Recipe - Basic Barbecue Sauce

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Hello, Barbecue Enthusiasts!

Barbecue Sauce is for those who savor intense spicy flavors on their
grilled meats and seafoods. It is not a marinade and should only be
splashed on the finished meat just before it is removed from the grill and
served. Barbecue Sauce is a grilling sauce that has a thicker consistency
than a marinade, so the meat will not absorb the flavors until it has been
cooked.

Barbecue sauces come in a veritable plethora of flavors including spicy,
hot, garlic, mustard, brown sugar, honey, KC style, oriental, thick and
chunky, smooth and creamy, French, herbbased, smoke house . . . The list
goes on. Simply stated, barbecue sauce is a matter of one's personal taste
preferences and The Cook and Kitchen Staff strongly recommend that you
develop your own sauce that suits your personal taste.

Here are some to get you started:

Basic Barbecue Sauce: Combine the following ingredients in a large
saucepan: 1 quart vinegar, 1 32oz. bottle ketchup, 1 32oz. French or
Western Salad Dressing, 1 cup sugar, 2 Tbs. lemon juice, 2 Tbs. ground red
pepper, 2 Tbs. ground black pepper, and 1 tsp. salt. Simmer on low heat
until the sauce is thick and creamy. As an option, add 2 or 3 Tbs. liquid
smoke during the last 30 minutes of cooking.

Teriyaki Barbecue Sauce: Combine 2/3 cup Soy Sauce, One fourth cup Olive Oil, 1
Tbs. Ground Ginger, 1 Tbs. Garlic Salt, 3 Tbs. Brown Sugar, and 1 tsp.
Ground Mustard. Add finely chopped fresh mushrooms and green peppers for a
chunky sauce. Add more brown sugar or 1 Tbs. flour or cornstarch for a
thicker sauce. Perfect barbecue sauce for beef or chicken kabobs with whole
fresh mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, fresh chunks of pineapple, and green
peppers. Goes well with rice, Chinese Noodles, and Oriental Cole Slaw.

Hot Barbecue Sauce: Prepare basic sauce recipe and add 1 or 2 tsp. of
Tobasco or a can of minced green chilies ranging from jalapeno to poblano.
Great with chicken, seafood, or pork. Best served with baked potatoes,
cornbread, or a plain pasta salad to tone down the heat.

Honey Barbecue Sauce: Add One half cup honey to basic barbecue sauce recipe.
Perfect for Chicken or Cornish Hens.

Mustard Barbecue Sauce: Substitute any type of prepared mustard for ketchup
in the basic barbecue sauce recipe. Great on Seafood or Poultry.

Garlic Barbecue Sauce: Add 1 to 3 Tbs. fresh minced Garlic, depending on
the strength of garlic flavor desired, to the basic barbecue sauce. Add up
to One half cup of finely minced onions for extra zing, or add both One half cup
finely minced onions and green bell peppers for a really hearty barbecue
sauce. Makes a little thicker sauce for use on any type of Seafood, Meat,
or Poultry.

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