Honey BBQ Sauce is the best combination of sweet and tangy and a perfect addition to your summertime festivities!
If there’s one thing you need to stop buying at the grocery store during your weekly trips, it’s bbq sauce. Leave it off your list next time you go and make your own.
Homemade bbq sauce has less sodium, sugar and additives and it really is so simple to make.
Honey bbq sauce doesn’t contain fancy ingredients either – any cook can make this sauce. All it involves is some ketchup, honey (of course), apple cider vinegar and some seasonings. It gets cooked down in a saucepan to the perfect thickness you’ll need for chicken, steak, pork chops, etc. You’ll actually want to put it on everything. Maybe even drink it. (For real! Check out this list of ways to use leftover bbq sauce. It includes an adult beverage.)
Plus, every barbecue requires a great sauce, and this one checks all the boxes. It’s tasty, easy to make and sweet and savory. Your family and friends will be licking their plates clean with this one – so you might want to make a double batch!
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Honey BBQ Sauce
Honey BBQ Sauce is the best combination of sweet and tangy and a perfect addition to your summertime festivities!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 3 cups 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups ketchup
- ¾ cup filtered water
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- ½ Tbsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan on the stove over medium heat. Bring to a boil and then lower to a simmer until sauce thickens, about 30 minutes. Be sure to whisk periodically so sauce doesn’t stick to pan.
Thanks for the recipe. As a beekeeper I love all things “honey”. Barbecue sauce, marinades and vinaigrette’s are all great with honey. But not all honey is alike. When you’re at your local farmers market you’ll notice the different colors of the honey. If you can find dark honey, the color of molasses, this is the perfect honey for barbecue sauce. Typically, it has a bolder flavor so it stands up to all the strong flavors in bbq, marinades and vinaigrette dressings. Also, you can reduce the sugar. for instance, in this recipe, you can completely eliminate the brown sugar. the honey will give that rich sugar flavor. And, you don’t need to cook the recipe as long because you don’t have to “melt” the brown sugar. Give it a try. I know you’ll bee delighted.