Step 1

Fire up. Put the oil into a quart sauce pan, and warm it on a medium-low heat.

Step 2

Cook. Add the onion and sweet red peppers and sweat them until the onions are limp. Add the garlic and cook it for about a minute.

Step 3

Add the dry ingredients except the sugar. Cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes in order to develop and extract their flavors.

Step 4

Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Bring to a low boil for 3 minutes, stirring frequently to keep the sugar from burning or sticking to the bottom. Simmer on low for another 15 minutes.

Step 5

Serve. Serve as you would any barbecue sauce.