Blue Ribbon BBQ Sauce

Mississippi Sweet and Sour BBQ Sauce

Recipe by Nina Bagley, Columbus, Ohio
First place and Best of Show, Sauces (Honey BBQ Sauce), 2017

Baking temperature: n/a
Baking time: Cooking 1 hour
Yield: 1 pint jar

Ingredients

• 1 c ketchup
• ¾ c dark brown sugar
• 1 5.5 oz. can tomato paste
• ½ c apple cider vinegar
• ¾ c dark fall honey (Ohio honey from my back yard)
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. bourbon whiskey
• 2 T water
• 2 T minced white onion
• 1 t salt
• 1 t black pepper
• 1 t onion powder
• 1/8 t ground allspice
• A pinch of Chinese five spice
• A pinch of celery salt
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 ½ teaspoon mustard powder

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors have blended and sauce is reduced, about an hour
• Process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

A sweet and sour version of BBQ sauce for shrimp, pork, chicken.

To make into a dipping BBQ sauce, increase the amount of honey