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!
Servings 12
Calories 81kcal
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
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