How to make BBQ Sauce

Takes 60 minutes | Serves 10 |

Ingredients

30 g butter
5 ml olive oil
450 g onion
5 each garlic cloves
40 g jalapeño chili
90 g raisins
120 ml bourbon (optional)
120 ml strong coffee
120 ml cola
120 ml ketchup
60 ml soy sauce
60 ml balsamic vinegar
30 g brown sugar
30 ml Worcestershire sauce
30 ml hoisin sauce
15 g Coleman's mustard powder
4 g ground allspice
4 g freshly ground black pepper
4 g cayenne pepper
2 g ground paprika
1 each lime
60 ml sesame oil

Steps

Preparation

• Heat the butter and olive oil over low heat in a large pot.
• Add finely chopped onion, garlic, and chili as well as raisins. Cover and simmer until the onions start to caramelize at the bottom of the pot (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally.

Cooking

• Pour coffee and cola into the pot, and dissolve all the bits that have stuck to the bottom of the pot using a wooden spoon. Reduce the liquid by about 50%.
• Add ketchup, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire, and Hoisin Sauce, and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Add mustard powder, allspice, pepper, cayenne pepper, and paprika and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Finishing Touches

• Blend the sauce until smooth, then add lime juice and sesame oil. Taste and adjust to suit your preference.
• Pour the sauce into jars with lids. The sauce will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month.