Barbecue Sauce

Name: Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes 1 cup
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons canola oil; 1 medium Spanish onion, coarsely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; 1 cup ketchup; 1 heaping tablespoon Dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 canned chipotle chile in adobo, chopped; 2 tablespoons ancho chile powder; 1 tablespoon sweet Spanish paprika; 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon molasses; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

December 9, 2011

I created this barbecue sauce to top the Dallas and Cheyenne burgers (pages 37 and 39), but it’s also an ideal dipping sauce for Perfect French Fries (page 86). After you’ve made this quick and easy sauce once, you’ll want to slather it on grilled chicken, steak, pork chops . . . you might never go back to the bottled stuff.

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