My love of sandwiches and barbecue have both been well-documented on this blog and in my books. But of course, that doesn’t stop me from sharing another recipe for them with you. On the contrary: It spurs me on. You can count on me sharing more sandwiches and barbecue sauce recipes as long as this blog exists. Here is my latest creation.
Crushed pineapple gives this sauce a slightly tangy sweetness, that is perfectly balanced by the whiskey. This makes enough sauce for 1 pound of seitan, tofu, tempeh, or 6 large portobello mushrooms. For the photo, I used marinated seitan, which was smoked for yet another layer of flavor. The sauce freezes well, so double the batch for an even easier meal next time.
Pineapple Jack BBQ Sauce
Yield: 2 cups
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/3 cup chopped red onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup drained crushed pineapple
1/4 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 1/2 cups ketchup
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
3/4 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire sauce
Heat the oil, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir for 3 minutes, until fragrant. Stir in the remaining ingredients and decrease the heat to low. Simmer the sauce for 30 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a blender, and process until smooth. If you prefer, use an immersion blender to create a smooth sauce.
Pan-fry or grill the seitan, tofu, tempeh, or mushrooms. Brush with the sauce during the last few minutes of cooking to allow it the sauce to slightly caramelize.
In celebration of our new book, Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day! being included in the Post Punk Kitchen Cookbook Challenge, I’ll be giving a copy away. All you have to do is tell me something about barbecue sauce in a comment to this post. The winner will be drawn at random on Monday, Sept. 16th. For this copy, American shipping only, please.
9/21 Update: Contest is closed. The winner has not contacted me so I’m heading to Facebook to give it away. Sorry, Rebecca!
Good luck! And don’t forget:
- The book release party on Sunday, September 16th! Prizes, music, samples, fun!
- The book signing at Malaprops in Asheville on September 25th! Wingbean is catering!
- If you’ve cooked enough from Sandwiches and feel like leaving an Amazon review, please do! Thanks in advance, and to those who already have!
41 Comments
1. Barbecue sauce can go on anything savory.
2. “South Carolina mustard sauce, a type of barbecue sauce, can be traced to German settlers in the 18th century.”[Wikipedia, because they actually have an article on BBQ sauce]
I can’t think of anything to say other than BBQ sauce is awesome, which it definitely is.
BBQ sauce is one of the most geographically varied sauces on the planet.
I like to put a little bit of celery seed in my barbecue sauce. And then drink it straight from the jar.
BBQ Sauce is old school!
The precise origin of barbecue sauce is unclear. Some trace it to the end of the 15th century, when Christopher Columbus brought a primitive sauce used for cooking Alpaca meat back from Hispaniola, while others place it at the formation of the first American colonies in the 17th century. References to the substance start occurring in both English and French literature over the next two hundred years.
Another fun fact: the Jack Daniels original #7 BBQ sauce is VEGAN and tastes AWESOME on soy curls when I am too lazy to make my own sauce
BBQ sauce is not something i ever think to put on a sandwich, clearly i need to change that!
I’m not smart enough to tell you something new about barbecue sauce, so I’ll just say that barbecue sauce is amazing.
I love to use BBQ sauce in tempeh sandwiches! Sautee some sweet peppers and onion the crumble and simmer the tempeh and sauce.
BBQ sauce is rad. I’m going to marry BBQ sauce.
BBQ sauce is great as a dip for french fries!
my mom used to only ever buy Open Pit. i think it’s only a midwest thing..
Oh man, this was the first summer that we started grilling tofu outside with BBQ sauce. It was excellent! I wish we had gotten into it sooner.
In some areas of the US people will stab one another in arguments about whether to put the sauce on before, during or after cooking. Unless you’re in Texas, where they’ll shoot you instead. I have no opinion on the matter and think it’s damn tasty any way you use it.
My dad has a super secret barbecue sauce recipe that he is kind of famous for. One of the best things I’ve ever made was a veganized version of that sauce + AVK ribz. Man, I need to make that again!
Since I AM in Texas, we’ll put barbecue sauce on just about anything! My family likes a sweet & spicy type with a smokiness. Yum! I would absolutely love this book ‘cuz I’m also a sandwich lover!
Um…barbecue sause, yum!
BBQ sauce plus veganaise makes anything delicious!
I don’t like barbecue sauce, but I do like cookbooks.
BBQ sauce can make almost anything edible.
I stopped eating bbq sauce when I went vegan because my favourite kind was Honey Smoke and nothing else was as good. I even brought a bottle with me when I moved to England at 18! I need to get back into bbq sauce…
Bbq sauce is my smoky sweet spicy heaven!
I thought I hated BBQ sauce until I made my own.
I live in Memphis, and around here, if the ‘cue isn’t vinegary, it just isn’t right. That is, if you’re in the sauce vs dry-rub camp… but that’s another story
BBQ sauce makes everything better. Everything.
BBQ sauce is probably the only sauce I could straight up drink. True fact.
I like BBQ sauce, but I’m often too lazy to make my own, and so many of the premade versions are awful. Anybody have a brand to recommend?
I love BBQ sauce. I have it on chilli, fries, pizza, pretty much anything savory. YUM!
BBQ is 100,000 times better on potatoes than catsup or ketchup.I have never made a homemade sauce that I was pleased with. I am also a wee bit scared at the idea of mixing veganaise with BBQ sauce.
When I first went vegetarian I hated tofu until I discovered a recipe where it was baked in bbq sauce – yummy! Still one of my faves and now I love tofu all kinds of ways.
BBQ sauce is delicious. I could eat raw tofu covered in enough good, spicy sauce.
I love BBQ sauce on baked sweet potatoes!
I love BBQ sauce and will eat it on many things, but I rarely make my own…it never turns out as good as the bottled stuff for me. But this sounds really good.
I love BBQ sauce, I just wish it didn’t have so much sugar in it. I have this about liking sugar in desserts, but thinking it’s weird in other dishes, haha.
bbq tofu is great!
i am from the south and have yet to find a BBQ sauce that i like.
BBQ sauces are like friends…some are hot and spicy while others are sweet and mild, but like friends, you can never have too many. Thanks for sharing your BBQ sauce recipe. I can’t wait to try it.
I love bbq sauce. Just used up the last of some cherry bbq sauce I made a while back on some tempeh… delish!
BBQ sauce is good even on ice cream. I’ll let you try it first.
roasted brussels sprouts dipped in barbecue sauce is sotta like heaven =)
BBQ sauce is an outstanding way to get my kid to eat a bunch of things he wouldn’t otherwise consider.
BBQ sauce is one of the things I always forget that I can make. So, this recipe made me really happy