🐰 🛡️ 👊🏿 BBQ sauce: what is it? 🤲🏿 🙆🏾 🈷️

One of the most famous and popular sauces in the world is considered to be "BBQ" sauce. This is an ideal addition to any kind of baked or fried meat and, of course, to barbecue. Freshly prepared sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time without losing its taste, and is also great not only for meat, but also for all kinds of sandwiches and hamburgers. So BBQ Sauce - What Is It? How to cook it? What is the composition? We will tell about everything in our article.

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In the USA, the word "barbecue" means immediately three concepts:

This is meat (pork, beef, chicken), fried on a spit over hot coals.
A picnic arranged in the open air for the sake of this meat itself.
And, of course, the BBQ sauce itself, which serves as a delicious addition to meat. It can be argued that BBQ sauce is a sauce that can gather close people in one company.

In Russia, it is customary to say "kebab", by which we mean these three concepts. But most often, in addition to flavorful meat, Russians use ketchup, mayonnaise or everyone’s favorite satsebel. However, recently BBQ sauce has gained its trust, many housewives have learned how to cook it at home.

BBQ Santa Maria Sauce

Ready-made sauce can be bought at any supermarket. There are a lot of manufacturers, but buyers prefer the Santa Maria brand, which has been on the market for more than a hundred years. This company has a whole line of sauces, marinades, barbecue oils. Let's look at some of them:

If you are a fan of the pronounced taste of smoked sweet-hot chipotle pepper, then Sweet & Spise Chipotle sauce is for you. It is ideal for beef steak, as well as for chicken, pork and hamburgers. It can be served with finished meat or greased steak when frying.
Want a sweet smoked flavor? Then a real American Smokey Hickory sauce will satisfy such a lover, and you can enjoy the taste of haze with a hint of walnut wood, watering it with pork ribs or chicken wings. If you want to marinate meat, then you need to add onion, cilantro and beer to the sauce.
If you are a lover of classics, then the American BBQ Sauce Original with a moderate aroma of smoke and a sweet and sour taste is for you.
Are you a fan of chicken and sausages on the grill? It is Sauce Roasted Garlic that blends perfectly with the wings, fillets or legs of poultry. This is a spicy tender sauce with fried fragrant pieces of garlic and spicy spices. It also makes deliciously grilled vegetables. You just need to add a little olive oil to the sauce and pickle them for literally ten minutes.
Sauce Kentucky Whiskey - This type of sauce for dishes cooked on an open fire, has a sweetish taste due to the fact that the composition of BBQ sauce includes American fruit whiskey from Kentucky. It is not only ideal for pork and beef, but also goes well with grilled shrimp.

The fact that these BBQ sauces are delicious and go well with any kind of meat is beyond any doubt. After all, by purchasing the products of this leading company, you can be 100% sure that the quality meets all the requirements. It’s not just that buyers all over the world leave only positive feedback on Santa Maria BBQ sauces. But if you want to surprise guests with your culinary abilities, then we offer you several recipes for making sauce at home.

Classic BBQ Sauce Recipe

To prepare the famous sauce according to the classic recipe, we need:

Canned tomatoes without skin and already chopped (you can use tomato paste) - 400 grams.
Water - one glass if you use tomato paste.
Brown sugar (molasses can be used) - one glass.
Mustard - two tablespoons.
Wine vinegar or lime or lemon juice - half a glass.
Black allspice - one teaspoon.
Cayenne pepper (can be replaced with paprika) - three teaspoons.
Worcester sauce (you can use sea salt or soy sauce) - one tablespoon.

The cooking algorithm is as follows:

Pour sugar into a deep bowl.
Add wine vinegar or lemon and lime juice to it.
Pour canned tomatoes there or tomato paste diluted in one glass of water.
Thoroughly mix the whole mass and pour in salt (or Worcester or soy sauce), black and cayenne pepper, mustard.
Now whisk everything with a whisk until a homogeneous mass and sugar dissolve.

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

The following ingredients are needed for this BBQ sauce recipe:

Tomatoes in their own juice - one can.
Red onion - one head.
Garlic - three cloves.
Vegetable and butter - one tablespoon each.
Molasses (can be replaced with honey) and sugar - a quarter cup of food.
Worcester sauce - one tablespoon.
Chili or Tabasco - to taste.
Ground cumin, coriander, red and black pepper, as well as nutmeg - according to your taste preferences.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the garlic and onion.
Melt the butter in a deep skillet and add the vegetable oil, as well as the onions and garlic, and then darken until transparent.
Now add sugar and molasses to the pan, stir until sugar is dissolved. If the mass is too thick, pour a little water.
Now pour the tomatoes and all the spices, mix and bring to a boil.
Cook over low heat for about 20 minutes to evaporate the excess liquid and the sauce becomes thick. Now pour the vinegar and Worcester sauce, boil again, and our sauce is ready.

The perfect sauce for duck or salmon

We need:

Onions - 400 grams.
Chilli Chilli - Three teaspoons.
Garlic - 100 grams.
Vegetable oil - four tablespoons.
Ketchup - 135 milliliters.
Tomato paste - 200 grams.
Juice and zest of one large orange.
Balsamic vinegar - two tablespoons.
Brown sugar - 50 grams.
Salt - one teaspoon.
Freshly brewed strong coffee - 200 milliliters.

Cooking like this:

Finely chop the onion and garlic.
Fry the garlic with onions in a deep pan until golden brown, add all remaining products and mix thoroughly until smooth.
Stew the sauce until thickened over low heat.

Garlic & Honey Sauce

Wine vinegar - 75 milliliters.
Tomato paste - 170 grams.
Linden honey - 30 grams.
Dried garlic - seven grams.
Ground red pepper - three grams.
Salt to taste.