Sauces for Grilling: Info & Tips

Many grilling sauces use a combination of savory and sweet ingredients for their unique taste. Sweet ingredients add a fabulous depth to sauces. Be sure to put them on near the end of grilling -- sugar burns easily and may impart a bitter flavor to a sauce.

Great Grilling Sauce Recipes

• If you wish to serve the sauce at the table, divide it before you brush part of it onto raw meat.
• Or if you've brushed a sauce on, boil the remainder in a pan before serving to ensure its safety.

• Sauces high in sugar can cause a sauce to burn on the meat's exterior before the meat is fully cooked.
• Wait until the last five or 10 minutes of grilling to brush on sweet sauces.
• Apply layers of sauce evenly to build up a glaze.

• White sugar
• Brown sugar
• Honey
• Molasses: light, dark, blackstrap
• Corn syrup: light, dark
• Fructose
• Jam and preserves
• Spreadable fruit
• Fruit
• Fruit juice and concentrate
• Catsup and prepared barbecue sauce

• Use as pizza or spaghetti sauce
• Use in place of catsup for burgers, fries, and meat loaf
• Mix with ground meats, cheese, and sour cream to use as a taco or potato filling
• Spice up tomato juice or Bloody Marys
• Blend with sour cream or cream cheese to use as a vegetable or chip dip
• Use as a dressing for potato, corn, and bean salad
• Enliven baked beans or bean dip
• Add a smoky flavor to chili

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