Filipino BBQ Sauce

natural Filipino adobo BBQ sauce on spoon

This all natural, from scratch, Filipino BBQ sauce is an "everybody loves this" sauce because it's sweet, savory, tangy, and goes well to glaze and dip barbecue and grilled foods. No smoky flavor.

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Course: Condiment, Sauce

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: barbecue sauce, bbq sauce, dipping sauce, filipino bbq

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 13

Total Time: 15

Servings: 1 cup

Calories: 566kcal

Equipment

saucepan
Spoon or spatula
Knife and cutting board
Fine wire mesh strainer
medium bowl for straining the sauce into

Ingredients

8 oz tomato sauce
4 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
4 garlic cloves minced
½ White Onion finely chopped
Ground black peppercorns to taste
3 Bay leaves
½ cup brown sugar
½ scant cup water This is a little LESS than a full 1/2 cup. It's minus about two tablespoons of water.
Cornstarch Slurry - 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp cold water.

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Instructions

Mince the garlic and chop the onion. Then, sauté that with a little avocado oil in the pot you will use to make the sauce.
4 garlic cloves, ½ White Onion
As soon as the onion and garlic are fragrant (don't brown the onions and garlic), then add in the tomato sauce and soy sauce. Give that a stir for a few seconds.
Heating the tomato sauce directly like this, brings out more flavor and umami in the sauce.
Next, add the brown sugar. Stir that in well.
8 oz tomato sauce, ½ cup brown sugar, 4 tbsp soy sauce
Then add in the vinegar, water, bay leaves, and grind in peppercorns.
Stir often over low-medium heat for ten minutes.
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar, Ground black peppercorns, 3 Bay leaves, ½ scant cup water
Bring to a simmer and add in the cornstarch slurry. Stir well during this simmering for three minutes.
The sauce will be a glaze consistency (silky and running off the spoon).
Reduce the heat and stir for an additional minute, then remove the BBQ sauce from the heat.
Cornstarch Slurry - 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp cold water.
Take the wire mesh strainer over a bowl and pour in the BBQ sauce in the strainer, using the back of a spoon to push the sauce through and remove the solids.
Let the smooth and velvety sauce sit for 5 minutes and it's ready to use to glaze anything you like or use as a condiment/dipping sauce. ***Did you make this recipe? Please rate with stars or comment below! Thank you for the love!***