Barbecue sauce

Homemade BBQ sauce

It was the first snowy (and rainy) day of the year, and I had a hankering for pulled pork. While I usually use Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce, I had an almost empty bottle in my fridge and noticed that the first ingredient listed was high-fructose corn syrup. So I decided to make my own and it was super easy and super tasty.

I had to pick up mustard powder, and found it with mustard, not the spices, fyi.

Getting ready to become pulled pork

If not using right away, allow to cool completely before transferring to an airtight container and storing in the refrigerator.

Barbecue sauce
Makes: 3 cups
Source: Everyday Food, July/August 2005

Ingredients
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tablespoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 Tablespoons light brown sugar
2 cups ketchup
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon molasses
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions
1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in mustard powder and red pepper flakes; cook 30 seconds.

2. Reduce heat to medium-low; stir in sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire, vinegar, molasses, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 5-10 minutes.