Espresso BBQ Sauce

Dan    Appetizers & Co., Recipes     bbq, coffee, quick and easy, sauce, summer

What you’ll need…

1 yellow onion

3 garlic cloves

1/2 cup espresso

1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

2 TBSP dijon mustard

2 TBSP worchestershire sauce

2 TBSP tabasco sauce

1/4 brown sugar

1 TBSP ground black pepper

2 TBSP chili powder

1 TSP red curry powder

olive oil

For the coffee fanatic in all of us! This unique BBQ sauce has a little kick, and goes great with anything you’re wanting to throw onto the grill, especially beef or pork. It’s so tasty you could even sip it like it’s espresso…on second thought, that’s weird. Please don’t do that.

Making home-made BBQ sauce does involve a long(ish) list of ingredients, but is actually really easy to make. In lieu of espresso you can use a 1/2 cup of strong, dark roast coffee.

Start off by chopping the onion and mincing the garlic cloves. Place them in a large pan with a bit of olive oil on medium-high heat. Once the onion has softened add in all of your wet ingredients and give everything a good stir. Once the mixture starts to bubble, turn down to low heat. Now, add all of the remaining (dry) ingredients and mix well. Let it simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, remove the sauce from the heat, and let it cool down for 5 minutes. Place contents into a blender and blend on high for 1 minute. Now your sauce should be perfectly pureed! Keep this BBQ sauce in a covered container in your fridge and it will last you for up to 10 days. Now, smother, marinate, grill, and enjoy!

Yields 2 1/2 cups of BBQ sauce

Total cook time…30 min

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