Ingredients

How to make it

  • 1) In a heavy, 3-quart saucepan over low heat, warm olive oil. Add onion and garlic, cover, and cook, stirring once or twice, for 10 minutes. Stir in chili powder blend and cook, covered, for 5 minutes more.
  • 2) Stir in crushed tomatoes, tequila, salsa, catsup, brown sugar, chipotles plus reserved liquid, vinegar, molasses, liquid smoke, lime juice and salt, and white pepper bring to a simmer. Cook, partially covered, stirring once or twice, until sauce has thickened slightly and is shiny (about 30 minutes).
  • 3) Cool sauce to room temperature and, if you prefer a smooth texture, force it through the medium blade of a food mill or puree in a food processor. Transfer to a storage container and refrigerate. (Note: sauce can be refrigerated for several weeks or frozen up to 3 months.)
  • Makes about 2 quarts

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  • notyourmomma 13 years ago
    Awesome combinations of flavor. This would be an explosive bbq sauce, finest kind. Thanks for the post.
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    " It was excellent "
    aussie_meat_pie ate it and said...
    What a beautiful sauce - thank you so much for sharing this with us I feel very blessed.
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  • rescue_ranger 14 years ago
    Joyce, you honor me Thank you very much
    RR
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  • rescue_ranger 14 years ago
    I use fresh...dried peppers de-seed them and lightly toast them in a cast iron skillet to bring the oils up and then grind them up a bit more time but it pays off in buckets in taste.
    RR
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  • conner909 14 years ago
    RR, this looks really, really good and I am not a big fan of bbq sauce, cuz it's hard to find a good one! Are the ancho and serrano fresh peppers or ground?
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    " It was excellent "
    windy1950 ate it and said...
    WTG Rescue Ranger!!! I am honored to bless it with high acclaim!! *****5***** (Is that enough fruit salad on either side of the "5"?? ;-)

    This is one SMOKIN recipe!!
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  • 22566 14 years ago
    HOLY TOLEDO!...Contrary to popular consensus,you CAN teach an ole' dog magic tricks.

    Risking in making a spectacle of myself,and not semantically inclined. I am vehement in my liking of said recipe. You are the safecracker to the secret formula in choreographing the dance on the palate, substantiating you as Grill Master in the presentation of this sassy sauce, althou I may be a bit fastidious at times,and am not omnivorousness in my nature when it comes to food, I would find myself indiscriminately wolfing this down and asking for seconds.My stetson off to you in salute.

    Kind Regards

    Joyce
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