or until it reduces down to about 1 cup and thickens.
Total time
55 minutes
Cooking time
40
Preparation time
15
Yield
1 batch
Notes
Remove lemon slices when done cooking and reserve. Serve these lemon slices on top of chicken; they look nice and taste great.
This is the sauce Melinda Winner sent to serve with her Southern kicken chicken with a sweet jacket to take All Foods Natural "Complement Your Barbecue" recipe contest.