Homemade BBQ sauce

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare food. Plain tap water or filtered water. You can even take butter from the freezer. Honey can be taken either liquid or thick, but natural.

2. STEP 2

   

   The sauce cooks very quickly, so you need to prepare everything you need right away. Weigh the ketchup and honey, squeeze out the lemon juice, press the garlic cloves through a press, and finely chop the onion. Wash the greens, dry them and chop them finely.

3. STEP 3

   

   Melt the butter. We cut it into small pieces and put it in a cold frying pan, then just turn on medium heat. This way the oil begins to melt smoothly and does not burn.

4. STEP 4

   

   We don’t wait for the butter to melt completely and add the onions. Fry the onion for about 6 minutes, don’t forget to stir. As soon as the onion has become transparent and begins to turn golden, add ketchup. Stirring, fry until it begins to set, this is a couple of minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour water, add honey, lemon juice and pepper, mix.

6. STEP 6

   

   Reduce heat to minimum or slightly higher, the sauce should simmer gently, without splashes or fading. Cook constantly stirring for 8 - 10 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Remove from heat and add garlic.

8. STEP 8

   

   Then chopped greens. / I added a couple of sprigs of dill and cilantro, only the most tender leaves, without stems. Greens can be replaced according to preference, but the taste will be better with fresh ones. Stir, taste and add salt, pepper and garlic if necessary. Then return to a warm stove and warm up a little, without letting it boil.

9. STEP 9

   

   The finished sauce has a rich red-orange color. Run a spatula along the bottom of the pan, if a path forms and immediately closes - the consistency is correct, there is no need to boil it thicker. The taste of the sauce is tomato, sweet and sour, with a pronounced garlic note. There is a sharpness, but not burning, a slight honey taste and the aroma of herbs. The palette of tastes is multifaceted, but everything is in moderation and the combination is harmonious.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cool the sauce and can be served with any meat, sausages, cutlets, pasta, rice... You can put it in a jar and store it in the refrigerator or take it outdoors, that’s why it’s barbecue sauce.

Comments on the recipe

Aselek

27.12.2023

4.5

And you don't need to buy! An interesting and interesting recipe for sauce with tomato paste.

Natalia M

27.12.2023

5

I’ve been wanting to make homemade barbecue sauce for a long time, but something always got in the way. The other day I decided to bake a pork knuckle and make a delicious sauce for it. This is where this recipe comes in handy. I reduced the amount of ingredients by half. I got half a half liter jar ready-made. I liked watching how the onions were fried in butter, it seemed to caramelize like apple filling) I took my own homemade ketchup, it was already delicious in itself and was perfect as a base for the sauce. I took different greens: parsley, dill, cilantro, celery. All the herbs are fragrant and enriched the sauce with their aroma. At first I had my doubts about honey, but added it anyway. It turned out that the honey note was very appropriate) I also added the rest of the ingredients and did not remove anything. The mixture of all these aromas and flavors became a wonderful barbecue sauce. It turned out to be medium thick, you can eat it just with bread) But with meat it’s even better! A very tasty sauce with a rich bouquet of aromas.