This fantastic tart and spicy sauce is sure to liven up anything from grilled chicken breasts to pork chops.

See Also

Piedmont Barbecue Sauce

Savory Rib Sauce

Black Jack Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups/475 mL meat stock (beef, poultry, pork)
• 1/2 pound/225 g bacon
• 1 1/2 cups/360 mL chopped onions
• 1 1/2 cups/360 mL chili sauce
• 1 cup/240 mL honey
• 3/4 cup/180 mL dry roasted pecans, chopped
• 5 tablespoons/75 mL orange juice
• 1/2 orange, rind and pulp
• 1/4 lemon, rind and pulp
• 1/4 cup/60 mL butter
• 1/4 cup/60 mL lemon juice
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon/15 mL Tabasco
• 1 tablespoon/15 mL onion powder
• 1 tablespoon/15 mL garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon/15 mL salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons/7.5 mL black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons/7.5 mL white pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoon2/7.5 mL cayenne

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 35 minutes

• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: Makes about 7 cups

Preparation

Combine black and white pepper, onion and garlic powder, salt and cayenne in a small bowl. Set aside. Fry bacon in a large sauce pan until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble. Add onions to bacon fat and cook until brown. Add spice mixture and stir. Add stock, chili sauce, honey, pecans and orange juice, bacon, garlic, Tabasco and lemon and orange rinds and pulp. Reduce heat and stir. Continue cooking over a low simmer for about 10 minutes.

Remove orange and lemon rinds and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add butter and stir in until melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Pour sauce into a food processor or blender and mix until smooth.