Last Updated on May 16, 2023
Learn How to make Homemade Barbecue Sauce with just a few simple ingredients and in as little is 30 minutes!
A sauce that is so easy to make, uses simple ingredients, and taste amazing, you will never go back to the store bought product again.
It is a smoky, sweet and tangy sauce that can be used on pretty much everything!
It is the perfect condiment for any sandwich, can be used for marinating, basting, or it can also be used as a dipping sauce.
This sauce is healthy, vegan and also gluten free!
And once you taste this amazing smoky sweet homemade barbecue sauce, you will never buy another barbecue sauce from a store again.
Ingredients needed for this sauce
- Tomato Sauce and Paste – This sauce uses both the tomato sauce and paste. These sauces add color, thickness, a richer tomato flavor, and is the base of the barbecue sauce.
- Apple Cider Vinegar – Vinegar adds that extra tang to the barbecue sauce that we all love.
- Real Maple Syrup – Maple syrup is my sweetener of choice. It adds a smokey maple flavor with a hint of vanilla caramel.
- Molasses – Molasses adds a bit more of a sweet smoky flavor to the sauce.
- Mustard – I use a yellow mustard in my sauce, or you can add a mustard of your choice. The mustard adds a hint of spice with a little tang to the sauce.
- Seasonings – The seasonings used are salt, onion powder, minced garlic and smoked paprika are added for flavor to the sauce.
How to make Homemade Barbecue Sauce
Combine all the ingredients into a medium saucepan.
Cook on a medium heat, stir and bring everything to a simmer.
Make sure to cover the pot, but do not place the lid on to tight, letting the steam escape.
Keeping the sauce at a simmer, continue to check and stir the sauce for about 10 to 15 minutes.
You will notice the sauce will start to thicken.
After about 15 minutes, remove the sauce from the heat and leave it to cool.
Once cool, pour into a quart jar, cover and place into the refrigerator.
Different ways to use this sauce
- As a marinade.
- A dip for those fries.
- Pour the sauce onto a sandwich.
- Bast any vegetable or burger.
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How to make Homemade Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 15 oz. Can Tomato Sauce
- 1 6 oz. Can Tomato Paste
- 1/4 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/4 Cup Real Maple Syrup
- 1/4 Cup Molasses
- 1 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tsp Yellow Mustard
- 1 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients into a medium saucepan.
- Cook on a medium heat, stir and bring everything to a simmer.
- Make sure to cover the pot, but do not place the lid on to tight, letting the steam escape.
- Keeping the sauce at a simmer, continue to check and stir the sauce for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- You will notice the sauce will start to thicken.
- After about 15 minutes, remove the sauce from the heat and leave it to cool.
- Once cool, pour into a quart jar, cover and place into the refrigerator.
Notes
- As a marinade.
- A dip for those fries.
- Pour the sauce onto a sandwich.
- Bast any vegetable or burger.
