Saturday, January 29, 2011

Loveless BBQ Sauce

This is an all purpose BBQ sauce used at the Loveless Cafe outside of Nashville. Use a condensed hotter version for pork by doubling the amount of peppers. Its michoppedld form is great for chicken. For a mustard base sauce in the Carolina fashion reverse the amounts of mustard and ketchup.

1/8 cup melted butter
1 cup diced yellow onions
1/3 cup diced green peppers
1/3 cup diced red peppers
1 tablespoon of ground black pepper
1/4 tablespoon crushed red peppers
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon salt mixed with 1/2 cup water (Brine)
1/4 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon yellow mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
4 cups Heinz ketchup #10 can

Saute' the onions, peppers, and crushed red peppers in canola oil lightly browned. add chopped garlic, simmer 1-2 minutes then and brine and simmer for 5 more minutes. Add brown sugar, honey, and molasses and cook until the sauce begins to caramelize. Add vinegar, mustard, and Worcestershire and simmer 15 minutes. Add ketchup and simmer 10 minutes more. let cool.

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