A delicious sweet and smoky BBQ sauce that can be made at home using all natural ingredients for a fraction of the price that you'll pay for a half decent bottle at the store? Yep, totally possible - and easy, too!
I take real pride in making as much as our food from scratch as possible. Each week, I bake our own bread, make our own ketchup and cook every meal from scratch. In fact, I take so much pride in making everything from scratch that it's become a sort of addiction.
I can't just pick a loaf of bread up at the store because it feels like I'm giving in and I'm admitting that the stuff in the supermarket is better than the stuff that I can make at home. Even when I know I've got a jam-packed day with barely enough time to breathe, let alone bake any bread, if we're out of the sandwich must-have, I'll go ahead and whip up a batch of rolls.
Sometimes it can get really exhausting, but this homemade sweet and smoky BBQ sauce? Totally makes it worth it. Every. Single. Time. I came across loads of homemade BBQ recipes when I was looking for inspiration, but every single one of them used ketchup as one of the main ingredients. And, well, ketchup out of a bottle isn't homemade!
So, instead of using store-bought ketchup in my homemade BBQ sauce, I decided to build upon my homemade ketchup recipe, resulting in an amazing sweet and smoky BBQ sauce that has so many depths of flavour you'll never opt for store-bought ever again. Promise!
This recipe makes quite a large amount of BBQ sauce, so feel free to scale it down if you only want it for a couple of meals or increase it if you need enough to slather on a dozen racks of ribs at your next BBQ. Now that's an idea - this would make an amazing rib sauce! Be right back - I've got some ribs to glaze.
š Recipe
Ingredients
- Ā¼ cup tomato paste
- 1 Ā½ cups water
- 1 Ā½ cups red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Ā½ cups sugar
- Ā½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Ā½ teaspoon onion powder
- 2 Ā½ teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 Ā½ teaspoons mustard powder
- 1 Ā½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together in a saucepan and simmer over a medium-low heat, stirring regularly, until thickened up. I usually reduce the sauce by half - this can take up to two hours.
- When you're happy with the thickness pour into an air-tight container and leave to cool to room temperature before storing in the fridge.
Heather {Woods of Bell Trees}
This looks super yummy! I don't care for the bottled sauces! I can't wait to give this a shot!
Mika
So delicious and easy to make!
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Katherines Corner
I love smoky BBQ, yum..Thank you for helping to make the Thursday Favorite Things Blog hop so much fun. Big Hugs ā„
CJ Huang
This BBQ sauce looks delectable! I'd love to give it a try. Feel free to come share it at Five Friday Finds.
Jenna
looks and sounds great and easy too~I am trying to make more things like this from scratch, so tired of preservatives and processed foods. Thanks~
Tirabaralla
Uhhhh! This sounds delish and I may even have all of the ingredients in my cupboard!
Thank you for sharing š
Emily @ Simple Life Of A Fire Wife
Sweet and smokey is my favorite kind of BBQ sauce! I will have to give this a try! Thanks for sharing at Share Your Stuff Tuesdays!
Sara
LOVE this purely homemade version! Thanks for sharing!
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