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 Rays is the best overall bbq. It is a little sweet thought!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Isabelle’s BBQ sauce for salmon is my new favorite. I’ll try your recipe too.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Stubb’s is usually what we have in our house! It’s so hard to find a good sauce with no HFCS!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite BBQ sauce contains brown sugar and apple cider vinegar.
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I love Fameous Dave’s
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love bone sucking sauce. But when I make my own, I usually use pineapple juice, honey, and garlic along with the typical BBQ sauce things. This recipe looks great. Where do you buy liquid Stevia from?
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Well, our favorite sauce has always been from Gates BBQ in Kansas City but it’s hard to get since we don’t live there anymore and now I’m dying to try this one! Thanks, Jillee and BlendTec!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite commercial sauce is Sweet Baby Ray’s. For a semi-homemade version, chili sauce and root beer, reduced, then some root beer extract added. Great over pulled pork.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.There is a local restaurant that sells their sauce and it’s my favorite! The restaurant with the great sauce is Mickey Piggs in Alto, Ga
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet baby rays!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Love Baby Rays.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite is a homemade jerk sauce that’s just a little sweet and spicy, great on ribs
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I really don’t have favorite. Guess it just what’s on sale. ;)I’m not that picky I guess.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Favorite bbq sauce would have to be head country!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Love cattlemens sauce.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite store bought is Meijer Brand Sweet & Spicy.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I sometimes make my own and it’s almost as good.
My very favorite is my mother-in-laws sauce. Homemade goodness. I saute the onions and garlic in butter, add the tomato sauce, spices and molasses. Simmer.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We like Bullseye bargaque sauce but sometimes I make my own. I dont really have a recipe just throw things in a pot!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My family and I just started eating low sugar, gluten and dairy free, and I’m desperately seeking sauce, lol. I usually just make a mixture of randoms, but will give urs a try when I ck out the ingredients. Also, I would LOVE the BlendTec! My 20 dollar (PINK) blender is sparking in protest every time I try to use it now; For years, it was unused, and now, it’s a staple for clean cooking! Love your blog! Thank you!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I have never made my own BBQ sauce. Always bought Kraft. But your recipe looks like something I will have to try.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.At the moment I don’t have a favorite BBQ sauce ‘cuz I’m sensitive to nightshades! Yup, it’s been quite and adjustment without them, but I do feel better. Nonetheless, I’d love to have a Blentec, we use a blender daily in our house.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite bbq sauce. I guess I don’t have one. I don’t like vinegar in my sauce. I usually just stir together catsup, mustard, chili powder and brown sugar. I add this to baked beans and rub it on my meat or pour it over a roast in the crockpot. I would love to win a blendtec.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Our family loves, loves, loves the sauce from our local fav bar-b-q restaurant, Swinging Door, so we always get a little extra to keep on hand for the times we do cook our own. However with Swinging Door just down the road from our home, it’s just so easy to bop in for some of their awesome ribs whenever the craving hits us!!!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We always use Sweet Baby Ray’s, but I would love to find a great homemade recipe. Thank you for sharing your recipe, it is at the top of my “to make” list.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We combine equal portions Sweet Baby Rays with Hunts or Heiz ketchup. Mmmmmm!
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