Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

24 Reviews
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Ready In: 20 min

“This is good for baking chicken or ribs in. Easily doubled or tripled for your needs. Vegetables are also really good cooked in this sauce.” - by BUCHKO

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 2 cups

Directions

  1. In a medium nonporous bowl, combine the butter or margarine, onion, green bell pepper, water, ketchup, mustard powder, salt, celery seed, brown sugar and lemon juice. Mix well and use on your choice of meat.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

  • Calories
  • 149 cal
  • 7%
  • Fat
  • 6.6 g
  • 10%
  • Carbs
  • 23.4 g
  • 8%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (24)

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Kelli
202

Kelli

"I improvised a lot on this recipe. I needed a quick barbecue sauce. I only used 1 Cup of ketchup, 1 Cup Water, 2 TBSP Brown Sugar, salt/pepper, 2 TBSP Butter (melted) and mixed them all together and..." See more popped the bowl in the microwave and 3 minutes later it was perfect! I used it on pulled pork sandwhiches I slow cooked all day long."

VERMONTLIZ
68

VERMONTLIZ

"This was pretty good barbecue sauce recipe. I normally like it a little sweeter and a little spicier. I made 1 batch with the recipe as described, but found it sort of bland. So I made another, but ..." See morethis time I sauteed the onion with some chili powder in the melted butter, added a tablespoon of brown sugar, replaced the celery seed and green pepper with a stalk of celery, and swapped the lemon juice for lime juice. That was just the kick it needed! The second way only took about 5 minutes more. The basic sauce is definitely worth a try, and lends itself well to some creativity!"

Cookieman
49

Cookieman

"A basic bbq sauce should include: 32oz of ketchup, 1 cup brown surgar, 1/3c of worchestershire sauce, and 1/4c vinegar. This recipe would work if you increase brown surgar and added the worchestershir..." See moree sauce and vinegar. Hot pepper sauce or cayenne pepper optional."

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