| "The" Barbecue Sauce | | | | 2 lemons, sliced |
| This barbecue sauce is often referred to as a basting | | | | Pinch hot chile flakes |
| sauce, are vinegar or other based liquids that are | | | | Combine all the above ingredients in a pan and cook |
| applied to meats during the slow cooking process of | | | | at medium heat for 30 minutes. Mop sauce on meat |
| traditional bbq, to keep the meats moist and add | | | | every few minutes during cooking. |
| flavor. Mop sauce gets it's name from the tool that | | | | Georgian Style Barbecue Sauce |
| looks like a small kitchen mop used to apply the | | | | 1 1/2 cups beer or water |
| sauce. Most competitive bbq teams swear by their | | | | 1/4 cup vegetable oil |
| mops almost as much as they do their dry rubs. | | | | 1 yellow onion, minced |
| Mop sauce protects the moisture level of your meat, | | | | 2 cloves garlic, minced |
| mops will usually contain a vinegar or other liquid to | | | | 2 cups tomato puree |
| replace some of the fat that is lost during the | | | | 1/4 cup ketchup |
| cooking process. It is all about maintaining moisture as | | | | 1/4 cup cider vinegar |
| well as adding great flavor. | | | | 1/4 cup orange juice |
| Below are sauce bases that you can use to develop | | | | 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar |
| your own mop sauce. | | | | 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard |
| Texas Mop Barbecue Sauce | | | | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire saucesalt and freshly |
| 2 cans (12 ounces) light beer | | | | ground pepper, to taste |
| 6 ounces yellow mustard | | | | Warm the oil in a saucepan over medium heat, add |
| 8 ounces Worcestershire sauce | | | | garlic and onion and saute for about 5 minutes. Stir in |
| 12 ounces hickory flavored barbecue sauce | | | | tomato sauce, vinegar, mustard, orange juice, |
| 4 ounces honey | | | | ketchup, brown sugar, add the Worcestershire, salt |
| 4 ounces wine vinegar | | | | and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and |
| 1 white onion chopped | | | | cook until thick it should take about 15 minutes. |