Award winning BBQ Sauce Recipes-homemade 2019

There is no doubt that BBQ sauce has numerous health and nutritional benefits. But their superior taste and flavor is the major reason why people enjoy having them alongside their favorite BBQ meals.

Irrespective of the kind of BBQ sauce you love, it’s good to know they deliver great health benefits as they provide unique and savoring flavor that makes your meal more enjoyable.

Generally, vinegar and tomato paste are the major ingredients used in making this sauce. And we all know that tomato paste provides carotenoid, a very active agent known to significantly lower the growth of prostate cancer.

Vinegar, on the other hand, improves heart health and lowers cholesterol to a great level.  These supper ingredients do a lot for the body, which you may not get if you decide to take your BBQ without sauce.

And there are combinations of other ingredients like onion, ketchup, ginger, and scallion, which bring their own health benefits with them as well.

With these ingredients, you get the best of both worlds – super rich flavor and great health benefits.  These are the reasons why BBQ sauce combined with electric smoked BBQ meals are gaining popularity across all cultures and regions.

There are bazillions of these sauces that can be prepared with major flavor and spice ingredients. We have taken the time to bring out the best of the bunch.  Let’s look at the top 10 homemade best BBQ sauces. If you are not familiar with some of the BBQ sauces below, you now have the opportunity to prepare them yourself.

Best Award winning BBQ Sauce Recipes

Whiskey BBQ Sauce

Whiskey BBQ is one of the most common and tastiest homemade BBQ you can find. One unique thing about it is the fact that it’s a balanced sauce. It may not be the spiciest, but it has a rich blend of taste and flavor.

Ingredients

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• Tobasco sauce (1/3 teaspoon)
• ½ cup of brown sugar
• Worcestershire sauce (1/4 cup)
• Liquid smoke flavoring (2 tablespoons)
• Apple cider vinegar (1/3 cup)
• Tomato paste (1/4 cup)
• ½ tablespoon salt
• Ketchup (2 cups)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• Bourbon whiskey (3/4 cup)
• 4 cloves of pressed garlic
• ½ chopped onion

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You must not have all the above ingredients before you are able to make your own Whiskey BBQ sauce. If you don’t have Tobasco, you can substitutive with pepper sauce.  But make sure most of the flavoring ingredients are available to make it taste great.

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Preparation

Add whiskey, garlic, and onion in a large saucepan. Cook them lightly for up to 8 minutes. They shouldn’t be overcooked or burned. Just make sure they have received enough heat.

Then add other ingredients like garlic, ketchup, and tomatoes pasts. Turn down the heat to a moderate level and allow the mixture to simmer as you stir them occasionally.

Allow the sauce to stay a bit longer this time (about 15 minutes) to make sure everything mixes up very well. When it has become a bit thicker, your flavored whiskey source is ready to be served.

This sauce easily goes with chicken or beef BBQ. You can also enjoy it with other types of smoked meat.

Korean BBQ Sauce

If you are looking for a very versatile BBQ sauce recipe you can try with anything, this Korean BBQ sauce will work well for you. There’s a long list of food you can eat with this sauce, including smoked chicken, grilled chicken wings, salmon, pizza, and shrimp.  After preparation, you should be expecting a moderately thick sauce. It’s just sticky enough but not extremely thick.

Ingredients

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• 3 tsp water
• 3 tsp cornstarch
• 1 finely chopped scallion
• Grated garlic (1 ½ tablespoons)
• Grated ginger (1 tablespoon)
• 2 tsp of sriracha sauce
• ½ tsp of red pepper flake
• ¼ tsp of black pepper
• Rice wine vinegar ( 1 tablespoon)
• Sesame seed (2 tablespoons)
• ¼ mirin
• A cup of brown sugar
• ¾ cup of sodium soy.

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Preparation

Mix all the ingredients in the right quantity, but leave cornstarch out. Put them in a large saucepan and boil for a few minutes.

While boiling, set the temperature to a moderate level to avoid overcooking or burning.  Add cornstarch in a separate bowl and mix it with a small amount of water. Continue to stir until it attains a good level of smoothness.

Reduce the temperature and add the cornstarch mixture. You have to continue stirring the mixture in the saucepan until it becomes smooth and thick.  Once the sauce is moderately thick, your sauce is ready to be served.

