Recipes

Simple Beer BBQ Sauce

By Steve Denney
  • Meal: Side Dish
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Serves: 12
  • Time: 5 minutes
  • Beer Style: Bock
 

Life in Texas means eating BBQ as often as possible and with at least one BBQ joint in every town, it's easy to do. Making BBQ sauce from scratch however, is typically left up to the restaurants and the grocers shelf.

Ingredients

2 cups ketchup
3-Tbls chili powder
12 oz Bock, Brown, Vienna, Kolsch or other malty beer
1 tsp smoked paprika
1Tbls regular paprika
1 Tbls garlic powder
2 Tbls Yellow Mustard
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (add more if you want more kick)
2 Tbls brown sugar; packed
2 Tbls molasses
2 Tbls apple cider vinegar

Directions

Whisk all ingredients in a sauce pan and turn heat to medium, bringing sauce to a slow boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with your favorite BBQ.

Pair My BeerSteve Denney, founder of PairMyBeer.com is an unsnooty foodie that loves craft beer and created a place online to learn and share how to pair and cook with craft beer. I look forward to “growing the craft beer community one meal at a time!”