Sweet and Spicy Maple BBQ Sauce Recipe

Sweet and spicy maple BBQ sauce with a little tangy flavor too. Get ready to grill and bring on the heat and sweet! | ethnicspoon.com

Sweet and Spicy Maple BBQ Sauce Recipe

Analida Braeger

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.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Course Sauce

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 223 kcal

Ingredients

2 tablespoon vegetable oil
½ onion medium sized, diced
2 garlic cloves minced
½ teaspoon ginger ground
¼ teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 ¼ cup apple juice
2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoon tomato paste
3 tablespoon hot sauce Texas Pete hot sauce works nicely
1 tablespoon brown sugar
¼ teaspoon 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 223kcalCarbohydrates: 45gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 611mgPotassium: 236mgSugar: 39gVitamin A: 90IUVitamin C: 6.8mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 0.3mg

Keyword bbq, bbq sauce, grilling, homemade, summer

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