Looking for a sugar-free BBQ sauce? This flavorful vinegar barbecue sauce is so flavorful you’ll hardly notice there’s no added sugar (we promise).
So many store-bought sauces these days are loaded with added sugar…so why not make them at home instead? At least that’s what Alex and I said. If we can make homemade sourdough bread and whipped cream, we can definitely make homemade barbecue sauce! Fortunately, this theory was correct. Today we unveil this sugar-free BBQ sauce that contains no refined sugars: just tomatoes, vinegar and spices. And it’s so flavorful and aromatic, you won’t even notice the difference. Read on for the recipe!
Try all the homemade sauces! Mustard BBQ Sauce, Classic BBQ Sauce and White BBQ Sauce.
What is Sugar Free BBQ Sauce?
What does sugar-free barbecue sauce actually mean? It’s a vinegar BBQ sauce: it’s flavorful and tomato-based, with no refined sugar. Many barbecue sauce recipes use ketchup, which contains sugar, and then add more sugar to the sauce as it simmers. While this adds great texture and an addictive sweetness to the barbecue sauce, it really isn’t necessary! This sugar-free BBQ sauce is so flavorful and delicious that you don’t have to miss out on anything!
When Alex first served it to me I was floored! It was so delicious, I almost like it better than our classic homemade lightly sweetened maple bbq sauce – which is also very, very good.
Note that there is a small amount of natural sugar in the tomato sauce and paste in this recipe. However, because it is a natural sugar and only trace amounts are present, it falls into our sugar-free category.
How to make barbecue sauce without sugar
This Sugar Free BBQ Sauce is really easy to make and only takes 10 minutes! (Although our Mustard BBQ Sauce only takes 5 minutes…check out this link if you’re curious!) Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make it:
- Canned tomato sauce (it’s not spaghetti sauce or marinara, it’s a cooked puree of unseasoned tomatoes – look for it in the tomato aisle)
- tomato paste
- The vinegar: Apple and white cider
- smoked paprika
- Hot sauce
- soy pasture
- Old Bay Spice
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and heat over low heat until thickened, about 10 minutes. That’s it! The BBQ sauce keeps in the fridge for about 1 month. When you find it takes so long!
How do you serve it?
You can use this mustard bbq sauce the same way you would use a tomato bbq sauce! Here are some ways we recommend:
Looking for more sauce recipes?
Here are some of our other favorite homemade sauce recipes!
This recipe for Sugar-Free Barbecue Sauce is…
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, plant based, dairy free and refined sugar free.
The description
Looking for a sugar-free BBQ sauce? This flavorful vinegar barbecue sauce is so flavorful you’ll hardly notice there’s no added sugar (we promise).
- 1 cup canned tomato sauce*
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp soy pasture
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning (store bought or homemade)
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat for 10 minutes over low heat.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1 month.
Remarks
*This is not spaghetti sauce or marinara, but a cooked puree of unseasoned tomatoes. Look for canned tomato sauce with the other varieties in the tomato aisle.
- Category: sauce
- Method: Cook
- Kitchen: American
Keywords: BBQ sauce without sugar, BBQ sauce without ketchup, BBQ sauce with vinegar
