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Red Wine BBQ Sauce

A homemade BBQ sauce that's great fro chicken, beef or pork.

Course BBQ sauce, Condiment
Keyword bbq sauce, gluten free bbq sauce, red wine bbq sauce
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 1 cup of sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon  ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground chipotle chili pepper powder
  • 1/3 cup red wine
  • 1/2 cup  organic ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon  apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar or honey if preferred
  • 1 tablespoon

    soy sauce 
( if you avoid soy use coconut aminos)
  • 1/8 teaspoon liquid smoke (a little goes a long way!)

Instructions

  1. Have all ingredients prepped and measured out so you are ready to go! 

  2. Heat olive oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, cumin, and chipotle chile powder; stir 1 minute. 

  3. Add red wine and simmer 2 minutes. Gently whisk in ketchup, soy sauce (or coconut aminos), and liquid smoke; simmer 2 minutes longer.

  4. Take off heat, stir in honey and apple cider vinegar. Allow to cool and then refrigerate until use.