Mango BBQ Sauce

Mango BBQ Sauce

(around 3 cups)

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 cup Yellow Onion, diced (about 1 small onion)

1 cup Red Bell Pepper, seeded & diced (about 1 medium pepper)

3 cloves Fresh Garlic, rough chop

1 tsp. Salt

½ tsp. Black Pepper

½ tsp. Ground Allspice

1/3 cup Red Wine Vinegar

3 tbsp. Molasses

2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

2 tbsp. Fresh Lime Juice

¼ cup tomato sauce (no-salt added)

1 ½ cups Fresh Mango, peeled, seeded & diced (about 1 medium mango)

2 Fresh Jalapeno Peppers, seeded & minced

Directions:

In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add the oil and bring up to temperature.  Add the onion and cook remembering to stir a few times for about 3 minutes or until the onion is translucent.  Next, add the bell pepper, garlic, salt, pepper, and allspice to the pan and continue to cook another 2 minutes.  Stir in the vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire, lime juice and tomato sauce and cook 1 minute more.  Transfer the mixture to a blender or food processor and add the mango and jalapenos.  Pulse the mixture until smooth.  Pour into a container and refrigerate until needed.  Use part of sauce to marinade chicken or pork before grilling and remainder for after the food has been cooked.

Note:               Remember to discard the marinade used for the meat after your done marinating.  Only use the sauce not used to marinade meat for after cooking.

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