Sweet -N-Tangy Barbecue Sauce

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).

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 6-8
• Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 1  cup apple cider vinegar
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  cup ketchup
• 1⁄2 cup chili sauce
• 1⁄2 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄2 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.