So, my brother and I went to Kroger yesterday with three recipes for Blueberry, Cherry and Raspberry BBQ sauces to try with some chicken on the grill.
https://www.pepperscale.com/blueberry-chipotle-bbq-sauce/
Blueberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 1/2 cups ketchup
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce minced (plus 1 extra tablespoon adobo sauce)
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
- Dashes salt and pepper more to taste
Instructions
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the blueberries, honey, and water. Cook the mix, stirring often, until the blueberries begin to soften and burst (approximately 10 minutes).
- Transfer the blueberries to a high-sided pot. Using a food processor, process the blueberries until smooth (or until they reach your desired consistency for the BBQ sauce).
- Add the ketchup, molasses, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, chipotle peppers and adobo sauce, liquid smoke, and salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Taste the sauce and add additional salt, pepper, or chipotle pepper (for a hotter sauce) to taste.
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https://heygrillhey.com/cherry-chipotle-bbq-sauce/
Cherry Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup fresh or frozen sweet cherries pits removed
- 1 chipotle pepper
- 1 tablespoon adobo sauce taken from the can of chipotle peppers
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine all of the ingredients. Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes, stirring often. Turn off the heat and allow the sauce to cool before transferring to a blender. Blend until the sauce is smooth.
- Store the sauce in a tightly sealed jar or container. Will last for 1 week in the refrigerator.
Recipe Notes
As written, this recipe has only the slightest kick of spiciness. If you want to increase the heat, add another chipotle pepper and some more of the adobo sauce.
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https://www.joyfulhealthyeats.com/raspberry-chipotle-bbq-sauce-recipe/
Raspberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup of red onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of liquid smoke
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 large chipotle peppers, minced {from can of chipotle peppers in adobe sauce}
- 2 pints of raspberries
- 15 oz. tomato sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat a large saute pan to medium high heat, add olive oil and red onion.
- Saute for 2-3 minutes until onions are translucent, add garlic cloves and chipotle peppers. Stir and saute for 30 seconds.
- Next add in tomato sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and liquid smoke. Stir until brown sugar is dissolved.
- Add in raspberries, stir and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling reduce heat to simmer and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Stirring on occasion.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Store in airtight container in the refrigerator.
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So there are the three recepies we used. How did they turn out? Well...
The Blueberry is the spiciest and doesn't taste
too bad, but it wasn't anything like I was expecting. The Cherry reduced too much on the stove and came out almost as a paste and about half of what it was supposed to be. It's... meh at best too.
But that Raspberry. Oh wow.
I've not tasted something that vile in a long time. It was just... the reaction was instantaneous for me. My brain was screaming, "NO!! WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME??" The tomato taste was overpowering, the vinegar was ugly... Just nothing redeeming about that sauce at all. None.
To be honest, we're both pretty disappointed in all of the sauces - my brother says disappointed may be too lenient a word for how he feels. They're nothing like I was expecting them to be. Honestly, I think there's just too much tomato in all of them and it ruins the flavor. I was expecting a blueberry taste with some smoke and heat - but the tomato and vinegar and other stuff just ruins it for me. The cherry...
All of these sauces taste like you too ketchup (an ingredient in two of the three with sauce in another, I know), blended a few berries and threw in a pepper. Ew. Gross.
We're going to try using jams as mentioned above instead of fresh fruit next week or next payday to see if this improves things - but I'm not holding out any hope at all.
