SLOPPY JOE W/ HOME MADE BBQ SAUCE

Sloppy Joe with Homemade BBQ Sauce

 Classic BBQ Sauce 

 Ingredients:

* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 3 cloves garlic crushed
* 1/4 cup minced onion (I used the whole medium onion)
* 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
* 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons vinegar
* 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
* 1 teaspoon dry mustard (I used a Tablespoon of Golden spicy mustard)
* 1 teaspoon cayenne (I used a splash or two of American Style Hot Sauce)
* fresh ground pepper to taste (I skipped the black pepper)

The olive oil, garlic and onion were placed in a coffeepot and heated until the onions were opaque. The rest of the ingredients were added and the pot brought up to temperature (about 2 more hours).


I put one tablespoon olive oil and ½ rough cut onion in the coffee pot and cooked it until the onions were opaque. I then added the steak and two ounces of vinegar with 2 tablespoons brown sugar and left it in the coffeepot for five hours. I took out the meat and separated it with a fork like pulled pork or pulled chicken. At this point I would not claim that the meat was perfectly tender but it separated rather well.
After draining the olive oil from the pot, I then added sufficient barbecue sauce to the meat and onions to give it the proper consistency and let the coffee pot come to full heat (about 2 hours).