BBQ Sauce – JRP’s Tangy Caribbean

THE SECRET:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 block (7 oz) of tamarind paste
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 32oz bottle of ketchup
  • 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup yellow mustard
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (ground)
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp ground ginger
  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Pour 1 1/2 cup of boiling water over tamarind and let it soak.
  2. Sautee onions in olive oil until translucent.
  3. Mix together all other ingredients.
  4. When water has cooled, mash tamarind with fingers (or work it with a potato masher while the water is still hot).
  5. Work tamarind paste through a screen/mesh strainer and scrape off into sauce.
  6. Blend sauce with an immersion blender.
  7. Simmer on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  8. Keep refrigerated.

NOTE:  Makes 64+oz.  (Save your 32oz ketchup bottles).

 

 

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