Need help with how to make a sauce with these ingredients.

[worm304]

So I ate at this BBQ joint in South Carolina a couples years back and took a pic of this recipe they had for a sauce I liked. Can anyone help with how I might go about cooking it up? Thanks!!

 

[markh024]

Smoke Onion and garlic. combine all ingredient to a processor/blender. puree or liquify them. Transfer into a pot, bring to boil then reduce heat and gently simmer for 10-20minutes. Allow to cool and store. That would be my method.

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

I'll take a stab at this. Smoke your onions, and garlic at 225 for a few hours. Put them in a blender. Squeeze the oranges into said blender, add the rest of the ingredients and blend. Put the liquid into a saucepan and simmer for a while.

 

[chilerelleno]

Juice the oranges, decide if you want the pulp in it or not.
You might zest one orange and experiment with adding the zest, I'd try one teaspoon at a time.

Puree or finely mince the onions and garlic.
Think smooth or chunky sauce.

Combine it all together in a sauce pan and bring it to either a boil or fast simmer for a while.
Cool and bottle.
Do some taste testing over the next few days.

Buy some spicy Mexican ketchup and add for a bolder, spicier flavor?

Experiment with substituting other herbs for the rosemary?
I love Lemon Thyme and Sage.

 

[chilerelleno]

I'll give it a shot and tell you what I think of it.

 

[markh024]

Juice the oranges
You might zest one orange and experiment with adding the zest, I'd try one teaspoon at a time.

Puree or finely mince the onions and garlic.

Combine it all together in a sauce pan and bring it to either a boil or fast simmer for a few minutes.
Cool and bottle.
Do some taste testing over the next few days.

Follow this guy. He knows a thing or two about smoking and cooking food in general. :)

 

[krj]

So I ate at this BBQ joint in South Carolina a couples years back and took a pic of this recipe they had for a sauce I liked. Can anyone help with how I might go about cooking it up? Thanks!!View attachment 396825

Looks like it's a pretty thick and heavy sauce, but it sounds like it'd be tasty.

I'll give it a shot and tell you what I think of it.

If Chile won't try it, nobody should lol.

 

[Jonok]

Stands to reason the SC boys are giving away ketchup based recipes, but not the vinegar/mustard ones...

 

[JC in GB]

I have seen a guy make a similar sauce to this. He juiced the oranges then simmered the peel in the sauce.

 

[SmokinLogs]

However or whoever tries it, let us know the details. It sounds awesome!

 

[chef jimmyj]

I have seen a guy make a similar sauce to this. He juiced the oranges then simmered the peel in the sauce.

Careful, my Friends! The White Pith in citrus peel, will make a Sauce very Bitter. Before you squeeze the fruit. Use a Peeler to remove strips of the very outer Zest Only. Even with a Peeler, if there is any Pith still there, scrape or cut it away. Your sauce will get the fruity flavor without the bitterness...JJ

 

[chilerelleno]

Like I said, "...zest one orange."

 

[jokensmoken]

Stands to reason the SC boys are giving away ketchup based recipes, but not the vinegar/mustard ones...

I posted a great vinegar mustard recipe in the sauces section a couple weeks back that came from my sisters grandmother in law from S. Carolina that, IMHO, will knock your socks off...took me a dozen years to worm it out of her.
Walt

 

[JC in GB]

Like I said, "...zest one orange."

I imagine that would do about the same. He removed the orange halves before serving.

Well at least it looks like we are building a consensus.

 

[worm304]

Thanks, gents!! They had recipes for all of their sauces hanging up but I really only liked this one so I took a picture of it. I do recall it was a thinner sauce and I do like a thinner sauce. Any suggestions on what to add to thin it out if it's too thick? I'm hoping to give it a go this weekend while I'm doing some ribs and chicken quarters on the lang. Question about the smoked garlic. Do I just slice off top quarter and set it in the smoker? And the onion, just half it and set it in? Thanks again!

 

[chilerelleno]

Cut back on sugar/molasses or tomato paste a bit, and add more vinegar/juice.
Finely puree everything.
You can also strain the sauce through a sieve to remove solids.

Garlic/Onions
Peeled cloves.
Quarter the onions if they're huge.

 

[worm304]

Cut back on sugar/molasses or tomato paste a bit, and add more vinegar/juice.
Finely puree everything.
You can also strain the sauce through a sieve to remove solids.

On it! Thanks!

 

[jokensmoken]

Just a thought...OJ concentrate? Solves the pith and pulp problem ~maybe ~ thoughts anyone.

 

[worm304]

Just a thought...OJ concentrate? Solves the pith and pulp problem ~maybe ~ thoughts anyone.

I am not sure how much liquid would come free 2 peeled and pureed oranges so I may just use the juice of 4. I know the recipe calls for 2 oranges but we have no way of knowing exactly what they did with them.

 

[jokensmoken]

I am not sure how much liquid would come free 2 peeled and pureed oranges so I may just use the juice of 4. I know the recipe calls for 2 oranges but we have no way of knowing exactly what they did with them.

Right...kind of guess work...
You might consider googling other bbq recipes with oranges and see what others do.