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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Stubbs is the favorite store bought because it does not have high fructose corn syrup. This recipe sounds wonderful, we will try it.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Our current favorite is Sweet Baby Ray’s for the taste, but I would LOVE to be able to make a homemade version with less sugar.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby Rays!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love to make my own!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Love me a sweet and spicy BBQ sauce. I concur with many others – for a store-bought sauce, Sweet Baby Rays is hard to beat!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I like to mix Jack Daniels w/ honey and lemon and garlic and seasonings
Please log in or create a free account to comment.There’s a local company here in Dayton called Spicy Rooster that always sells BBQ sauce at farmer’s markets, and they are definitely my favorite. I like their sauce’s kick and great flavor!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.my mom had a really simple homemade BBQ sauce. All I remember about it was that it had ketchup, Heinz chili sauce and beer. I think it had vinegar too because it was very tangy. I have to dig through her stuff and see if I can find it, because other than the ketchup I don’t think there was added sugar. I don’t like sweet sauce, so I may try yours without the stevia.
By the way, this blender looks AWESOME!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My homemade BBQ sauce uses tomato soup as a base.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet baby ray’s for a traditional sauce, but Salt Lick BBQ Is a delicious local sauce that I think is more mustard based.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love BBQ. I usually make my own sauce just putting together ingredients out of the cupboard until it tastes right for that batch. Never is the same twice. Love that you recipe has no sugar. Can’t wait to try it.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I like the new Weber’s BBQ sauces (no HFCS).
Please log in or create a free account to comment.President’s Choice Cowboy Chipotle is our favorite!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite is Sweet Baby Rays
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We use Annie’s BBQ Sauce.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby Ray Honey and Brown Sugar – I have never made my own – looking forward to trying your recipe.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Your recipe sound awesome, but what is/are aminos? Thanks for the giveaway.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite sauce used to be Sweet Baby Rays, but now I make my own. I’ll try this recipe and compare!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Sweet Baby Rays….Thank you for a “Healthy” BBQ recipe. Its time to switch….
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite BBQ sauce is a simple mix of ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. It is great on everything grilled and especially good on wings.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We like a few BBQ sauces. Sweet Baby Rays taste good, but has way too much sugar in it. We also like the Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite sauce is my own that I make out of my own tomatoes and the can. So good!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I’m always looking for a good bbq sauce recipe, can’t wait to try this one!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite BBQ sauce is Jim Beam BBQ sauce! The smell of it brings me back to my college years :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love to make my own BBQ sauces, just quickly thrown together for the day. But if not, Sweet Baby Rays would be my alternate. I will have to try this recipe, it sounds amazing!
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