Your Own Homemade Barbecue Sauce Recipe Is Easy To Make And Tastes So Much Better Than Store Bought Sauce

Which barbecue sauce recipe is best? Erm…. where to begin. It seems that nearly every state has a BBQ sauce named after it, there’s: North Carolina barbecue sauce, South Carolina barbeque sauce, Texas BBQ sauce, Hawaiian BBQ sauce, etc. Some cities like Kansas have their own barbeque sauce as well as whole countries such as Chinese and Korean barbecue sauce!! We add to this all of the sauces based on individual ingredients, including honey, vinegar, chilli, cranberry and even whiskey BBQ sauce! There are thousands of individual recipes, but we’ll stop here and list some top barbecue recipes that you can try.

All Purpose Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Why all purpose sauce? Well sometimes you just don’t know which sauce to serve because you’re not sure what you’re guests will like. This barbecue sauce recipe is tasty but not too strongly flavoured and so will go nicely with most barbecued food. Try this one and adapt it to suit your own taste – you’ll end up with your own unique sauce recipe. This a great all purpose sauce. Suitable for plain chicken, meat, sausages and burgers. It's also good as a marinade for all meats. Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes

Serves 6
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
4 large tomatoes, chopped
4 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
2 teaspoons of mustard
2 teaspoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of vegatable oil
2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 bay leaf salt and freshly ground pepper
1. Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently cook the onion, garlic and chilli until the onion is soft and golden brown. 2. Add the tomatoes, tomato ketchup, mustard, sugar, vineger, soy sauce and bay leaf. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently. Then cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes until thickened and pulpy. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 3. Liquidise to make a smooth sauce, or leave chunky if preferred.

Chinese Barbecue Sauce

This is a slightly sticky and sweet sauce. Perfect with chicken and pork dishes. Hoisin sauce is a thick, dark sauce typically made from soya beans, vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic, flour, chilli, sesame oil and spices. It’s readily available in jars and bottles and keeps for several months if refrigerated. Hoisin sauce is commonly known as Chinese barbecue sauce. It can be used by itself but the additional ingredients in this barbecue sauce recipe add more flavour and thin the Hoisin out, making it easier to cut the meat with.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Serves 6
5 tablespoons of Hoisin sauce
5 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
1.5 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar
1.5 tablespoons of light soy sauce
Simply mix all of the ingredients together and chill until required!

Texas Barbeque Sauce

Texas barbeque is a very popular sauce and comes in many different versions. The core of the majority of recipes is tomato ketchup, Worcester sauce and lemon juice, and usually chilli powder or mustard to add a bit extra intensity. The sauce below has a mid intensity to it. Add or subtract chilli, mustard, sugar etc to suit your taste. The recipe below is based on one serving for 6 people. If you intend using it for two dishes, for example a burger and a piece of chicken for each person, then double the measurements.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves 6
6 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
1.5 tablespoons of cider vinegar
1.5 tablespoons of Worcester sauce
Half small onion, grated
1 clove of garlic, crushed
0.5 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce
0.5 teaspoons of black pepper
0.5 tablespoons of chilli powder (or mustard powder)
salt to taste

Put all of the ingredients together in a small saucepan and bring to the boil, then gently simmer for 10 minutes. If required add a little water. After simmering, remove from the heat and the cool. Ideal with chicken, steak and burgers. This sauce can be kept in a refrigerator for about 7 days.

After trying any of these recipes you’ll realise that they have so much more flavour than store bought equivalent sauces. Don’t be afraid to change recipes to suit your own taste. But only change one thing at a time and make notes. Soon you’ll end up with your very own barbecue sauce recipe. Without a doubt your own homemade barbecue sauce will have your barbecue guests begging you for your recipe! What better time than to send us your recipe and we’ll print it on the World Wide Web, along with your name on the Barbecue Hut!

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