I was at the grocery store on Sunday looking for a new sauce to spice up my ribs. Sense there are so many to choose from and most have catchy names I decided to look at the ingredients and go from there. To my surprise most of the sauces on the shelf not only contained High Fructose Corn Syrup but had it listed as one of the top three ingredients. A few brands even had it listed as the main ingredient. Personally I like tomato based sauces and I usually lean towards sweet and spicy. I couldn’t find any that really sounded like what I wanted and I didn’t want to ruin my ribs so I left. I went back home and started on a sauce of my own, here is what I came up with. Throw all the ingredients in a pot and let it simmer for about 30 minutes.
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 cup beer (use whatever you drink)
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons liquid smoke
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
It may have taken a little longer than planned, but I think I finally found my sauce.









