Wood Ranch BBQ Sauce Recipe
This Wood Ranch BBQ Sauce Recipe brings restaurant-quality flavor home! Made with molasses, vinegar, and brown sugar, it’s perfect for ribs, wings, and burgers.
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
- Whisk
- Wooden spoon
- Measuring cups and spoons.
- Heat-resistant jar/bottle
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups ketchup
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce.
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons salt-free butter.
- 1/4 water to alter consistency, as may be required
- Garnish with a splash of bourbon or espresso - optional extra depth!
Instructions
Step 1: Start the Base
- Add the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, and molasses to a medium-sized saucepan. Cook them on medium heat until they start to mix into a glossy, rich base.
Step 2: Add the Layers of Flavor
- Add Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, salt, and black pepper.
Step 3: Simmer to Perfection
- Turn the heat to low and allow it to simmer over a period of approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Shake now and then - it will begin to thicken and turn a characteristic BBQ color.
Step 4: Finish with Butter
- Add butter at the very end till creamy and better flavored.
Step 5: Taste and Adjust
- taste it--do you think it needs more vinegar, add another dash of it; or more brown sugar, another tablespoon of it.
Step 6: Cool and Store
- Allow to cool and pour into a jar/bottle. Keep in the fridge not more than 2 weeks (it never takes that long in my house!).