Smoked Barbeque Sauce

Cook time: 20 minutes | Yield: 4-6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups ketchup
• ½ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup water
• ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup steak sauce
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
• ½ teaspoon ground celery seed
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke

Directions

Heat the vegetable oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook about 5 minutes. Stir in ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, steak sauce, Worcestershire, molasses, mustard, celery seed and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the onion is tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the liquid smoke. Strain the sauce, pressing on the solids to extract any liquid.