Magpie's Barbeque Sauce

This home-cooked barbeque sauce is especially great on pork or venison. This recipe makes plenty so you'll always have some when you need it. Use this to baste meats only during the last 15 minutes of cooking. Overcooking will give the herbs and spices a bitter taste.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 50 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon crushed dried chile pepper
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• ⅓ cup minced onion
• 1 ½ cups ketchup
• ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 cup balsamic vinegar
• ½ teaspoon Spanish paprika
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
• 1 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons ground mustard
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon bottled chipotle chile sauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat the bacon drippings in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook the onion in the bacon drippings until soft, about 7 minutes. Stir in the garlic and ginger. Cook and stir another 30 seconds. Reduce heat to low.

Step 2

Stir together the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, chipotle sauce, mustard, ground chile pepper, pepper, salt, cumin, coriander, and paprika in a bowl. Stir sauce into the onion mixture, and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.