Jake’s Turkish Coffee Barbecue Sauce

Name: Jake’s Turkish Coffee Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes About 2 Cups
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ cups brewed Turkish coffee or espresso; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons ground cardamom; 2 tablespoons honey, or more to taste; ¼ cup hoisin sauce; 1½ teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger; 1 medium-size onion, finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 medium-size red (bell) pepper, cored, seeded, and finely chopped

U.S.A.

Preparation info

Makes About
2 Cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Barbecue Bible

By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

About

This isn’t like any barbecue sauce Bubba used to make. Not with ingredients like cardamom, coffee, and hoisin sauce. The recipe comes from chef Jake, my stepson, who likes to serve it with grilled grouper and rich meats like pork and lamb.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium-size onion, finely chopped
1 medium-size red (bel

Americas
United States
Sauce
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the olive oil in a large nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, and ginger and cook until softened but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the coffee, hoisin sauce, balsamic vinegar, cocoa powder, and cardamom. Increase the heat and let come to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and let the sauce simmer gently, uncover