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Sweet and Spicy Maple BBQ Sauce Recipe
A sweet and spicy BBQ sauce to add a bit of zing to your favorite grilled items. Here is a super easy homemade BBQ sauce for chicken, ribs, pork chops or pulled pork.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 223 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ onion medium sized, diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ tsp ginger ground
- ¼ tsp thyme
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cup apple juice
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 2 Tbsp tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp hot sauce Texas Pete hot sauce works nicely
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- ¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan on medium heat vegetable oil. Saute onions and garlic until translucent. Sprinkle ginger, thyme and salt. Pour in apple juice, apple cider vinegar, and maple syrup. Mix in tomato paste, hot sauce, brown sugar and Worcestershire. Stir until well blended.
- Using an immersion blender break up as much of the solids as possible. Allow it to come to a boil for about 2 minutes.
- Turn heat down and cook uncovered for about 35 minutes.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
223kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
45g
(15%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Sodium
611mg
(25%)
Potassium
236mg
(7%)
Sugar
39g
(78%)
Vitamin A
90IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
6.8mg
(8%)
Calcium
66mg
(7%)
Iron
0.3mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 223
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 223kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 611mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 236mg | 5% |
| Sugar | 39g | 78% |
| Vitamin A | 90IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 6.8mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 66mg | 7% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.