| There are at least a million reasons why you | | | | capers, which are flower-like plans that give the |
| should be cooking your food with some kind of | | | | food a nice salty taste. If you lean more toward |
| sauce on it. For one, there are many various | | | | Asian cooking, try spraying some Hoisin sauce. |
| flavours that are available. You can try almost | | | | This is made from soya, peppers and other |
| anything from spicy Jamaican Jerk to sweet | | | | spices. They are available in many varieties, some |
| pineapple or cherry flavoured sauces. | | | | can be very thin and flimsy and others can be |
| Alternatively, you can also try a classier, hickory, | | | | very viscous and sticky. |
| habanera or Chile pepper sauce. | | | | If you don't have any of these sauces on hand |
| Applying these sauces is a careful art in itself. The | | | | and decided to cook a steak regardless, here is |
| first thing you need to be aware of is that they | | | | how you can spice it up. Take some Mayo and |
| typically contain a lot of sugar. What makes this | | | | mix it with vegetables and herbs to make your |
| problematic? Well, sugar burns very quickly at | | | | own sauce. You can put almost anything in it, |
| medium to high temperatures. If you plan to cook | | | | from black olives, to parsley and basil, caramelized |
| the meat for more than 10 minutes, this means | | | | green onions and even wasabi. You can also mix |
| the sauce will burn while the meat will not cook. | | | | in some soy sauce to reduce the viscosity of the |
| To avoid this, you need to first cook the meat | | | | sauce. Cook the meat thoroughly and one minute |
| until an acceptable level and only then, rub the | | | | before taking it off the grill, rub the sauce on both |
| barbeque sauce over. | | | | sides. |
| For a middle-eastern touch, you can add some | | | | |