Barbecue Sauce Base Recipe

Name: Barbecue Sauce Base Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 small onion, chopped; 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco; 16 ounces tomato sauce; 1/4 cup cider vinegar

A versatile BBQ sauce base that can be customized with various flavorings.

⭐ 3.9 (29 reviews) Prep: 10 minCook: 20 minTotal: 30 minYields: 40 servings

Category Tags:

Sauce Ingredient

Cuisine Tags:

American

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Instructions

Sauté chopped onion and minced garlic in olive oil in a saucepan until transparent.
Stir in lemon juice, salt, pepper, paprika, mustard, and Tabasco; simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to low, then add tomato sauce and vinegar and simmer for 15 minutes.
Customize the sauce with desired flavorings such as brown sugar, honey, chiles, or liquid smoke.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 17 kcal

Carbohydrate: 1 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Fiber: 0 g

Protein: 0 g

Saturated Fat: 0 g

Sodium: 87 mg

Sugar: 1 g

Fat: 1 g

Unsaturated Fat: 0 g