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spoonful of homemade BBQ sauce.
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Homemade Barbecue Sauce

This homemade barbecue sauce is a tantalizing blend of tangy, sweet, and spicy flavors and it's so easy to make with simple pantry staples!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword barbecue, bbq, condiments, sauce
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 81kcal
Author Sara Garska
Cost $5

Equipment

  • Medium sauce pan

Ingredients

  • 2 cups ketchup or tomato sauce
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery or 1 tsp celery seed
  • 1 clove minced garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • pinch thyme
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 to 1 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 to 1 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan and stir to combine.
  • Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer until desired thickness, about one hour

Notes

  • If you use fresh veggies for the sauce (vs celery seed and garlic powder) you may want to blend the cooked sauce in a blender, until smooth.
  • The recipe calls for a teaspoon of pepper. At this amount, you will taste the pepper. I preferred less pepper.
  • You can use either ketchup OR tomato sauce in this recipe. Ketchup is sweeter, so you will get a sweeter BBQ sauce unless you reduce the amount of sugar. Tomato sauce is less sweet.
Nutrition information is an estimate only.
 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 464mg | Potassium: 145mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 225IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.2mg