Barbecue sauce

Barbecue sauce

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
225ml/8fl oz tomato ketchup or tomato sauce
350ml/12fl oz cider vinegar
50ml/2fl oz Worcestershire sauce
75g/3oz golden granulated sugar
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper


• Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and sweat gently, stirring, for about 5 minutes.
• Add the ketchup or tomato sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, chilli powder and cayenne.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for about 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.


makes 600ml/1pt