A Delicious Homemade BBQ Sauce That’s Ready In Seconds
When I was a girl, I loved most of the food my mom made, but I was always particularly excited when she made ribs with homemade BBQ sauce. Mom’s BBQ sauce was thick, sweet, and slightly tangy — exactly how I like it!
I didn’t find out that her recipe had a bonafide secret ingredient — prunes baby food — until my siblings and I were teenagers. (Knowing how we would have reacted to that knowing that were eating a fruit puree for babies, I can’t say I blame her for keeping that a secret as long as she did!)
With it being grilling season, I thought I’d share my take on my mom’s easy BBQ sauce recipe here in this post! Grab your blender and a few simple ingredients, and you’ll be seconds away from a delicious sauce that’s sure to steal the show at your next backyard barbecue.
How To Make Blender BBQ Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1/2-1 cup brown sugar (for a sweeter sauce, use the higher amount)
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 (2 1/2 ounce) container prunes baby food (my mom’s secret ingredient!)
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp liquid smoke
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Directions:
Get ready for the world’s easiest instructions…
Put all the ingredients in your blender, then blend until smooth. At that point, you can either warm the sauce on your stove or use it as is. And that’s it!
Additions & Substitutions
The recipe above is great as is, but don’t be afraid to add or swap ingredients to make it your own! You can add a dash of hot sauce or cayenne to give it a bit more heat, use less brown sugar, add more garlic — whatever sounds good to you!
One of the great things about this BBQ sauce recipe is that you can make a big batch of it and freeze whatever you won’t use right away. (I suggest pouring the extra sauce into an ice cube tray and freezing it, then transferring the frozen cubes to a ziplock freezer bag!)
What Can I Put Blender BBQ Sauce On?
Brush this easy BBQ sauce on grilled chicken and serve with a fresh salad for a perfect summertime meal. I also love this sauce on a homemade BBQ chicken salad with black beans, corn, red onion, and ranch dressing. So good!
You can brush blender BBQ sauce on meatloaf and burgers, add it to shredded pork or chicken for sandwiches, and even stir into some mayo to make a tangy dip for french fries and onion rings. It’s also great on delicious BBQ chicken pizza too!
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Blender BBQ Sauce Recipe
Equipment
- Blender or a bowl and whisk
Ingredients
- ½-1 cup brown sugar to taste
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2½ ounces baby food prunes or prune puree
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp liquid smoke
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to your blender and blend until smooth.
- Warm before using, if desired.
Nutrition
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Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey BBQ Sauce is my favorite! I’ve been considering making my own BBQ Sauce this year and canning it, but I haven’t gotten that brave yet. Would love to win the blender, it would be great for other stuff that I am canning. Plus my blender is missing a couple of teeth on the bottom so I’m not sure how long it will last before the rest break off!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby Rays
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby rays is my favorite!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite bbq sauce is from the Smoke Doctors. The company is owned by my cousin and the bbq sauce is delicious! :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Don’t have a favorite, but planning to make the recipe you posted.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite barbecue sauce is my Dad’s homemade white BBQ sauce. So yummy!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby Ray’s is our current favorite, but I need to give your recipe a try!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love BBQ sauce, haven’t found one I don’t like! Would like to get into making my own, however.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love Sweet Baby Rays!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My cousin used to make a homemade BBQ sauce with Jack Daniels and molasses, among many other yummy things. He refused to give up the recipe, but one day I am going to figure the dang thing out. In the mean time, I love some Sweet Baby Ray’s Sweet & Spicy.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite store bought is Guy Fierri’s Kansas City BBQ Sauce. It doesn’t have any questionable ingredients.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.KC Masterpiece Southern Style
Please log in or create a free account to comment.i love making my own hot sauce with jalapenos and liquid smoke. Alas, I’ve just moved to Germany without a blender and my favourite ingredients!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I enjoy making my own bbq sauce also, but when I am out of that, I use Stubbs…made in Texas and gluten-free, like me :-)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Your bbq sauce recipe sounds great! I just ran out of the large batch of bbq sauce I put in small containers and froze … I used honey but love the idea of using stevia! Never tried making it in the blender. Great idea! Thanks for the recipe and giveaway … I would love to have a Blendtec!! WOO!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I like Stubbs,too, because there is no HFCS. I’m anxious to try this recipe!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love secret six sauce.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We make BBQ sauce and add it to a pot of beans and bake. The kids love it!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love Carolina-style BBQ sauce – the tangy, vinergar-y kind (and we all know you love vinegar!!). Pulled pork…yum!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I used to work in a restaurant in Oklahoma and we used Head Country.. Definitely a favorite. But I also like making my own. Now I am a self supporting missionary teaching sign language in the Dominican Republic. I have to make my own sauce if I want any. I love the ingredients you listed I am going to try to get them next visit to the capitol, I am on the other side of the island. I would also LOVE to have a blender!! Thanks for the new recipe to try!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Found an excellent BBQ sauce at the farmers market last year and it was great, need to find it again this year.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love any honey BBQ sauce but would love to try making my own!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love Sweet Baby Rays but would love to use the Blendtec to make my own!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My Grandmas BBQ Sauce~ called Gordon’s Sauce: Not sure off all of the ingredients but know.. Molasses, Catsup, little green chile peppers with the seeds, cumin, brown sugar, diced onions, couple drops of liquid BBQ extract (it comes in a little bottle). All cooking slowly on the back burner for a LONG time. Its sweet/HOT/Thick & dark, SO tasty.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I hope I win a Blendtec, I dream about them!!!
Sweet Baby Rays. Would LOVE that Blendtec!
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