Easy Healthy BBQ Sauce
This Healthy BBQ Sauce Recipe is made with pantry staples and no ketchup! Easy to make, this BBQ sauce is sweet and tangy, perfect for summer grilling!
Servings: 8 1/4 cup servings
Calories: 63kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup diced onion
- 1 tablespoon diced garlic
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon dried mustard powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon cumin
Instructions
- In a small pot, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium high heat.
- Sauté onions and garlic for 3 minutes or until translucent. Remove the onions and garlic from the heat and pour them into a blender.
- Add the water, honey, apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and dried spices to the blender. Blend on high for 90 seconds or until smooth.
- Add the BBQ sauce back to the pot and turn the heat to medium. Bring the sauce to a simmer and reduce the sauce for 10 minutes, stirring frequently so it doesn't burn.
- Remove the sauce from the heat and let it come to room temperature before using.
- Use this healthy BBQ sauce on BBQ chicken, BBQ grilled vegetables, pulled pork, or chicken wings and enjoy!
Notes
This is a great base of a healthy BBQ sauce and it can be easily modified to add your favorite flavors for other BBQ sauce variations.
Add a ½ cup of cherries, blueberries, peaches, figs, even mango to the blender to create your own flavored bbq sauce.
Add a ½ cup of cherries, blueberries, peaches, figs, even mango to the blender to create your own flavored bbq sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 63kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 292IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
