Barbecue Sauce

Grocery List or things you need to be sure you have on hand: Onion, vegetable oil, garlic powder, catsup, Worchestershire Sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, tomato sauce or juice, dry mustard, chili powder, parsley flakes, cornstarch.
Approximate Preparation Time: 15 minutes preparation + 30 minutes to simmer
Ease of Preparation: Easy
List of Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large cooking onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup catsup
4 Tablespoons Worchestershire Sauce
3 Tablespoons vinegar
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup tomato sauce or juice
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon chili powder OR
dash of tobasco sauce
3 Tablespoons dried parsley flakes
dash of salt (optional)
1 - 2 Tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in water.
Directions: Chop onion into small pieces and saute onion and garlic powder in vegetable oil. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the remainder of the ingredients and simmer for about another 30 minutes.
Hints, Tips and Variations: This is a sweet mild barbecue sauce. Adding a little salt helps balance the flavor. Some people like thicker sauce and some thinner. You can thicken wiht cornstarch to your preference.
Good Cooks Tell All: This is a recipe my mother used to make all the time when we went on picnics. We didn't have much money growing up so she used "weenies" cut up in bite sized pieces and slowly simmered in the sauce. It would be packed up and put in the car and we smelled it all the way to the park. We were so hungry by the time we got there, it didn't last long!
Submitted by: Jean Higgins Root
The Source of This Recipe: Mama
Skinny It Down: Use sugar free catsup and brown sugar substitute

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