Mississippi Sweet and Sour Barbeque Sauce

Description

A sweet and sour version of barbeque sauce for shrimp, pork, and chicken. This sauce is very potent, so use sparingly as a baste while cooking shrimp, pork, and chicken. To make into a dipping barbeque sauce increase the amount of brown sugar to 1 cup and use white vinegar instead of apple cider vinegar.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ketchup
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 (5.5 ounce) can tomato paste
  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup dark corn syrup
  • 2 fluid ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 fluid ounce bourbon whiskey
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons minced white onion
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 ½ teaspoons mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 pinch Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 pinch celery salt

Instructions

  1. Combine ketchup
  2. brown sugar
  3. tomato paste
  4. vinegar
  5. corn syrup
  6. pineapple juice
  7. bourbon whiskey
  8. water
  9. white onion
  10. lemon juice
  11. mustard powder
  12. hot pepper sauce
  13. Worcestershire sauce
  14. salt
  15. black pepper
  16. onion powder
  17. garlic powder
  18. allspice
  19. Chinese five-spice powder
  20. and celery salt together in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil
  21. reduce heat to low
  22. and simmer until flavors have blended and sauce is slightly reduced
  23. 1 hour.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Servings: 16

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