more tips for a great grilling

guido · Site Admin Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: Italy

A sauce often defines great grilling. For a superior grilled dish and to get the most mileage from a grilling sauce, follow these tips.

Many grilling sauces use a combination of savory and sweet ingredients for their unique taste. Sweet ingredients add a fabulous depth to sauces, but beware -- sugar burns easily and may impart a bitter flavor to a sauce.

Sauce Safety
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.

When and How to Apply Sauce
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.

Common Sugars and Sauce Ingredients High in Sugar
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

Other Uses for Grilling Sauces
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
Add a smoky flavor to chili
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