Tony Roma's Carolina Honey BBQ Sauce

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- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8-12
ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
directions
- Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan over high heat.
- Blend with a whisk until smooth.
- When the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer uncovered.
- In 30-45 minutes when the mixture thickens, remove from heat.
- If it becomes to thick you can thin it with more vinegar.
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Reviews
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This is wonderful! The flavors are perfectly balanced. I used hickory liquid smoke. Can't wait to find something to use this on! Thanks for the recipe! - Apr 20, 2008. Update: I ended up making some boneless pork ribs in the crockpot and shredding them up for sandwiches, with this for the sauce. Delicious! Thanks again!
Tweaks
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I know this is Todd Wilbur's Top Secret Recipe, but it has far too much vinegar in it. The first time I made this I reduced the vinegar to 2/3 c as suggested in reviews of various postings of this recipe. It was still over the top acidic from the vinegar. The amount of molasses also overpowers the delicate flavour of the honey. What I do now is use 1/4c apple cider vinegar, 1/4 c molasses & 1/4 c brown sugar, and leave the rest of the ingredients as noted. I also don't find that I need to simmer it for the noted length of time or it gets too thick.
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