BBQ Sauce: An easy, sweet, and tangy 30-minute recipe you will want to eat again and again.
Easy peasy BBQ Sauce is SO good on ribs, but you could use it on chicken too.
BBQ Sauce is sweet and tangy, and oh, so easy.
Making this homemade Easy (Barbecue) BBQ Sauce is almost effortless. It's time for grilling, right? Do you like your ribs, chicken or beef smothered in sauce? Don whipped this sauce up in just 30 minutes. Grill your meat, make the sauce while your meat is cooking, and then smother it on at the table. Yum!
Recipe Development
Here's how you make the sauce. Simply combine ketchup, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, and dark molasses. If you like it spicy, add some Tabasco. Then paint it on your meat and continue grilling the meat for 20 minutes.
Don just eyeballs the quantities, mixes it up, tastes it, and adjusts the flavoring by adding a little more of what he thinks it lacks. Roughly, here are the portions for 2 cups: 1 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, ¼ cup vinegar, and 3 tablespoons molasses. If you like it tangy, reduce the molasses and let the vinegar dominate the flavor. Don and I like it sweet so he adds a bit more molasses until it tastes great. Don't be afraid to experiment!
What You Need
You need measuring cups and spoons, a wire whisk, and a brush to brush the sauce on the meat. And of course an outdoor grill!
Easy (Barbecue) BBQ Sauce Recipe
Author: Recipe Idea Shop
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Lea & Perrins Worcestershire FYI, Worcestershire sauce contains fish
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons molasses
Instructions
- Whisk all of the ingredients until well blended.
- Paint the blended sauce on the meat of your choice (ribs, chicken, etc.) during the last 20 minutes of cook time and continue grilling until your meat is done.
- Serve any leftover sauce at the table for individuals to add more if they like.
More Sauce Recipes To Try
- Spicy Mustard Sauce
- Mediterranean Tzatziki Sauce
- Slow Cooker Tomato Red Sauce
Kathy acquired the blog, Recipe Idea Shop in 2024. She was raised on a farm in Arkansas where having a big garden and good food to eat was the norm. She shares recipes for homemade comfort food and new trending dishes.
Kathy began her blogging journey in 2011 when she founded PetticoatJunktion.com, a home décor blog focused on repurposing and upcycling furniture, and thrift store finds.