The ingredients of the barbecue sauce are mouth watering: a tomato base, to which oil, paprika, onion, pepper, salt, garlic and so on are added. A perfect combination that alone makes sparks, combined with other foods is the feast of the taste buds. A meeting of ingredients capable of spiking your life in a unique way!
We must not limit ourselves to seeing it as a simple accompanying sauce, there are several ways to use it at its best, even with a pinch of imagination Kansas City Style BBQ.
Barbecue sauce as a dressing
Put in a corner of the plate or spread over all the food, the barbecue sauce accompanies white and red meats, fries and roasts, grilled vegetables … the list goes on and on. In fact, its most typical use is that of sauce to complete the dishes served during a barbecue in the stars and stripes style, with chicken wings, ribs, hamburgers and steaks.
Using it on this occasion ensures the union of all flavors, enveloping the palate with strong but well-matched tastes. Accompanying sauce of course, but not only for meat and vegetables: the barbecue sauce can also be used as a sauce inside sandwiches , hamburgers and wraps , combining the rest of the ingredients in a perfect bite.
sandwich with barbecue sauce
Barbecue sauce for marinating
We expand the mind and stimulate creativity: another way to include barbecue sauce in the kitchen is to use it before cooking the meat for marinating and glazing .
Nothing complicated: just sprinkle the meat with sauce , wrap it in cling film and let it rest for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator . In this way the meat will absorb all the nuances of flavor that, when cooked, it will release giving the best of itself. This technique is particularly suitable for red meats (beef, pork, etc.) which are subsequently cooked on the grill or in the oven.
barbecue sauce for ribs
Garnish with the barbecue sauce
Finally, the most inventive use of all, which gives vent to the imagination … you can understand it from the name: “ decoration with barbecue sauce ”. Useful for those who are a creative genius and want to experiment with aggressive and impactful dishes, or calm and elegant, but certainly never predictable.
