Name: Five-Alarm BBQ Sauce
Total time: 7 min
Ingredients: 1 cup ketchup; 3 tablespoons molasses; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo; 1 jalapeño chile , stemmed, seeded, and minced; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Why This Recipe Works

This spicy no-cook barbecue sauce recipe can be used to baste barbecued chicken, as a condiment for grilled hamburgers, or as a finishing sauce for our Smoked Pork Loin. Smoky chipotle chiles added spiciness and a rich flavor to the Five-Alarm BBQ sauce recipe. For even more heat, don’t bother to seed the jalapeño chile.

Before You Begin

This great-tasting, no-cook barbecue sauce can be used to baste barbecued chicken, as a condiment for grilled hamburgers, or as a finishing sauce for our Smoked Pork Loin (see related recipe).