Homemade No-Cook Barbecue Sauce
Try this easy Homemade No-Cook Barbecue Sauce once, and you may never go back to the bottled stuff ever again. It's everything you want - sweet, tangy, and smoky with a spicy kick - and it takes just 5 minutes to make!
Servings: 24 (1 tablespoon each; recipe makes about 1½ cups total)
Estimated Calories: 27
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- ¼ cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, add more or less to taste
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until well-combined.
- This barbecue sauce can be used immediately, and it will be very delicious, but I highly recommend making it ahead of time and letting it sit in the refrigerator in an airtight container for at least several hours or overnight to give all those flavors a chance to develop and meld together. It will be so much better!
Recipe Notes
- I prefer to use ketchup that has all natural ingredients and no high fructose corn syrup or any artificial sweeteners.
- Easy substitutions: light brown sugar instead of dark, apple cider vinegar instead of white, honey or maple syrup instead of molasses.
- Store your barbecue sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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