mop sauce

[3pronghook]

any quick recipes to suggest a mop sauce for the ribs and chicken im smoking?

[Chef]

This is hot:

In a blender:

3-4 Chipotles

1 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar

1/4 C. Brown Sugar or Honey.

1 Clove Garlic

You can thin it out if you like yours a little thinner.

[reinhard1]

APPLE-BACON MOP AND SAUCE

mops, thinner and less sweet than a barbecue sauce, are used to add, moisture and flavor during grilling. the recipe below begins as a mop,and then, with the addition of a few more ingredients, becomes a finishing sauce for ribs. this enough for one recipe of barbecubed ribs.

1/4 lb. bacon

3/4 cup apple juice

5 tbls apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup ketchup

2 tsp. worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp. ancho chile powder

1/2 tsp. sweet paprika

1/4 ground cumin

1/4 tsp celery seed

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Make the mop and sauce:

cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium low heat until browned and crisp. 10 to 15 min. turning occasionally. drain the bacon on paper towels and eat it whenever you like. pour about one half the bacon fat into a small saucepan and reserve the remaining fat in the skillet for the barbecue sauce. to the saucepan, add 1/2 cup of the apple juice and 2 tbls of the cider vinegar. bring to a simmer over medium heat and then remove from the heat [this is the mop]

Add the remaining 1/4 cup apple juice, 3 tbls cider vinegar, and the ketchup, worcestershire sauce, chile powder, paprika, cumin, celery seed, and pepper to the bacon fat in the skillet. cook over medium low heat, whisking until smooth. as soon as the sauce simmers, remove the skillet from the heat. good luck.

[3pronghook]

these look good. any recipe that starts out by browning bacon and using the fat for an ingredient goes in my book. thanks. i have a little electric "turkey" smoker. it does a good job but doesnt have a thermostat. in summer i unplug it when it gets too hot. in winter, like today, i cover it with a blanket to help it get to temp and hold heat. 2 racks of baby backs and one whole chicken for the 6 of us and i was worried there wasnt going to be left overs for the lunch pail. saved a couple bones and looks like a wing. brined the chicken for 4 hours and used the simple celery seed and black pepper rub on the ribs. ill let you know how the mopped ribs turn out. thanks again!