Making Homemade BBQ Sauce 4 Ways » Sweet | Vinegar | Mustard | White

ketchup

🥗Healthier: no-sugar-added ketchup

💰Cheaper: generic ketchup

Healthier option with less sugar.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

apple cider vinegar

🥗Healthier: white vinegar

💰Cheaper: distilled vinegar

Distilled vinegar is often less expensive.

Small dice a yellow onion and press a few cloves of garlic through a garlic press.

Heat oil in a medium-sized sauce pot over low medium heat and add the diced onions.

Cook the onions for 12 to 15 minutes until browned and caramelized.

Add minced garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant.

Add ketchup, light molasses, cider vinegar, light brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, cayenne pepper, dry mustard, sea salt, and ground black pepper to the pot.

Mix everything together and cook until dark and thick.

Add juice of one lemon and unsalted butter, then puree until smooth.

For vinegar-based sauce, combine cider vinegar, light brown sugar, and salt in a pot and bring to a boil.

Add ketchup, garlic granules, onion granules, black pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes, then whisk together and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

For mustard sauce, combine yellow mustard, honey, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar, light brown sugar, onion granules, garlic granules, salt, black pepper, and chili powder in a pot.

Whisk together and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

For Alabama white sauce, combine mayonnaise, cider vinegar, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, raw horseradish, onion granules, garlic granules, sugar, and cayenne pepper.

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