Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce

Name: Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 (Makes 1 3/4 cups)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup, minced onion; 1 medium clove, garlic, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 teaspoon); 1 1/2 teaspoons, chili powder; 2 cups, tomato juice; 3/4 cup, distilled white vinegar; 2 tablespoons, Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 teaspoon, powdered mustard mixed with 1 tablespoon water; 1 teaspoon, minced chipotle chile in adobo; 2 tablespoons, molasses or dark molasses (not blackstrap); 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2004

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Smoke and spice are defining elements of Texas BBQ.

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SERVES4 (Makes 1 3/4 cups)

TIME55 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

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