aka Tennessee BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 C Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey plus 1 TBL
- 4 cloves garlic – minced or grated
- 1/2 C Vidalia onion – minced or grated
- 2 C Sir Kensington ketchup (or Heintz)
- 1/3 C white vinegar
- 3/4 C fancy molasses
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 4 Roma tomatoes (oven baked)
- 3 TBL Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp Liquid Smoke
- 1 tsp Frank’s Red Hot Sauce – Cayenne Pepper sauce
- 1 TBL Grandpa’s Thunder Powder
- Put roma tomatoes halved and face up on baking sheet
. Drizzle with oil and Sprinkle with salt - Add entire head of garlic . Cut off top
. Drizzle with oil and Sprinkle with salt . Wrap in foil - Add large quartered onion
. Drizzle with oil and Sprinkle with salt . Wrap in foil - Bake all at 350° for an hour
- Blend with 1 TBL Grandpa’s Thunder Powder and Cayenne Pepper sauce
- Run through a food mill or sieve to remove solids
- Transfer liquid to a heavy sauce pan
- Add the following
- 1/2 C lemon juice with zest
- 1/2 C Jack Daniels
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/4 C Grandma’s Unsulfured Molasses
- 1 TBL Worchestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Liquid Smoke
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- 1 TBL dried mustard powder
- Bring the contents to a slow boil, then reduce heat and simmer (uncovered, on low) for 20-30 minutes
- Stir in 1 TBL Jack Daniel’s and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Brush onto the meat, poultry, seafood of your choice for grilling.
