Hoisin barbecue sauce

Name: Hoisin barbecue sauce
Ingredients: 1 tbsp dark brown sugar; 2 tbsp tomato ketchup; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2.5 cm piece root ginger; 1 tsp rice wine vinegar; 90 ml hoisin sauce; 30 ml Asian sweet chilli sauce; 1 star anis pod; ½ tbsp finely chopped lemongrass

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Burgers

By Paul Gayler

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

1 tbsp dark brown sugar
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1

Sauce
Vegan

Method

In a pan, combine the sugar, ketchup, garlic and ginger with the vinegar; bring to the boil. Add the hoisin, sweet chilli sauce, the star anise, lemongrass and 150ml water. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until reduced by one third in volume. Remove the star anise and transfer the sauce to a bowl; allow to go cold before serving.