Honey BBQ Sauce

Recipe:

Ingredient Notes:

• Ketchup: This forms the backbone of the sauce, so it’s crucial to use a delicious, high-quality ketchup with a natural flavor – ideally, one without added flavorings like garlic, herbs, or chiles.
• Onions: For this recipe, it’s best to use yellow or Spanish onions. They’re ideal because they have the least impact on the color of the finished sauce.
• Garlic: Fresh garlic is optimal. While dried granulated garlic is a suitable substitute, it will yield a slightly different flavor. If substituting, use 1/2 teaspoon of dry granulated garlic for every 3 cloves of fresh garlic.
• Sugar: I make this sauce with brown sugar for its subtle caramel notes. If you don’t have brown sugar, you can use regular white granulated sugar, but be aware that the finished sauce’s flavor will be a bit simpler.
• Vinegar: Almost any vinegar works well, except for white distilled vinegar. Apple cider, rice, red wine, or white wine vinegar are all good options.
• Tabasco: This adds a spicy kick. You can substitute it with any other hot pepper sauce to your liking, or even use chili powder. You can adjust the spiciness to your taste; this recipe produces a sauce with a very mild spicy flavor.
• Honey: It’s best to use a honey without an overly dominant flavor, such as linden, floral, or acacia. Stronger varieties like buckwheat and chestnut honey are better reserved for other dishes.
• Worcestershire Sauce: This ingredient strongly influences the sauce’s flavor profile, making it indispensable here. Substituting Worcestershire with soy sauce or omitting it entirely will result in a completely different sauce.

Let’s start cooking.

Finely chop the onion and garlic.

Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 4 to 5 minutes.

Add the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add the remaining ingredients.

Stir and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes, then turn off the heat.

Puree the sauce with a blender until smooth.

Let cool, then pour into jars.

Store the sauce in a tightly closed jar or container in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.

Enjoy!

This Honey BBQ Sauce recipe was checked, prepared and approved by Chef Tatyana Nazaruk - author of FlavorIt.com.
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