Jerk Barbecue Sauce

Name: Jerk Barbecue Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 6 cups (1420 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1/4 cup minced (40 g) Ginger; 10 cloves minced Garlic; about 4 onions (450 g) Onion; 7 cups (1652 ml) Ketchup; 1 1/2 cups (300g) Brown Sugar; 1 1/4 cups (300g) Jerk Paste

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Kwame Onwuachi recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Kwame Onwuachi.

BBQ SAUCE · JERK CHICKEN & GRILLED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the bbq sauce for jerk chicken.

Onwuachi's bbq sauce for jerk chicken & grilled meats.

On the jar

JERK

Method: simmer
Yield: about 6 cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 30 mlKetchup 1652 ml

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Ginger1/4 cup minced (40 g)
Garlic10 cloves minced
Onionabout 4 onions (450 g)
Ketchup7 cups (1652 ml)
Brown Sugar1 1/2 cups (300g)
Jerk Paste1 1/4 cups (300g)

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Season to finish: GINGER (about 1½ tsp), GARLIC (1 clove).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Afro-Caribbean chef of Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi at Lincoln Center; James Beard Rising Star and Food & Wine Best New Chef. Bronx and Nigerian family references appear across the menu.

Adapted from a Kwame Onwuachi recipe (VICE / Kwame Onwuachi jerk chicken feature).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from VICE / Kwame Onwuachi jerk chicken feature (published as “Jerk Barbecue Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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