A personal recipe archive
for my cooking habit.

Some nights we will make a mixture of dry and wet ribs. This recipe is great and be careful, add too much spice on this one and you have a hot mouth!

2 tbsp. sea salt
3 tbsp. whole black peppercorns
2 tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. whole mustard seed
1 1/2 tbsp. paprika
2 tsp. dried oregano
1 1/2 tsp. whole cumin seeds
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. dried red pepper
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. garlic powder

This has turned non-BBQ sauce eaters into BBQ sauce eaters.

Most of this is done to taste, I like things spicy, like spicy, spicy. So the ingredients that have measurements next to it, use that. For ones that don’t, those are ingredients for you to play with.

1 c. ketchup
1 tbsp. molasses
1 tbsp. grated onion
1 tbsp. steak sauce (not a deal breaker if you don’t have any)
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. vinegar
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
Spoonful of Spicy OR Honey Mustard (I started out using honey mustard but after I realize its cost in comparison I switched to spicy, equally as good.)
Tobasco sauce
Spoonful of honey
Salt & Pepper
Fresh peppers, diced – I use a mixture of habenaro, jalenpeno and whatever else I can find that’s hot!

Mix all ingredients and simmer on low. Stir occasionally.

I use to cook East Coast Mexican, where I thought Ortega Taco Sauce was Salsa. Now that I live in the Southwest, I have been exposed to some of the best Mexican food. Took me awhile to get use to it and now I love it. Especially my guacamole.

Here it is …

3/4 c. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. lime juice
2 cloves garlic
Salt & Pepper
Fresh Jalapenos or other hot peppers – great from the garden!
Cilantro

Mix ingredients together, add meat and let marinate for two hours.