Name: Honey-Scallion Barbecue Sauce
Total time: 7 min
Yield: Makes about 1 1/4 cups
Ingredients: 1 cup ketchup; 3 tablespoons honey; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 2 scallions, finely chopped; 3/4 teaspoon pepper

Why This Recipe Works

To provide a spicy contrast to the honey and ketchup in our no-cook Honey-Scallion Barbecue Sauce recipe, we added bit of Dijon mustard to provide a spicy contrast to the sweetness of the honey and ketchup. The scallions were difficult to work with at first, as they often failed to separate fully when we sliced them. To fix the problem, we drew the tip of the knife backward across the scallions instead of using a rocking motion.

Before You Begin

This great-tasting, no-cook barbecue sauce can be used to baste barbecued chicken, as a condiment for grilled hamburgers, or as a finishing sauce for our Smoked Pork Loin (see related recipe).