I recently watched all of Aaron Franklin's PBS and Web Special Videos (https://www.pbs.org/show/bbq-franklin/ and https://www.pbs.org/show/bbq-franklin/specials/) and as I was writing up my notes, I realized I had committed the sauce recipe he uses on one of the brisket specials to paper.
So here it is. Now, I have not made this yet. I don't have his cookbook yet, either, but I think this recipe is different, but similar to, what he uses at the restaurant. The vibe for it in the show is that if you wanted a Texas-style sauce that was simple and went together quickly, this is one you could use.
"Basic Texas Sauce" by Aaron Franklin
<del>(I think the "no high fructose corn syrup" may be a joke as the bottle on the table looks like a Heinz container, which very much has high fructose corn syrup in it.)</del>
EDIT: After some research, it seems that Aaron is not joking. He prefers non-high fructose ketchup as it tends to be less sweet and less prone to burning.
(Also, if you want to see that video editing is never truly linear, look at 4:17 and look at the edge of the whisk he is using. It clearly has been in the sauce, yet in the very next shot when the whisk is about to go into the pot for the first time, it is now clean, but there is no break in the voiceover.)
So here it is. Now, I have not made this yet. I don't have his cookbook yet, either, but I think this recipe is different, but similar to, what he uses at the restaurant. The vibe for it in the show is that if you wanted a Texas-style sauce that was simple and went together quickly, this is one you could use.
"Basic Texas Sauce" by Aaron Franklin
- Half pound of butter
- 1/2 of yellow onion, diced
- 1.5 cups "no high fructose corn syrup" ketchup
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 oz (1/4 cup) of lightly packed, light brown sugar
- Heaping teaspoon of kosher salt
- Heaping teaspoon of black pepper
- Little less than a teaspoon of chili powder
- Little less than a teaspoon of garlic powder
- Juice of half a lemon
- Melt butter in stock pot.
- Add yellow onion, cook until translucent.
- Add ketchup, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic power, and lemon juice.
- Whisk to mix.
- Simmer to reduce down "a wee bit."
<del>(I think the "no high fructose corn syrup" may be a joke as the bottle on the table looks like a Heinz container, which very much has high fructose corn syrup in it.)</del>
EDIT: After some research, it seems that Aaron is not joking. He prefers non-high fructose ketchup as it tends to be less sweet and less prone to burning.
(Also, if you want to see that video editing is never truly linear, look at 4:17 and look at the edge of the whisk he is using. It clearly has been in the sauce, yet in the very next shot when the whisk is about to go into the pot for the first time, it is now clean, but there is no break in the voiceover.)
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