Barbecue Sauce
An quick and easy recipe for barbecue sauce that you can whip up in a matter of minutes.
This week I am whipping up several of my favorite sauces, dips and dressings that are just as easy to make as they are to put a bottle in your shopping cart. Â Best part, they are homemade and have no extra additives that many of the store bought ones have.
This is a classic barbecue sauce that is sweet and tangy, perfect on just about anything. Â I love the flavor the smoky paprika adds to this sauce. Â All of the ingredients you should have already on hand so you can make this sauce anytime you need to add barbecue sauce to any dish. Once you make your own sauce, you’ll never want to pick up a bottle of store bought sauce again.
10 Ways to Use BBQ Sauce
Brush on chicken breasts, legs or thighs for barbecue chicken
Use in Homemade Baked Beans
Yummy in BBQ Pulled Pork with Sauteed Vidalia Onions
Use a few tablespoons on grilled salmon
Toss with jumbo shrimp then cook on the grill for BBQ Grilled Shrimp
Give your chili a little kick with BBQ sauce
Make these amazing Campfire Burgers with a killer Campfire Sauce – recipe HEREÂ
Top hamburgers or turkey burgers with BBQ sauce and melted swiss cheese for a zest BBQ burger
Substitute pizza sauce for BBQ sauce and top with mozzarella and chicken for a yummy BBQ Chicken Pizza
Holidays and gatherings aren’t the same without crock pot meatballs that are cooked with barbecue sauce and grape jelly
PrintBarbecue Sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 1/2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 cups ketchup (preferably organic such as Trader Joe’s)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 lemon (juiced)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine all ingredients and stir until blended.
- Store in a mason jar or airtight container in refrigerator.
What a pefect barbecue sauce! Love that this is so much healthier than the store bought variety.
This is so much better than store bought sauce!
I love this Jennifer! My husband is the BBQ sauce maker in our house, he has been perfecting his recipe lately and I hope to post it soon. He will love to see yours too!
I’ve never made homemade bbq sauce but clearly I need to!
I’ve never made homemade bbq sauce and that’s one of the sauces that’s on my top list to make. Yours looks sooo delicious, I could drink it!
This sounds just perfect!!
I love how basic the ingredients are for this, looking forward to seeing your other homemade sauces! I definitely need to stop buying a lot of sauces 🙂
Love this recipe. Easy and it looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing.
This barbecue sauce sounds delicious – and I could definitely see myself using it in every single way you described!
this is the BEST BBQ sauce! Thank you so much!
Hi Kathleen, so glad you enjoy this BBQ Sauce! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