Stout Beer Barbeque Sauce
Jackie Dodd-Mallory
(Senior Editor)
Stout Beer Barbeque Sauce
She told me what it takes to be really lucky. To live a life that helps you slip quietly into content satisfaction once you’ve finished it.
I was alone on a train and she sits down next to me, assigned seats that are little more than a formality but beg us to behave and sit where we’re told even with a healthy sprinkling of empty seats nearby. She’s much older than me, much older than even my mom, and in a reflective state that makes me wonder if she feels like she’s nearing that quiet satisfaction.
"If you’re lucky," she pauses to adjust the oversized bag on her small lap, "you’ll live several lifetimes before you’re done. I have." She starts to list them, ranch kid, dressage prodigy, rebellious teen, ballet dancer, waitress, society wife…. The transitions are always accompanied by a happenstance rebirth. It makes me wonder if you always know the rebirth when it happens or only when it’s over?
I’m feeling on the brink of rebirth at the moment, for no particular reason. Things always tend to shift in my life, I’ve already had so many lives, more than someone my age should have been allowed. My stories are just a consolation from the journey.
Maybe it’s just the way you feel when spring shows up, always late to the party and overdue. Maybe it’s just because I can’t wait to shed the winter and slip into something warmer. I want to cook outdoors, slather everything in barbecue sauce, drink session IPA’s and run around barefoot. If that’s the only rebirth I have waiting for me this year, I’m OK with that. As long as it’s accompanied by this sauce. and a cold beer.
Stout Beer Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoon sriracha
- 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 cup Stout
- 1/3 cup brown sugar packed
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic.
- Add the remaining ingredients, cooking until thickened, stirring occasionally.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Comments
Rev. Nagi Mato April 26, 2017 um 2:29 pm
I totally understand from where you’re coming! People ask me, "What have you not done?" Personally, I don’t feel I’ve done so much, but "they" do.
As for your recipe, it sounds delightful, but I would add Lethal Gator hot sauce, rather than sriracha. Being from Florida, it is a favorite of mine. Check it out! You may agree with me!
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Josh Johnson April 27, 2017 um 8:01 am
I’m a sucker for a good stout. Can’t wait to give this a try!
Michael May 15, 2017 um 9:23 am
Hi Jackie
Is there any other type of beer you think would go good with this recipe? Not a fan
of stout.
Thanks Michael
Jackie May 15, 2017 um 3:11 pm
You can’t really taste it, I’d say just buy one bottle for the recipe. If not, try a brown ale, or a Belgian.
john j. cooper June 21, 2017 um 2:31 pm
I have tried a # of your recipes and they have all be great. Look forward to looking up your sight for ideas
& entertainment. You never fail! Keep up the great work. Will make this stout BBQ sauce very soon, will try on pork ribs and chicken thighs.
Melissa July 5, 2017 um 5:08 am
Hi can this be water bath canned?
Jackie July 5, 2017 um 10:38 am
Yes, it can. (pun intended) 🙂
Susan July 8, 2017 um 12:41 pm
This barbecue sauce it the best ever. I’m making it now for the third time using a local stout. It’s so good, I am going to give this batch to friends. Love it!
Jackie July 11, 2017 um 9:20 am
That’s great! So glad you like it 🙂
DDearcorn February 18, 2019 um 8:47 pm
I am so stoked to try this – your beer brined turkey has become a tradition for our Thanksgiving!
Mark Caston October 14, 2019 um 4:44 pm
I am definitely making a batch this winter. But could you recommend an alternative to Olive Oil?
Jackie October 15, 2019 um 7:55 pm
avocado oil or canola oil will work as well1