Chipotle-Ginger Barbecue Sauce

Name: Chipotle-Ginger Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Olive oil; 1/4 cup Honey; 1 - 3 ea Chipotle peppers; 2 inches Fresh ginger root, peeled and grated; 6 ea Sun-dried tomato pieces, preferably in olive oil; from one lime Lime juice and zest; 3 cloves Garlic; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 cup or to taste Warm water; 1 Tbsp Sherry vinegar (optional)

July 22, 2006 Dorothy W. - Veg Entertaining

About

This recipe is easy to put together and very rich and complex in flavours that hold up well on the grill. It goes great with any veggies you may wish to grill and will also complement chicken, fish or tempeh. You can make this a mild sauce by having only one pepper or very hot by adding all three. Choose peppers that are small and very dark and still slightly soft – like a sun-dried tomato. Sometimes chipotle peppers come large, drier and light brown in colour- while good for chili, they don’t provide the right consistency for a BBQ sauce.

Ingredients

Olive oil		1/2 cup
Honey		1/4 cup
Chipotle peppers		1 - 3 ea
Fresh ginger root, peeled and grated		2 inches
Sun-dried tomato pieces, preferably in olive oil		6 ea
Lime juice and zest		from one lime
Garlic		3 cloves
Salt		1/2 tsp
Warm water		1/4 cup or to taste
Sherry vinegar (optional)		1 Tbsp

Directions

In a food processor or blender mix all ingredients, except water, until the mix is a smooth paste.
The barbecue sauce is now ready if you like a thick paste. If not, add water gradually until you have the consistency you desire. Don’t add too much water as you will reduce the ability of the sauce to glaze over the food. If you like a very thin barbecue sauce, add more honey, (about 2 tablespoons).
Reserve as much sauce as you need for your meal and put the remainder in a glass jar with a good seal. The sauce can be refrigerated for two weeks.