Mesa Barbecue Sauce

Mesa Barbecue Sauce

Info

Rating
Calories
222.0
Protein
3.0
Sodium
394.0
Fat
8.0

Description

At Mesa Grill, this barbecue sauce is used as is, or as a base for some more complex sauces. The ancho and pasilla chile powders add Southwestern flavors to the traditional barbecue-sauce ingredients: tomatoes, onions, garlic, sweet molasses, and brown sugar.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons canola oil
1 medium red onion, finely diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
8 plum tomatoes, seeded and coarsely diced
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons dark molasses
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon ancho chile powder (see Note)
1 tablespoon pasilla chile powder (see Note)
1 tablespoon paprika

Directions

  1. Heat the canola oil until almost smoking in a large saucepan over medium heat and sweat the onion and garlic until softened but not colored, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer 15 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer 20 minutes. Pour the mixture in a food processor and puree.
  2. Pour into a medium bowl and let cool to room temperature. May be refrigerated up to 1 week or frozen.

Tags

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