Does anyone here make their own BBQ sauce? Do you care to share your recipe?

There are so many I could give you -

here's a basic:

1 onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 6 oz. can tomato paste
1 clove garlic
1 cup water
1 Tbsp salt
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
10-12 drops hot pepper sauce
1/3 cup lemon juice

Sauté onion in butter in skillet, until transparent but not brown. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer on low heat 1 - 1-1/2 hours. Makes about 1-1/2 pints. Maybe refrigerated up to 3 weeks. Great for chicken, pork chops, ribs.


4 cups ketchup (about two 24-oz. bottles)
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons chili powder
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 bay leaves
2 cups finely chopped onions
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup butter or margarine
6 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
4 1/2 cups beer

Combine all ingredients in large stainless steel or enamel saucepot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 1 hour. Remove bay leaves. Store in covered containers in refrigerator overnight to allow flavors to mellow. Can be made ahead up to 1 month in advance. Makes about 10 cups,



2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp sorghum molasses
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tbsp Dijon mustard

Just mix the ingredients and cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

My mom usually makes our barbecue sauce. We usually like our barbecue sauce from the marinade itself, because all the flavor of the meat was there. What we do is simmer it and add sugar, catsup and calamansi. Well it really depends on your taste but we definitely love that.

We usually just spruce up the bottled BBQ sauce. I really haven't found a recipe that my husband likes. He likes the BBQ sauce to be hot and sweet.

How do you spruce up your bottled sauce? I prefer the darker barbeque sauces that are just about black. I do not like Kraft. Thanks for those recipes!