Homemade Mesquite BBQ Sauce

Continuing my BBQ Basics Made in a Blender series, I’ve already brought you my Savory Garlic Butter & Bruschetta Turkey Burgers, Homemade Fry Sauce & Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries, Homemade Ranch Dressing & Ultimate Cobb Salad. When it comes to bbq sauce I didn’t used to care what I ate. I didn’t pay attention much to labels. My absolute favorite used to be Sweet Baby Rays. LOVED it. Then I looked at the ingredient label. First ingredient: high fructose corn syrup. 16g of sugar. EEK. I wasn’t overly excited about the ‘caramel color’ and ‘sodium benzoate’ either. So we ditched that. Quickly. 

We now LOVE Stubbs. Love, love, LOVE Stubbs.  No HFCS and 8g of sugar (in the smokey Mesquite). A pretty spot on ingredient list too. We found another brand of BBQ sauce that is super yummy too at Costco, but has kind of a lot of sugar (no wonder we loved it). With as much as we grill and enjoy one of our favorite go-to meals (chicken w/BBQ sauce & steamed broccoli) I have been wanting to try my hand at making my own sauce. It was beyond simple and turned out awesome. I slightly adapted the recipe from one of my favorite bloggers, Alli from Gimme Some Oven (LOVE her!!) and absolutely love the flavor of the sauce. If you’ve never used all natural mesquite liquid smoke you are in for a surprise. It’s unreal at how much the scent resembles so many of your favorite mesquite recipes!

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Homemade Mesquite BBQ Sauce

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Barbecue Sauce, BBQ Sauce

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

Servings: 25

Calories: 22 kcal

Author: Yvonne

This Homemade Mesquite BBQ sauce has the flavor of your store bought favorites without the yucky additives!

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Ingredients

• 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar
• 1/3 c. honey
• 1/4 c. tomato paste
• 1/4 c. molasses
• 3 tbsp. Worcestershire
• 2 tsp. Mesquite liquid smoke
• 1 tsp. smoked paprika
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp. onion powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions

1. In your blender, blend together all ingredients on low for 30 seconds until smooth.

2. In a medium saucepan, bring bbq sauce to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer (uncovered) for 20 minutes, or until the sauce has slightly thickened.

3. Use the sauce immediately, or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Gimme Some Oven

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Mesquite BBQ Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 22

% Daily Value*

Sodium 76mg3%

Potassium 82mg2%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Sugar 4g4%

Vitamin A 135IU3%

Vitamin C 0.8mg1%

Calcium 8mg1%

Iron 0.3mg2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Be sure not to miss the rest of the posts in the ‘BBQ Basics Made in a Blender’ series:

Savory Garlic Butter // Tried and Tasty for Blendtec

Bruschetta Turkey Burger // Tried and Tasty

Tried and Tasty Fry Sauce // Tried and Tasty for Blendtec

Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries // Tried and Tasty

Homemade Ranch Dressing // Tried and Tasty for Blendtec

Ultimate Cobb Salad // Tried and Tasty