"OLE' VIRGINNY" BARBECUE SAUCE

By ClaudiaJan

Ingredients

• We consider this sauce the best we have ever licked off our fingers! The recipe comes from a pamphlet published fifty years ago by the Baptist Church of Alexandri
• 2 medium-size onions, finely
• chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh
• gingerroot 1 can (14 ounces) whole plum
• tomatoes
• 1 cup prepared chili sauce
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup catsup
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• !/4 cup dry sherry
• 5 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• i/s teaspoon cayenne pepper ,
• i/s teaspoon leaf oregano, crumbled a, Virginia.

Preparation

Step 1

Dash liquid smoke (optional)
Saute onion in oil in medium-size saucepan over medium-low heat 1 minute. Add garlic and ginger; saute 3 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boiling. Lower heat; simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate coofed barbecue sauce in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.