Sweet -N-Tangy Barbecue Sauce

**Tinkerbell**'s Note:

The only barbecue sauce I use, for everything from shredded pork loin or ribs to thin sliced ham sandwiches or shredded beef. Often served with chilled potato salad & fresh homemade dinner rolls to mop up the sauce (if not using the meat in a sandwich already).

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-8

Yield: 3.0 cups

• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup chili sauce
• ½ cup Worcestershire sauce
• ½ small onion , finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)

Directions:

1. In large saucepan, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for about one hour. Stir occasionally.
3. *For ribs: Boil ribs with some salt & pepper and a quartered onion until tender. Then drain and place on broiler pan. Baste with sauce, broil 5 minutes, turn ribs over and baste other side. Broil 5 minutes longer. Serve.
4. *For shredded pork sandwiches: Put sauce and pork loin in crock pot on low for 5-6 hours or until pork begins to shred itself when poked with a fork.
5. *For barbecue ham sandwiches: Put sauce and thin, deli sliced ham torn into 2 inch pieces into crock pot and heat on low for 2 hours or until hot.

Reviews

[martin8964_6238997]

I made this yesterday for my baby back ribs. It is just the taste I was looking for. At first I thought maybe it would be to hot for me. Not at all.... Not to sweet, not to hot, just the right tang. Very very good. It is for sure a keeper. Thanks Tinkerbell. No more store bought for us.

[Chef #705886]

Wonderful and easy. Some sauces can take a lot of time, but this was quick and easy as sauces go and taste fantastic. I found this one looking for some sauce for some pulled pork I was making. I was so proud of everything I shared my fixings with several people. They all loved it. One sugestion though. If you're going to use a squirt bottle like I did make sure to chop your vegies very fine or you'll have to lop the top of the spout like I did to get it to work.

[that_biLL_guy]

Well I guess I'll be the first to rate and review this one. Excellent!!!! I needed sauce for my pulled pork which called for sweet baby rays but I decided to just make my own. SBR's is over rated in my opinion anyway. I had everything I needed for this recipe already so I decided to go with this. After I let it cook for an hour I tasted it and WOW it made my eyes water and thought I may need to dilute it a bit but after I put it on the pulled pork it was perfect just the way it was. It has plenty of zing thats for sure. My ex-wife stopped by just as I mixed it with the pork and said she could smell it as she was coming up to the house so I told her to try some. She's jealous cause I'm a better cook than she is LOL!!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe