Cooking Easy Recipes

K C's Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Servings:
12 Servings
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  • Stephen Ceideburg
  • 4 lb Fresh tomatoes, diced
  • 1/2 c Chopped onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1/2 ts Thyme leaves
  • 1 ts Basil leaves
  • 1 c Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 c Cider vinegar
  • 1/2 c Brown sugar
  • 4 ts Paprika
  • 1 tb Salt
  • 2 ts Cayenne
Cook the tomatoes with onion, garlic, thyme and basil in a heavy bottomed
saucepan for 25 to 30 minutes.

Rub the mixture through a sieve (if you don't want pulp).

Add lemon juice, cider vinegar, brown sugar, paprika, salt and cayenne
pepper. Bring to a boil.

Pour the sauce into sterilized 1/2-pint jars. Put on lids and process in a
boiling water bath (212 degrees F.) for 10 minutes after water reaches
boiling point. Store for future use.

When it's time to use, spoon the sauce into a saucepan and add 1 tablespoon
oil; bring to a boil.

Makes six 1/2-pint jars.

PER TABLESPOON (without added oil): 10 calories, 0 g protein, 2 g
carbohydrate, 0 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 49 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.

From Vernell Davis, K.C Barbecue.

From an article by Heidi Haughy Cusik in the San Francisco Chronicle,
6/12/91.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg