TGI Friday's Jack Daniel's Secret Sauce

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Let me start this post by saying that my husband LOVES the Jack Daniel's Sauce at TGI Friday's.  He's not alone though, that stuff is really good.  When I mentioned that I could find a copycat recipe online so that we could have this anytime he was on board with that decision.  So I used the ever reliable Google and found this recipe.  I actually found it at more than 1 site, so it is easy to find.

Ingredients

• 1 head garlic
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup Kikkoman's teriyaki sauce (used La Choy Teriyaki)
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 1/3 cups dark brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 3 teaspoons minced white onions
• 1 teaspoon Jack Daniels Whiskey
• 1 teaspoon crushed pineapple
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (used red pepper flakes)

Note- I doubled everything except the garlic to make lots of this sauce.  Doubling it used pretty much the whole roasted garlic.

Preparation
To roast the garlic:

1. Cut about 1/2” off the top of the garlic.
2. Cut the roots so that the garlic will sit flat.
3. Remove the papery skin from the garlic, but leave enough so that the cloves stay together.
4. Put garlic in a small casserole dish or baking pan, drizzle with olive oil and cover with a lid or foil.
5. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour.
6. Remove and let it cool until you can handle it.

For the Glaze:

1. Combine water, pineapple juice, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Stir occasionally until mixture boils, then reduce heat to simmer.
3. Add remaining ingredients to pan and stir.
4. Squeeze out 2 t of roasted garlic and whisk to combine with pan mixture.
5. Let simmer for 35-45 minutes or until sauce has reduced by 1/2 and is thick and syrupy.
6. Make sure it doesn’t boil over.
7. To use, grill meat until almost done, then use the glaze otherwise it will burn.

Review & Changes-Amazing!!  This is a real deal copycat.  We put this on both chicken and beef burgers.  There are lots of possibilities.  It keeps and re-warms really well.  And with doubling it there were plenty of leftovers so I didn't want to remake it right away since it does take a bit of time.  H will not let me stop at just making this once!