I made this sauce for the rabbits at the last Bunny BBQ. I cut up and brined the rabbits for 9 hours, then rinsed and boiled them for 10 minutes. They were painted with BBQ sauce and frozen until the day before the party. I thawed them Friday, and put the meat in the refrigerator overnight. Saturday I baked it in a low heat oven until warmed through, and threw it on the grill. While the rabbit was cooking over the coals, I basted it with more BBQ sauce & grilled until cooked through with the sauce forming a blackened but not charred crust.
Ingredients
- 2tb oil
- 1 small can of tomato paste
- 2 pinches garlic powder
- 2 pinches mustard powder
- 2 pinches onion powder
- 1 pinch smoky paprika
- 1 pinch hot paprika
- 1 pinch cayenne
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- juice and pulp from 1 large orange
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup molasses
- 2 tb Worcester sauce
- 3 cups broth (I used rabbit broth- water is OK too)
To make the sauce heat oil in a cast iron skillet, add tomato paste, stir over med high heat 2 minutes until darkened. Add spices, stirring over heat; add liquids and sweetener. Cook for one hour or until reduced by 1/2, scraping the edges and stirring occasionally.
