Sweet-and-Spicy Barbecue Sauce

Name: Sweet-and-Spicy Barbecue Sauce
Yield: Makes 5 cups
Ingredients: ½ cup chopped sweet onion; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 (32-oz.) bottle ketchup (such as Heinz); 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 cup apple cider vinegar; ½ cup apple juice; ½ cup honey; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon celery seeds; ½ teaspoon dried crushed red pepper

4 Ratings
3 Reviews

Can't decide if you like your 'cue spicy or sweet? You get the best of both worlds with Sweet-and-Spicy Barbecue Sauce.

By Pam Lolley

Recipe by Southern Living June 2013

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Makes 5 cups

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Step 1
Sauté onion, minced garlic, and jalapeño pepper in hot olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat 4 to 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in ketchup, dark brown sugar, vinegar, apple juice, honey, Worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, celery seeds, and dried crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Use immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 month.

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Susan

02/11/2021

Perfect blend of sweet and spicy. Thank you.

RobertB

01/03/2016

This was my first time making homemade bbq sauce and it turned out great! About halfway through though it tasted a bit more sweet than spicy though, so I added another 1/4 cup of ketchup, 1tbs of cayenne pepper and 1tsp of liquid smoke and I threw in 1tsp of smoked paprika, and also used a hand blender to make it smoother, and it turned out amazing! Thanks for the recipe, everyone loved it.

sreneefe

07/07/2013

This recipe ranks among the absolute BEST rib recipes I have ever tried. Each component is superior. It was well worth the trouble. My southern family has very entrenched ideas of what good barbeque should be and they all loved this recipe.

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