Forgive me Father, I have SINNED! I have thrown in the TRASH a big unopened bottle and half another bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's.
Why? Look at the ingredients on the bottle, the first ingredient is HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. It being first on the list means that SBR's is nearly ALL HFCS! This is an incredibly harmful and very unhealthy sweetener, and nearly every commercially made product uses it, and for nearly every successful (read: well loved) commercially made product, there is a healthier alternative, and so I made this today, so far it is REALLY good!
Just Like Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 cup ketchup (I used Heinz Organic ketchup, NO HFCS!)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses (I substituted Sorghum Syrup)
• 1 (6-ounce) can pineapple juice (preferably no sugar added)
• 2 tablespoons EACH: Worcestershire sauce AND apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon EACH: dry mustard powder AND smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon EACH: garlic powder, salt
• 1/2 teaspoon EACH: black pepper AND onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional (I used a good looooong squirt of Kim Kim Korean Hot Sauce)
Instructions
1. COMBINE: Add 1/3 cup water along with all the ingredients listed to a saucepan and whisk until smooth. When all the lumps have been worked out, bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
2. SIMMER: When it starts bubbling, lower the heat so it just simmers and allow it to cook for 5-7 minutes until it thickens. Keep in mind the sauce will thicken even further as it cools so you don’t want to cook it too much longer than that
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3. SERVE: brush on meats or poultry when grilling, as a sauce for pizza, or as a base for dips and dressings!
4. STORE: Covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
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Of course the recipe may need tweaking or adjusting to your tastes, but 15 minutes into this effort, I am already impressed with the results!
About the Kim Kim Korean hot sauce. It started as a couple hundred years old family recipe, and it is now bottled and sold in the US on a small scale. It is definitely a great Asian flavor, made with fermented soy paste and fermented chili paste, not too terribly hot, but OH MAN! The flavor!!! It's flavor profile folds right in with a good sweet tangy spicy southern style BBQ sauce.
Here is a link if you would like to order some, my house will (hopefully) never be without it!
https://ashmanco.com/ars/kim-kim-korean-hot-sauce/