Homemade barbeque sauce (BBQ Recipes)

Member Name: leanne8686

Product:	BBQ Recipes
Date:	17/03/09 (372 review reads)
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Advantages: Homemade, you know whats in it, healthier than other bought sauces, so tasty!

Disadvantages: None

I think this fits into the BBQ recipes category as its great on all barbeques food aswell as anything else you fancy it on!

Another of my mums recipes.
I've been trying my best to get my fiance eating a healthier diet, one of the things he eats far too much of is BBQ sauce..on everything! I was appalled at the amount of junk in a good quality barbeque sauce, theres preservatives, artficial colours and flavourings!

While around at my mums the other day I remembered she used to make a mean barbeque sauce and so asked her for the recipe, my fella is really fussy too so he wasn't even keen on trying this but he loved it and I know he's getting more goodness from it than bottled stuff (I know I sound like his mum...)

An added bonus is it contains no faffy ingredients, probably stuff you already have in your cupboard so it won't cost extra to make.


Ingredients
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To serve about 6 people-

1 tin of chopped tomatoes (any brand you prefer)
1 tablespoon of corn flour (to thicken)
3 tablespoons of malt vinegar
A dash of worcester sauce
A pinch of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt and Pepper- season to taste.

* All these amounts are approximate, my mum has never been one for measuring ingredients out. Ad lib as you go along if you want it more tomatoey, sweet, spicy etc...


Method
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There is method in my mums madness.......

Add the tomatoes to a hot pan, let them simmer in their juice for a minute while you add the corn flour to a bit of water and mix until its smooth.
Add the corn flour mixture to the tomatoes, stir so its mixed in.

Add all the other ingredients to the pan and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Done.
You can eat it as it is, lumps and all or if like me you prefer a smoother sauce 30 seconds in a blender will sort it out.
The sauce is more red in colour than most shop bought barbeque sauces but has a very cimilar taste if a bit more tomatoey and fresh.

Gorgeous eaten hot or cold, up to you depending on what it's accompanying.

My mum originally made this sauce as a marinade for ribs.
My fella loves this with burgers and sausages (not barbequed yet obviously, done on the George Foreman grill)
I enjoy it slathered on corn on the cob or as a dipping sauce for chips and potato wedges.

A versatile sauce with no added crap :)

Summary: Tasty with anything!