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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Week 27 from the radio show

Week 27




OK its BBQ Season, well it’s always BBQ season, but now is the time of year when a lot of grills are being uncovered… there are some things to do before you fire the grill up for the first time of the season. Open the lid, look inside the bottom for anything that doesn’t belong there… spiders, bees nests, dust, leaves, mice and or there leave behinds… if you have a leaf blower or shop vac type , blow out the inside of the grill,. Go and fill your take. .. .dont turn the gas on until the match is lit. the electric starts don’t always work and the point may be dirty… so I like using a match or grill lighter,,,BOOM that’s why … wow ..  close the lid and let the grill get hot.. if you have a thermometer.. let it get over 600 degrees… then open the lid and use you brush to clean the racks.







White BBQ sauce

1 1/4 C. mayonnaise

1/4 C. horseradish

3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

1/4 tsp. salt



Store bought sauces

Bone Suckin' Sauce

This barbeque sauce is sweetened with honey and molasses, not high-fructose corn syrup and gets its zing from horseradish, mustard and apple cider vinegar. In BBQ sauce reviews, testers call this tomato-based sauce complex and smoky, if a bit thin. But you can thicken it if you want… I tell you how in a bit …



There other store boughts that aren’t bad are: cattlemens, sweet baby rays and stubbs



But if you want to be adventurous, heres an easy sauce for you.



BBQ 214

4 cups ketchup

1 10oz bottle A1 with tobasco

1 bottle Heinz 57

1 bottle Heinz chili sauce

1 ½ cups apple cider

½ cup Worcestershire Lea & Perrins

1/3cup Honey

1/3 cup molasses

1 ½ teaspoons liquid smoke

2 teaspoons blk pepper

3 cloves fresh crushed chopped garlic

2 teaspoons granulated garlic powder

2 TBL brown sugar

¼ cup soy

Stir all ingredients in a large saucepan over med heat and bring to a low boil, lower heat and stir almost continuously for 5 – 10 mins being careful not to burn, you can use this right away or pour it in to clean jars or ketchup bottles and will keep in refrig. For months.. this makes a decent BBQ sauce to start you off in making your own sauces.





Different things you can add to this sauce (but not all of them)



1 cup coke

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1 cup Jack Daniels



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1 bottle dark beer (Sam Adams black larger), 1 tbl stone ground mustard and ½ cup brewed coffee



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Something citrusy

Orange marmalade

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Mango chutney

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If your sauces seems to thin, you can do a couple of things.. you can add tomato paste, that will thicken it but also give more tomato flavor.. you can add more molasses, or more brown sugar.. these will help to thicken, maybe a little of each to help keep your balance of tomato and heat/sweet



Spicy Ketchup

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup ketchup

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 scallion, finely chopped

In a saucepan over medium heat, lightly saute garlic in butter, about 2 minutes. Add ketchup, red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper. Cook another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in scallions. Cool before serving.





Garlic lovers BBQ

2 cups ketchup

1 head of garlic, peeled and crushed

1 cup water

2 tablespoons hot sauce

1/4 cup honey

2 tablespoons molasses

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning

½ tsp

paprika

crushed red pepper

ground white pepper

ground black pepper

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 tablespoon water

1/2 cup butter

Directions

1. In a large saucepan over medium low heat, mix together ketchup, garlic, 1 cup of water, hot sauce, honey, molasses, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, Cajun seasoning, paprika, red pepper, white pepper and black pepper. Allow the mixture to simmer approximately 30 minutes.

2. In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1 tablespoon of water. Adjust amount of water as needed to fully dissolve cornstarch. Stir into the sauce mixture. Continue simmering approximately 15 minutes.

3. Stir butter into the sauce mixture. Continue simmering mixture approximately 15 more minutes, or until butter is melted and the sauce has begun to thicken. Serve over meats prepared as desired.



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