Tamarind Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

This Tamarind Chipotle Barbecue Sauce puts forward step by step instructions on how to prepare a highly delicious sauce that contains a magic ingredient known as tamarind and you can use this sauce with a wide range of options like chicken wings, ribs, burgers and hot dogs as well. The taste is pretty amazing and this sauce can be used as dip for potato chips and shrimp. The cooking time of Tamarind Chipotle Barbecue Sauce is 1 hour and 25 minutes and you can make 2- 1/2 to 3 cups with the recommended quantity of ingredients in this recipe. First of all, you need to crack brittle shells form tamarind pods.

Then, the shells and fibers should be peeled off.

You must take a medium saucepan.

Put 2 cups of water and fruit in the pan.

Cover. Bring to boil.

Now, the heat should be reduced.

Simmer for 5 minutes.

Remove from the heat. Keep it covered for 20 minutes. You need to stir occasionally.

Then, the mixture should be strained into a bowl by pushing the pulp through

The contents remaining in the strainer should be discarded.

The next step is to take another saucepan.

You must saute onion for 6 to 8 minutes until it turns gold.

The remaining ingredients and tamarind pulp should be added.

Simmer over medium-high heat for a few minutes.

Then, you have to reduce the heat and simmer again partially covered for 15 minutes to blend flavors.

You must keep on stirring occasionally.

The next step is to puree sauce in a blender until turns smooth.

You can make ahead up to three weeks, chilled.

This Tamarind Chipotle Barbecue Sauce puts forward step by step instructions on how to prepare a highly delicious sauce that contains a magic ingredient known as tamarind and you can use this sauce wi...

Ingredients

• Medium sized onion – 1 no. (It should be chopped).
• Ketchup – 1- 1/ 2 cups.
• Tamarind pods – 3/4 pound
• Olive oil – 1 tablespoon.
• Packed light brown sugar – 1/ 3 cup.
• Chopped, canned chipotle chiles – 2 to 4 teaspoons.
• Pepper – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Kosher salt – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Pinch ground cloves or allspice