Ingredients (use vegan versions):
- 2 little cans of tomato paste
- molasses
- apple cider vinegar
- largley diced medium onion
- oil for cooking
- seasonings to taste:
- salt
- garlic powder
- ground red iepper (optional)
- Spike
- pepper and whatever else you want to throw in
- Liquid Smoke
Directions:
First, heat a pan on medium high heat. When it's
heated, cook onions in oil until they are carmalized
(light to dark brown). If they turn black, don't worry, they'll
still taste ok.
Once you get that going, put the cans of tomato paste in
a small pot. Add molasses and apple cider
vinegar. (A LITTLE , or rather large, HINT: Molasses
makes a BBQ sauce sweet. Apple cider vinegar makes
BBQ sauce tangy. SO, depending on how you like your
BBQ sauce- for example, I prefer mine a little more
sweet and tangy than some people, you might want to
add more or less of both depending on taste.) Stir this
for a while, and your onions should be done. Stir
onions in along with all your other spices.
A NOTE ON SEASONING: BBQ sauce absorbs a lot of
flavor, and the mixture of tomato past, molasses and
apple cider vinegar are pretty overpowering. To
compensate, add a lot of spices. It might seem like
you're adding too much, but you're not. Add some more.
And for the best results until you get it down, taste
periodically.
Liquid Smoke: THIS IS NECESSARY. otherwise, your
BBQ sauce will taste like wierd katchup. Add a good
amount depending on how smokey you want your BBQ
sauce to be. You can also use more of this in place of
salt.
Salt: use a lot of it and if you screw up and make it too
tangy or sweet the salt will cover it up.
Garlic Powder: use a good amount of this. Usually how
I judge it is I add until I think I added too much, then i
put more in (the same applies for salt, actually).
Ground Red Pepper: if you like spicy BBQ add a good
amount of it, but if you don't it tastes fine without it,
though I might call you a wimp.
Spike: I always use this stuff. If you don't have spike,
you're not a vegan cook. With that said, use a good
amount of this, too.
Pepper: duh. to taste.
Whatever else: See, one of the coolest things about
BBQ sauce is that it can have a million different tastes.
KC Masterpiece won't cut it and all of the good sauces have honey BBQ sauce
Experiment, make your own, and have fun.
Soundtrack: Youth of Today: We're Not In This Alone LP
Serves: A lot
Preparation time: 15 minutes
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