Barbecue Sauce for Pulled Chicken or Pork

Recipe From: Laura

I've always used Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce for my Pulled Chicken..... until now.  I was really intrigued when I came across this recipe since I love me some BBQ.   And so naturally, I just had to make this recipe right away. Um. WOW!!!  Salivate city.

This incredible sauce is a beautiful blend of tart and tangy, sweet and succulent , award winning perfection.      

Ingredients:

1 cup cider vinegar

2 Tablespoons molasses

1 Tablespoon ground dry mustard

1/2 cup butter

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

4 teaspoons cornstarch

Directions:

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix cider vinegar, molasses, dry mustard, butter, cayenne pepper, Worcestershire and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Mix 4 teaspoons cornstarch with 4 teaspoons cold water and slowly add to the sauce; simmer 1 minute. The sauce will thicken a little but will remain mostly thin as this is the type of sauce it supposed to be (it will also thicken a bit more when it cools). If you think the cornstarch became clumped in any way within the sauce, strain before pouring into a squeezable bottle.  Serve over pulled chicken or pulled pork on a kaiser roll.

Laura's notes.....

** I put a whole chicken and 1 c. chicken broth in the crockpot on low for 5-6 hrs. (it was partially frozen so this time may vary)  Then when the chicken was about 90% done, I  "pulled" the chicken from the bones, emptied out the juices from the crockpot and set the shredded chicken back in.  I made the sauce as the directions above and then poured the sauce on the shredded chicken and let it cook until chicken was completely done.   A whole chicken will feed approx 4-5 peeps or 3 peeps with healthy appetites. Would be super yummee served with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob.

Some other notes in the recipe that you may want to try....  "I always add about three cups of water to my pot and I lazily season the water (not even the meat) with salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and smoked paprika.  It easily flavors the meat without even getting my hands dirty".