Recipe: Appetizing Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce.

You can cook Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

1. It's 1 each of tomato.
2. Prepare 12 oz of tomato paste.
3. Prepare 3 1/2 cup of blueberries.
4. Prepare 6 each of fresh chipotle peppers.
5. It's 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar.
6. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
7. It's 2 1/2 cup of honey.
8. You need 1 1/3 tbsp of garlic powder.
9. You need 2 tbsp of paprika.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of cinnamon.
11. You need 1 tbsp of ground ginger.
12. You need 1 tbsp of salt.
13. It's 2 tsp of ground black pepper.
14. Prepare 1 dash of liquid smoke (optional).

Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce step by step

1. Cut tops off tomato and chipotle peppers, and remove seeds from both..
2. In a blender or food processor, combine tomato, chipotles, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, and 2 cups of blueberries, setting 1 1/2 cups aside. Purée this for 60-90 seconds, or until mixture is mostly smooth..
3. While blending, gradually add tomato paste..
4. Transfer contents of blender to a medium pot and placed on medium-low heat..
5. Stir often, but constant stirring is not necessary–just enough to keep sauce from caking to the sides of the pot..
6. As sauce begins to steam, gradually add the honey, stirring until dissolved..
7. Next, add your remaining (whole) blueberries, garlic powder, cinnamon, paprika, ginger, liquid smoke, salt and pepper. Stir well..
8. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook uncovered for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Sauce should be quite viscous but pourable, similar to ketchup in consistency. If it's too runny, continue reducing it over low heat..
9. Brush it over your favorite meat just as the meat is done cooking and enjoy!!!.