Posts for: #Sauce

real good bbq sauce

ingredients

3    cups    sugar
some heinz (ketchup, 57, or HP)                    50%
mustard (yellow or brown)                          15%
vinegar (white wine, apple cidar, or homemade)     15%
a sweet (more ketchup, apple butter, sugar, etc.)  15%
hot sauce (truff or chiquita is my fav)             5%

instructions

  • mix contents together thoroughly
  • season with black pepper, garlic, onion, paprika, butt rubb, whatever you like
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spring roll cashew sauce

ingredients

2 tsp    smoked paprika
1 tsp    ginger powder
1 tsp    chopped onion
3 medium cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cup  cashew butter
1/8 cup  rice vinegar
1/8 cup  honey
1/8 cup  orange juice
1/8 cup  less-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp    salt, to taste
1 tsp    black pepper
1 tsp    red pepper flakes

instructions

  • in a food processor, blend ginger, garlic, and onion until chopped finely
  • add other ingredients and blend until smooth

notes

this is based on a recipe from noah baerman.

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spring roll peanut sauce

ingredients

2        dried ancho chili peppers
2 tsp    fresh ginger, chopped
6 medium cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup    peanut butter
1/4 cup  rice vinegar
1/4 cup  honey
1/4 cup  lime or lemon juice
1/2 cup  tamari soy sauce
1 tsp    salt, to taste

instructions

  • hydrate peppers in hot water for 5-10 minutes, then rinse in cold water, seed, and chop coarsely
  • in a food processor, blend ginger, garlic, and peppers until chopped finely
  • add other ingredients and blend until smooth

notes

kate ten eyck shared this delicious sauce with me one day during our lunch break. I think I saw stars. I asked for the recipe, but had to make loads of substitutions, hence the [[spring-roll-cashew-sauce]] recipe, where I added a spicy twist.

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