LOUISIANA BACON-PECAN BARBECUE SAUCE

Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup sliced onion
- 4 cloves garlic (sliced)
- 1 can beef broth; 13 ¾ oz
- 1 bottle chili sauce; 12oz
- 1 cup honey
- ¾ cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground hot red pepper
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Hot red pepper sauce (to taste)
Directions
- Directions
- Cook bacon in large skillet ‘til crisp; remove bacon with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Squeeze juice from orange and lemon into small bowl; reserve half orange and a half of lemon rind.
- Pour off all but 3 tablespoon fat from the skillet. Add onion and garlic; cook ‘til onion is very tender about 8 minutes.
- Stir in broth, chili sauce, honey, pecans, black, white and red peppers, reserved crumbled bacon and reserved orange and lemon rinds. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 15 minutes to blend flavors stirring occasionally. Discard rinds.
- Pour into food processor. Whirl ‘til bacon and pecans are finely chopped. Return to skillet. Stir in butter, heat thru just ‘til butter melts.
- Season to taste with pepper sauce. Refrigerate up to several days, or freeze for longer storage.

