Bob's BBQ Sauce (Bourbon or Rum)

Filed under BBQ Sauces

Ingredients

1 Onion, diced
1/2 Green bell pepper, diced
1/4 Celery, thinly sliced (optional)
Olive oil
1 cup Ketchup
1 tsp Ginger, fresh, grated
3 clove Garlic, 3 to 4, fresh, chopped
1/3 cup Brown sugar
1/2 cup Molasses
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp Pickapeppa sauce, the pepper sauce, not the brown steak sauce; or Louisiana hot sauce
1 tbsp Mustard, 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons, brown
18 oz Barbecue sauce, Kraft Steakhouse (or regular BBQ sauce plus liquid smoke)
2 tbsp Butter
1/2 cup Bourbon whiskey, or Captain Morgan's spiced rum

Dice the onion, bell pepper and celery (if using) and sweat in olive oil.
Add the ketchup, ginger, garlic, brown sugar, molasses, Worcestershire, pepper sauce, mustard, barbecue sauce, butter and bourbon or rum. Simmer and reduce.