Blueberry Bourbon BBQ Sauce

Inspired by BC Blueberries, a bottle of bourbon I was recently given, a bottle of Guy Fieri Bourbon/Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce, and a Crosby Molasses contest, I decided to try and create a Blueberry BBQ Sauce. With molasses. I’ve never made a BBQ sauce with molasses before but I know it’s been done. The bourbon was honestly an afterthought but it works. In fact I have received 4 thumbs up from the in-laws on this BBQ Sauce. Yahoo!

If you don’t like bourbon, leave the bourbon out. The first night we had it we slathered it on a pork tenderloin. Next we mixed it into turkey burgers (with blueberries) and used it as a sauce for the top.

Blueberry Bourbon BBQ Sauce

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Course: BBQ sauce

Servings: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 1/3 cup red onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup Crosby's Molasses
• 1 tbsp brown sugar + 1 tsp
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp prepared mustard
• 1 tsp chipotles in adobo
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1/4 cup water
• salt & pepper

Instructions

• Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in garlic cooking for an additional minute. Pour in bourbon and cook off for 1 minute.
• Reduce the heat to low. Add the ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, chipotle, blueberries, water and a pinch of salt & pepper.
• Simmer 30 minutes.
• Taste after simmering and adjust salt & pepper as needed.