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kozar

(2,116 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 12:19 PM Mar 3

Ok my Bbq sauce

A can of tomato sauce, brown sugar,2 pinches, yellow mustard, 1 squirt,, and cook in the pan,on low,let it melt, we are in kitchen, cookng is fun. when the brown sugar melts, I add a small amount of honey, now, it's a sweet BBQ sauce.
Now comes the cayenne, salt,black pepper,
My pantry. Taste often,
Adjust to your heat level.

You, just made BBQ sauce, for4 dollars.
A quart of BBQ sauce!

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Ok my Bbq sauce (Original Post) kozar Mar 3 OP
Smells good, i'll give it a try coprolite Mar 3 #1
Yum! Sounds delicious! calimary Mar 3 #2
Oh yum,.. magicarpet Mar 3 #3
I just use JackStack's from the store.. lastlib Mar 3 #4
Dry Rub Botany Mar 3 #5
Here's mine for pork chowmama Mar 3 #6
Thanks I will try it. Botany Mar 3 #7
Uhmm frugal cook kozar Mar 3 #9
Outside of the Penzy's spices the rest of that stuff is not expensive @ all. And it lasts 4-ever too. Botany Mar 3 #10
Uhm ,is this my post? kozar Mar 3 #8

Botany

(70,510 posts)
5. Dry Rub
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 12:49 PM
Mar 3

1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tea NaCl …. Sea salt, kosher salt, regular salt … it is all salt. Do not use left over ice
melt sidewalk salt
2 tea pepper
1 tea garlic powder
1 tea onion …. Dried or powder
1 tea mustard powder
1 tea cinnamon
1/2 tea celery salt
2 tea red pepper seeds or penzy’s northwoods seasoning or chipotle


Rub on meat and bake for 2 hours or so @ 150 F. Finish on charcoal grill with
some smoke wood chips in water in Al pan on top of the Charcoal the before it gets
Going …. About 30 minutes. Indirect heat on the meat. Cook on Al foil not
on the grill rack. Add any left over dry rub to meat before cooking. Do not take meat
off grill until you see the smoke action for at least 15 to 20 minutes. Flip meat 1 time.
Let meat rest for 5 to 10 minutes on a warm plate before serving. I like chicken as my meat but pork
tender loin, brisket, turkey, or salmon (soaked cedar plank) are all good.

chowmama

(413 posts)
6. Here's mine for pork
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 01:09 PM
Mar 3

2 Tbsp sweet paprika. Can be 50% smoked paprika, but I’d avoid it for meat you’re going to smoke anyway.
1 Tbsp celery salt
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp cayenne, or to taste. This depends on the heat of the spice, as well as you. I have used as much as a Tbsp when the jar was weak. If you’re not fond of heat, 1 tsp may be enough. But it should be spicy.

To use, rub meat (usually ribs or some form of pork) with crushed fresh garlic. Optional, but this both flavors the meat and helps the rub to stick. (Or you can add a little garlic powder, say 1 tsp, to the dry mix.) This amount of rub will cover a rack of ribs. Let sit for a while before cooking. Serve the cooked meat with a warmed sweet/tangy barbecue sauce on the side.

Also a good steak rub, +/- the garlic.

Also good as a sprinkle on soups. It tastes much saltier than it is. Chicken noodle with a generous sprinkle will really help a cold, at least temporarily. Repeat as needed.

Large batch – 4oz paprika (1/2 cup). 2oz celery salt (1/4 cup) 1.35oz each cumin and cayenne (2 Tbsp + 2 tsp). Fits (tightly) in half pint jar.

Botany

(70,510 posts)
7. Thanks I will try it.
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 01:18 PM
Mar 3

I like these products. Just cover the meat with the product and bake @ 125 or so for 2 to 4 hours
and finish on the grill. The Caribbean Jerk is really good. Really easy.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362774793510

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3593-bladess-black-beans

This is one of the best recipes I have ever found. You can play with it. I like adding
some dark rum to the sauce before you mix in the beans. Btw a GOOD Ham Hock helps.

kozar

(2,116 posts)
9. Uhmm frugal cook
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 05:51 PM
Mar 3

Ty for posting here, most of us, can't afford all the ingredients in your post,
Most of America, has , salt ,pepper, onion powder, garlic powder.
Frugal cooking is not about what you have,
Consider yourself blessed, if you can afford all those ingredients
KOZ

Botany

(70,510 posts)
10. Outside of the Penzy's spices the rest of that stuff is not expensive @ all. And it lasts 4-ever too.
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 09:09 PM
Mar 3

Btw red chili seeds are really cheap and or grow. Grow them until fall and the fruits are
red and hang them upside down to dry. Cut off the roots first. Or buy them @ some farmer’s
market and dry them @ home.

Penzy’s is not that expensive for most things. Having the needed spices is the frugal thing to do too.
Btw just use sea salt if the recipe is calling for another type of salt.

kozar

(2,116 posts)
8. Uhm ,is this my post?
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 05:22 PM
Mar 3

( Smiling) and all these recipes here for BBQ?
But, none of you know, your cost for these flavors.
Yes they read fantastic. But what did you spend to make these flavors? Do you spend every time, you want these flavors?
This thread is frugal cooking.
Not, "what we ate today"
Koz

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