Sauces, sauces, sauces…
When it comes to grill cooking nothing really beats them.
So how much do know about what goes into some of the best grilling sauces out there?
Anyone?
Let’s lift the lid on this and find out, shall we?
Grill Cooking Sauces Galore
Did you know that BBQ sauce is generally a basic mixture of tomatoes, sugar and vinegar?
Tomatoes used can be in various forms such as tomato sauce, paste, puree and even ketchup!
Sugar adds sweetness to the barbecue sauce and can either be:
- corn syrup
- honey
- molasses
The addition of vinegar, on the other hand, lends a sour flavour to the bbq sauce and can be in the form of beer, white or flavoured vinegar, wine or citrus juices.
In general, bbq sauces can be used throughout the barbecue process from preparation to cooking.
Bechamel sauce or White Barbecue Sauce has a long and illustrious history.
It has been a pet of French food connoisseurs, since 1651.
One of the mother sauces of French cuisine, the white sauce is nowadays made by whisking scalded milk gradually into a white flour-butter roux.
However, it can also be made by whisking a kneaded flour-butter beurre manie into scalded milk.
The thickness of the final sauce depends on the proportions of milk and flour if you did not know…
White Barbecue sauce, unquestionably adds a delicate flavouring to your meat dishes.
White Barbecue Sauces of Alabama are different from most other barbecue sauces in the use of their bases.
These sauces are predominantly mayonnaise based, unlike the traditional and ubiquitous tomato.
Chicken, turkey or pork – these white sauces taste upper beyond imagination.
Like its tomato- and mustard-based cousins, white barbecue sauce comes in shades ranging from porcelain to putty.
You heard the RIGHT!
There are also differences in consistency.
Some sauces flow like fat-free milk, while others are more reminiscent of a creamy dressing.
As for the ingredients, well, purists such as Myra Grissom, owner of Miss Myra’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Birmingham, insist there are only four items that play the role:
- mayonnaise
- vinegar
- salt
- coarsely ground pepper
Perking up salads or topping pulled pork sandwiches or grilled fish whatever you are up to these sauces are great.
Smuggler’s Run White Grilling Sauce and Big Bob Gibson White BBQ sauce are sauces that can be recommended, without any hesitation.
Mayonnaise, Egg Yolks, Water, Corn Syrup, Vinegar, Salt, Spices, Calcium Disodium, Cider Vinegar, Onion, Garlic, White Pepper, Salt and Xanthium Gum are what go into the making of this taste bud rocker.
Big Bob Gibson White BBQ sauce comprises of:
- distilled vinegar
- sugar
- salt
- spices
- egg yolks
- mustard flour
- paprika
- garlic
Poultry, pork, seafood, and wild game-Big Bob, go with them comfortably enough.
Well…
If that is not enough to get your taste buds tingling, you might just start trying your hand at making some yourself when you are next grill cooking.
What a satisfying thing to do.