Asian Barbecue Sauce

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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe.

For a change of pace you might like to try a barbecue sauce that has an Asian flair. This one is tangy, with a bit of fire to it. You can make it even hotter by adding more pepper flakes. You can add more ginger to it too if you want that flavor to be more pronounced.

Ingredients:

• 8 oz of tomato sauce (find one with no sugar in the ingredients list)
• 6 oz of tomato paste (again, no sugar)
• 1 cup of water
• ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup of Braggs Aminos
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or more to taste)
• 3 tsp of Truvia
• 3 tsp of minced ginger

Instructions:

Put all of the ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Cook on medium until it bubbles and flavors meld. Stir often. After about 10 minutes it should be ready to use.

For Z2 you can have 2 Tbl of this sauce on a grilled chicken breast or a small tenderloin steak.

For Z3 you can serve this with chicken, ribs, steak or pork roast.

Hints for buying ribs: Here’s what my butcher says. Get pork back ribs. Those are the ones served in restaurants and they give you the best rib experience.

For boneless ribs. These are cheaper, meaty and not as flavorful but if you cook them on a lower temperature and for longer they will tenderize and taste great.

He says don’t bother with the supreme ribs (the large ones). His opinion is they don’t have the flavor. They are from the shoulder area and just don’t cut it.

Use your favorite rib-cooking technique and enjoy this sauce. Use some of the sauce for the cooking and be sure to keep some to brush on right before they are finished so they have a nice glaze on them. Even keep some for dipping.

Enjoy!

Cheers,