Spicy Orange BBQ Sauce
photo by ANN N.
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) bottle Heinz ketchup
- 1⁄8 cup honey
- 1⁄8 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄8 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup Worcestershire sauce (start with 1/4 cup. Add rest gradually stop when you reach your desired taste.)
- 1 small orange, zest of
- 1⁄4 cup diced onion
- 2 whole bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic (minced)
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon coarse black pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried red chili pepper
- 3 dashes louisiana hot sauce
directions
- In a med. saucepan over med. heat. Simmer Ketchup, honey, sugar and butter.
- Stir constantly until butter is completely melted - Do not boil!
- Add other ingredients- simmer 10 minutes and taste.
- Gradually add additional seasoning until desired flavor is reached. (ie. Spicier- more pepper, sweeter- more honey.)
- IMPORTANT.
- When adding ingredients do not exceed 1/8 teaspoons at a time. After you add, let it simmer for at least five minutes This will bring the flavors and give you a more honest taste.
- Also if you boil it you'll most likely burn it, so stir constantly.
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Reviews
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I made this late at night and read "1 small orange, zest of" and away I went zesting the entire orange. Needless to say, the sauce had an overpowering orange flavor! This weekend we experiemented with 4 new bbq sauces; this being one. I was skeptical about the outcome and placed it at # 4 favorite. BBQing brought out the best in the sauce and enhanced the orange flavor, propelling it to the #1 slot, our favorite sauce of the weekend. Next time I plan to use less orange zest but this is one instance where a mistake turned out great!
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Wow! What a kick. I made this in the crockpot with a pork roast. Because I was making this recipe to review for PAC-2006 I used the amounts listed in the recipe. The only changes I made were to stop with the worcestershire sauce at 1/2 cup. Only because when I got there the flavors seemed to meld together perfectly. Instead of cooking the sauce separate, because I was using the crockpot, I mixed everything together and poured it over the roast. I let it all sit overnight in the fridge and turned it on in the morning. We came home to dinner waiting. After cooking all day it really had a kick. If you don't like things spicy go easy on the peppers and hot sauce. I also like my BBQ sauce on the sweet side and so I added another 1/4 cup of brown sugar and let it cook a little longer while I made the sides. Then I shredded & "pulled" it with forks and enjoyed! This was some of the best BBQ pork I have had. The orange zest really makes it stand apart from the crowd. Thanks for another good one T-3!
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This is one great bbq sauce!! I mixed all the ingredients as listed..our ketchup was the spicy one Heinz sells...I tossed it in the crockpot with a roast. It turned out to be the best bbq beef I've ever made!! The orange zest is a background flavor that is just awesome!! Thank you tornadoes three!!!
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