With just four simple ingredients, you can make this delicious homemade BBQ sauce. It’s thick and sweet, smoked and goes perfectly with your favorite grilled meat.
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Recipe details
I love this BBQ sauce! It’s my go-to whenever I serve BBQ meat, as it’s the perfect thing to induce the delicious flavors that come from the grill. This recipe is very simple and pounds store-bought BBQ sauce.
Taste: Sweet and smoky, this barbecue sauce is very tasty. Honey and molasses give it a delicious, rich flavor. Texture: Simmer until thick and bubbly, this sauce will coat the meat you add to it. Time: It takes about an hour to make. Easy: This sauce is very easy. Simply pour everything into a pot and simmer.
What you need
Ingredient Notes
Ketchup – This is tomato-based in most BBQ sauces. Honey – This brings a light sweetness to the sauce. Molasses – It thickens and sweetens the barbecue sauce with a rich flavor. Liquid Smoke – Adds a smoky flavour.
Add-ins and replacements
Please tingly. To make a Tanjie version of this sweet BBQ sauce, add apple cider vinegar, mustard, or citrus juices, like lemon or orange. Add heat. If you prefer spicy homemade sauces, you can add crushed red chili flakes, Tabasco, Frank red hot, or cayenne pepper. Smoked paprika is also smokey. Add bourbon, add bourbon to the sauce, cook alcohol, leaving it with its sweet and delicious flavor. Make it low-carb – Use any kind of keto or low-carb liquid sweetener, such as monkfruit sweeteners, instead of honey.
How to make barbecue sauce
Add the ingredients together. In a pan, mix ketchup, honey, molasses and liquid smoke. Simmer the sauce. Turn the pan to medium low and simmer the sauce for about an hour. Then provide or store it.
Pro Tip: Don’t simmer on high heat as it can splash all over your stove top.
Recipe Tips
Stir everything together – whisk everything well before simmering, and when it gets thick, the flavors will combine. Simmer – Simmer the sauce for 1 hour to make it thick and not get watered. Use medium and low heat – Doing this will prevent the sauce from splashing out at a higher temperature as it will bubble and start to spit out, preventing it from splashing across the entire stove. Thinn it – if your sauce is too long and too thick, add a little apple juice to thin it out and stir over low heat.
FAQ
The basic foundation of barbecue sauce is ketchup. Usually, there are sweeteners such as molasses and thick brown sugar, and sometimes vinegar. It also contains spices such as black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. For a sweet barbecue, you can add honey and sprinkle with liquid smoke or smoked paprika for a smoky flavor.
The secret ingredient in a great barbecue sauce is molasses. Molasses has a rich, delicious, complex flavor when added to the sauce, and its rich, syrup-like texture gives the body of a BBQ sauce.
Provide suggestions
This homemade barbecue sauce recipe is versatile and delicious, with honey and smoke aromas. Great for meat, fries, burgers and sandwiches.
Fries: Soak the air fryer fries, air fries, air fries zucchini fries, air fries, air fries, sweet potato fries, or air fries in this delicious sauce. Meat: Serve this BBQ sauce with pork, beef, chicken, or turkey, like these healthy chicken nuggets, smoked chicken wings, breaded chicken skewers, or smoked ribs. Sandwiches: Add to your sandwiches, such as this classic BLT sandwich, brisket sandwich, or Turkish croissant sandwich. Burgers: Spread some of this on your favorite burger combo or try it out with a brioche bread (video) with this chipotle burger or this homemade burger patty.
Create this recipe in advance
Go ahead: This sauce can be prepared a few days in advance as it will remain fresh in the fridge in a jar with a lid.
Storage: This barbecue sauce can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container like a mason jar for up to 2 weeks. It’s a great sauce to hold in your hand when you cook, and this keeps it fresh.
Freeze: This sauce can be frozen in a ziplock freezer bag, but it will thaw on the thin side.
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Complete recipe instructions
BBQ Sauce Recipe
This barbecue sauce has only four simple ingredients and has a delicious, smoky and sweet taste.
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Serving: 30
calorie: 63kcal
Instructions
Turn the pan medium low and simmer the sauce for about 30 minutes to an hour. If you are not using it on the same day, store it in the fridge in an airtight container.
Note
This barbecue sauce can be stored in an airtight container in a fridge. It’s a great sauce to hold in your hand when you cook, and this keeps it fresh.
How long will it last?
Homemade BBQ sauce lasts up to a week in the fridge. It is not pasteurized so it won’t stay much longer.
nutrition
calorie: 63kcal | carbohydrates: 16g | protein: 1g | fat: 1g | Saturated fat: 1g | sodium: 150mg | potassium: 164mg | fiber: 1g | sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 82iu | Vitamin C: 1mg | calcium: 18mg | iron: 1mg
This recipe was originally posted on May 16, 2016, but I’ve adjusted it a little to improve the recipe.
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