Saucing It Up with Country Bob's

Mmm-mmm, I love me some grilling! Recently the folks over at Country Bob's sent me a bottle of their good ol' all-purpose sauce for review. The Country Bob's website describes their sauce perfectly with these words: "It was 1968 when Country Bob Edson perfected his sauce recipe and today we call it All Purpose Sauce because it was more than just a steak sauce." Note: this isn't just barbecue sauce but ALL-purpose sauce.

My family and I enjoyed our evening of country-style sauce.  This is a medium-textured sauce; it's not too thick and not too thin. Many sauces are overly sweet for my taste but I liked how Country Bob's All-Purpose sauce has sweetness as well as a great savory flavor. I decided to mix things up and challenge the all-purpose claim by cooking Bob's baked beans.

Country Bob's Fantastic Baked Beans

Recipe

53 oz can pork and beans, drain half of liquid
1/2 lb broiled or fried pork steak (bacon may be used)
2 cups Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce (or may substitute Spicy)
1 small onion, finely chopped
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 t Country Bob's Seasoning Salt
1/2 cup green pepper diced (optional)

Cut pork steak in 1/2 inch squares. If using bacon, place on top of the beans before baking. Combine all ingredients and bake for one hour at 350 degrees.

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All of us, picky young ones included, enjoyed this baked bean recipe. I included the diced green pepper as a way of sneaking veggies in to the kids' diet. The verdict: Delicious! More savory than sweet, which is my personal baked bean preference. 

To Buy: Purchase some all-purpose sauce or one of Bob's other products (spicy all-purpose, true BBQ sauce, seasoning salt, etc)  HERE.

GIVEAWAY: Country Bob's would like to offer TWO Moana Saves readers their very own bottles of all-purpose sauce. To enter to win leave a comment here telling me how often you grill in your house (assuming you have good weather)? We try to stick to at least once a week, either Friday or Saturday. In my wishful thinking I would like to grill more often but with little ones afoot I find all too often I run out of time.

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Only one person per email/household/IPaddress can enter this giveaway.  He/she must be 18+ years old and reside in the U.S.  This giveaway ends on 3/17/11 11:59  HST (Hawaii Standard Time).  Two winners will be chosen randomly via Random.org.  I will notify the winners via email and they must respond to claim the prize within 48 hours or I will draw another winner.

I was not compensated for this post although I did receive free product samples to facilitate this review.  Any and all opinions here are mine.