{"id":3297,"date":"2013-07-10T00:49:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2013-10-01T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T12:47:58","slug":"chipotle-lime-bbq-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2013\/07\/10\/chipotle-lime-bbq-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipotle Lime BBQ Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"width: 396px;\" data-width=\"396\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 150% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3302 lazyload\" alt=\"chipotle lime bbq sauce 2_blog\" width=\"396\" height=\"594\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/chipotle-lime-bbq-sauce-2_blog.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/chipotle-lime-bbq-sauce-2_blog.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/chipotle-lime-bbq-sauce-2_blog-200x300.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You know what I love most about homemade BBQ sauce? \u00a0Well, ok, there are a lot of things I like about homemade BBQ sauce\u2026 \u00a0But what I love most about it is how easily you can change the flavor of the sauce, just by adding a few ingredients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You start with a few must-haves (ketchup, brown sugar, things like that), add a new flavor or two, and throw everything into a pot. \u00a0Yup, that\u2019s about all you need to make your own BBQ sauce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Playing with the flavors is the best part. \u00a0In this case, I added a few chipotle peppers and fresh lime juice. \u00a0The result? \u00a0A spicy, tangy sauce that just begs to be slathered on a burger and fries! \u00a0(Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re not a fan of too much heat. \u00a0Simply scale down the number of chipotle peppers you use for a milder sauce.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Get your grills ready, people!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\">Chipotle Lime BBQ Sauce<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\">Makes about 5 cups<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">1 tablespoon olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon crushed garlic<\/li>\n<li>3-4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (I used La Coste\u00f1a)<\/li>\n<li>40 oz. tomato ketchup<\/li>\n<li>2 cups brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Zest of 1 lime<\/li>\n<li>Juice of 1 lime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instructions:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">In a large pot, over medium heat, mix all of the ingredients until combined.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bring the BBQ sauce to a boil.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened (about 1 hour).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remove from the heat, and pour the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serve warm over grilled food, and enjoy!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: if you\u2019re not planning on using the BBQ sauce immediately, cool the strained sauce completely and store in a microwave-safe container. When ready to use, reheat the sauce at 1 minute increments until warm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc3300;\"><em>Original recipe by La Casa de Sweets<\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBQ sauce with a perfect double-kick of chipotle peppers and fresh lime juice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[506,110,112,329],"tags":[496,391],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}