Family Favorites Southern BBQ Sauce

  The Ultimate Southern Living cookbook has three BBQ

sauces listed in their sauces and gravies and I tried this one, mainly because it had chili sauce and celery seed in the recipe. It was a great sauce. I made half of the recipe which was a great plenty for four sandwiches. I am giving you the recipe for the full amount. Southerners really do know how to do BBQ. 
The sauce was easy and fast to make and I am not left with a large amount of sauce that will be in the refrigerator forever. If you like a good all around sauce, this will do nicely. Use for chicken, pork or beef. Not too sweet or too vinegary. Good balance of flavors.

Southern BBQ Sauce

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tablespoons butter melted

1 cup ketchup

1 cup water

¾ cup chili sauce

¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons prepared mustard

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 ½ teaspoons celery seeds

½ teaspoons salt

2 dashes of hot sauce

  Saute garlic in butter 4 to 5 minutes in a saucepan. Add ketchup and remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. If you are going to use it as a dipping sauce, simmer it for a few minutes to bring out the flavor. Use to baste pork or chicken or beef. 

Yield 3 ½ cups. Per Tablespoon Calories 18  Fat 0.5 g  Cholesterol 1 mg  Sodium 138 mg