The infamous BBQ sauce

Ingredients:
2 cups Ketchup
1 small can Tomato paste
1/4cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup diced/sliced/minced onions(your preference, I like sliced, but I LOVE onions, if its not your forte, go with minced)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup diced/sliced/minced red/orange/yellow bell peppers (any of these colors work, but NOT green, it has a different flavor than these)
Salt and Pepper
1 can of beer (no preference)
2tbls butter
Hot Sauce(Louisiana, sriracha,tapatio, whatever you like)

Directions:
Using a sauce pan or dutch oven(no skillet, too shallow), turn your heat to medium(my knob is at 7). While you wait for your pan to heat up, prepare all your veggies.. the onions, garlic, and peppers. They need to all be ready to go before you add butter to the pan. Once all your chopping is done, add the butter to the pan and immediately add all the veggies. With a wooden spoon, gradually stir the veggies until soft and translucent. The onions and peppers should smell sweet and warm. Add your ketchup and tomato paste and stir for a minute. At this point, you will add your hot sauce, depending on your liking, add anywhere from 3-10 dashes of hot sauce. Add brown sugar and continue to stir for 3 more minutes. Increase heat to medium high(my knob is between 8-9) and bring sauce mix to near boiling point(there should be bubbles popping, but not too many). Once it reaches this point, stir in beer, bring to boiling point, shut off heat, and cover with lid. Do not peek inside sauce for 10 minutes! The sauces flavors are melding together and becoming bolder and richer.

Its at this point that I add cooked chicken breast that i have semi-shredded or pulled pork or brisket. When adding meat, you will turn the heat back to medium, and let it warm up the meat and ensure its coated. Once done, add to your Kaiser rolls or hamburger buns. I recommend topping with coleslaw. Consume and enjoy:)

*Brown sugar can be swapped with anything sweet, try different sugars to get different flavors! When I've run out of brown sugar, I've used maple syrup. Honey or orangle marmalade would be excellent substitues, and molasses could give it a deeper, bolder flavor. be creative!

**The veggies are key to base of this sauce, if you really do not like onions and peppers(some don't) I suggest mincing very fine or blending your sauce with a food processor or blender when sauce is completely cool.