Saiko
is One Chatty Farker
I'd like to try Dr. BBQ's big time BBQ sauce, but I'm not a fan of liquid smoke. Has anybody made the sauce and just ommited the liquid smoke? Just curious. And yes, I paid for and have the book. :-D
Maybe you could use some smoked paprika in it's place....just a thought.
Let us know what you think of the sauce.
Made it to today and I really liked the overall flavor. The liquid smoke wasn't too pronounced, and there was nice balance of sweet/sour/heat.
However, when I saw the amount of dried thyme I kind of cringed, as I'm not a huge fan of dried thyme unless it's mixed with some other dried herbs (like in a canjun spice blend).
I love fresh thyme but I find dried to be a litle overpowering, but that's just a personal preference. I went with the amount in the recipe and it was too much for me. It's still winter so I didn't have any fresh thyme growing, but next time I will use fresh thyme and let it simmer for a bit to infuse the flavor (or use just use about 1/4 of the amount of dried).
That's an easy tweak though, and as I stated it's more of a personal thing, I'm just really sensitive to the taste of it. I'll be making this again for sure!
OK OK I'll give it a shot with the liquid smoke. Dr. BBQ is the man and if he says add liquid smoke I'm adding liquid smoke. And I'll toss the 10 year old bottle and buy a new one.:-D
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