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Sweet and Sour BBQ Sauce

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
60 min
TOTAL TIME
75 min
SERVINGS
16 servings
Brunch Lunch Dinner Southern
Sweet and Sour BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 (5.5 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
  • 2 fluid ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 fluid ounce bourbon whiskey
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons minced white onion
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 pinch Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 pinch celery salt
Instructions
1
Combine ketchup, brown sugar, and tomato paste in a saucepan over medium heat.
2
Add vinegar, corn syrup, pineapple juice, bourbon whiskey, and water to the saucepan. Stir well to combine all ingredients.
3
Add diced onion to the saucepan and sauté for 5 minutes, until it becomes translucent.
4
Add lemon juice, mustard powder, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and black pepper to the saucepan.
5
Stir in onion powder, garlic powder, allspice, Chinese five-spice powder, and celery salt.
6
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let it simmer for about 1 hour, or until the flavors have melded together and the sauce has thickened slightly.