Amazing BBQ Sauce Update

Rosita's friend that we BBQ'd with last weekend was nice enough to share her bbq sauce recipe! I'm excited to document it so I can reuse it all the time!! hehe...The ingredient list is super extensive, but believe me it is completely worth it.

Ingredients:

2 tbs butter

1 tbs olive oil

1 onion finely chopped

1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

4 garlic cloves minced

3 medium jalepeño peppers, seeded and minced

1 cup packed brown sugar (our hostess toned this down to about 1/2 cup and tossed in some golden raisins)

1 cup cider vinegar

1 cup chili sauce

1 cup bottle bbq sauce

1 tbs mustard powder

1 tbs paprika

3 tbs fresh lemon juice

2 tbs Worcestershire sauce

2 tbs hot sauce (our hostess added a bit more hot sauce to make it spicier!! ok by me!)

2 tbs molasses

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Melt butter and oil in a Dutch oven on medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, cloves, and jalepeño peppers and saute for 5-6 minutes until onion is tender. Stir in brown sugar and remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Pour ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Recipe says to strain out the solids and discard, but our hostess informed us a blender works just as well and saves you from wasting all those tasty ingredients. I absolutely despise onions (their texture makes me gag), but the sauce was smooth so they were completely undetectable.