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Absolutely Awesome BBQ Sauce

Rated as 4.64 out of 5 Stars
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"I have tried many, many BBQ sauces, but I always come back to this one! Using chile sauce in addition to a little ketchup give this sauce extra flavors to tantalize everyone's taste buds!"
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Ingredients

55 m servings 81 cals
Original recipe yields 16 servings (2 cups)

Directions

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  1. In a saucepan over low heat, mix the brown sugar, chile sauce, rum, soy sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, dry mustard, and pepper. Simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool, and refrigerate until ready to use.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 81 calories; 0.1 g fat; 16.1 g carbohydrates; 0.5 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 313 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Most helpful positive review

Finally, the perfect bbq sauce. We prefer to substitute bourbon for rum, and be sure to use LOW SODIUM soy sauce. It's very quick and easy to make. Everyone raved over the pork bbq; I just pla...

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I liked the underlying flavors, but I found it to be way too sweet.

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Finally, the perfect bbq sauce. We prefer to substitute bourbon for rum, and be sure to use LOW SODIUM soy sauce. It's very quick and easy to make. Everyone raved over the pork bbq; I just pla...

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Wow this is the best BBQ sauce recipe I have ever made! I used it on ribs and I am sold - all the other recipes I have for BBQ sauce are out the door as this one is the one I will use for ever! ...

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For years I have been developing new BBQ sauce recipes and looking at existing ones. I have jsut tried it and served it with Baby Back Ribs- I doubled the recipe because there never is enough s...

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This is one of the best BBQ sauce I have ever had! Like most people said, it was really way too sweet using a cup of brown sugar. I will definitely cut it in half next time. I also skipped the r...

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thanks joel...this sauce is truly amazing! made it last weekend with chicken and this weekend substituted bourbon for the rum and kept all other ingredients the same and used for sparibs. outsta...

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Just made some for my pulled pork.I also used garlic powder.Also added a few drops of Liquid Smoke and chili flakes.This is the best homemade sauce,and as one reviewer suggested,I should have ma...

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This is the BBQ sauce I grew up on. My dad would make this all the time on his ribs! Awesome!

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The only reason this didn't get 5*'s is because it is soooooo salty! Otherwise, the flavor is excellent - I will try again with reduced sodium soy and see if it makes a difference. Otherwise, ...

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Absolutely Awesome is right! I made this for my husband and he said it was by far the best bbq sauce he has ever tasted. I actually put it on top of salmon and the bbq sauce complimented it pe...

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