Barbecue Sauce Base

Ingredients:

16 oz tomato sauce
1 small onion
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic - minced
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp Tabasco
1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Saute onion and garlic in olive oil in a saucepan. Cook until transparent. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper , paprika, mustard and Tabasco. Mix well. simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add tomato sauce and vinegar.

Let simmer for an additional 15 minutes. From here you can add whatever flavour you want. Brown sugar, honey or molasses for a sweet sauce. chillies and cayenne for a hot sauce. Really, whatever you like.

This is the base you need to get started. This recipes will give you a good. thick tomato sauce that you can then add to.

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