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This BBQ sauce goes with boneless chicken and baby back ribs

To increase the level of heat, you can add more pepper to the sauce

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Tangy BBQ sauce

If you are looking for a BBQ sauce that is less thick and sticky, Tangy is surely a good choice. It’s purely natural and a great sauce for an outdoor BBQ party. Apple cider has a lot of nutritional benefits, and the juice used with the cider gives it the tangy flavor.  It’s one of those sauces you will keep requesting for and never get tired of its taste in your mouth. To make Tangy BBQ sauce, these ingredients will be needed.

Ingredients

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• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• Chili pepper (1 teaspoon)
• Dry mustard powder (2 teaspoons)
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tsp molasses
• 2 tsp of brown sugar
• Worcestershire sauce (1/4 cup)
• Apple juice (1/2 cup)
• Apple cider vinegar (1/2 cup)
• Ketchup (2 cups)
• 1 blended, processed, or chopped onion
• 2 tsp of butter

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Preparation

Pour butter in a large source pan and place on the fire. When heated, add onion and other ingredients and cook for about 8 minutes. You can add pressed garlic (2 cloves) to increase the flavor.

You can either increase or reduce the level of spice with more or less chili powder and cayenne pepper.

When heating the ingredients, stirring occasionally to prevent burning and circulate the heat throughout. After about 20 minutes, the sauce should be slightly thick and brownish.

Bring down and serve with smoked beef, chicken, or pork.

One good thing about this sauce is the fact that it tastes better the next day. So, you can put some in the refrigerator for later use.

Edmondson BBQ Sauce

If you’ve never tasted this BBQ sauce, then you’ve not seen it all when it comes to the best-flavored BBQ sauce. Actually, Asian Style BBQ Sauce, as it’s fondly called, has a salty and sweet taste that has all the resemblance of an Asian sauce. Edmondson Secret sauce is very simple to prepare if you have the required ingredients ready.  In fact, it doesn’t require many ingredients and does not take more than 12 minutes to prepare.

The first version of the sauce was combined with California flavors around the 1960s. Since then people have grown to love the rich flavor taste of the sauce. Ginger gives it a spicy taste while ketchup and sugar bring out its sweetness. However, the sauce’s rich flavor is derived from soy sauce. If you’re yearning for a taste of a great Asian BBC sauce, Edmondson Secret sauce will surely fill your taste.

Ingredients

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• 2 cloves of garlic
• Apricot preserves (1/4 cup)
• Sherry or white wine (1/4 cup)
• ½ cup of packed brown sugar
• Ketchup (1/2 cup)
• 1 Tsp fresh or dry ginger
• Soy sauce (3/4 cup)
• 1 large or medium white onion

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Preparation

Slice onion into two parts and blend.  Do same with the ginger after peeling the skin.  Then include soy sauce in the mixture.  You can either add less or more of ginger, depending on how strong you want the flavor.

Add garlic or sherry, packed brown sugar as well as ketchup to the mixture.

Thereafter, blend the mixture until they are totally ground. By this time the sauce should be slightly brownish in color.

Pour out the sauce to the saucepan and heat under average heating temperature. Stir while heating for about 7 minutes until the sauce simmers properly and becomes slightly thicker.

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Once you’ve heated it properly you can start enjoying your sauce with any choice of BBQ you want.  Storing your Asian Style Sauce in the refrigerator can preserve it for more than 2 weeks.

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Habanera Spicy BBQ Sauce

Those who love spice in their sauce a lot will certainly love the spiciness of this very popular Habanero sauce. The name is derived from the Habanero pepper strip because of hot and sharp taste it gives to the sauce. But if you want to mix things a bit and add more flavors, you can balance it out with molasses. This sauce is certainly one of the spiciest you can find around. In addition, it does not take up a great deal of time to prepare.

Ingredients

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• Worcestershire sauce (1 tablespoon)
• Brown sugar (1/2 cup)
• ¼ cup of molasses
• Ketchup ( 1 cup)
• The ½ of diced onion
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• 1 tbsp of canola oil

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Preparation

Add canola oil in a saucepan and heat slightly before adding onions and garlic.  Stir them a little and continue heating for 4 minutes.  While heating, keep stirring the mixture to avoid burning them. A burnt smell will definitely affect the sauce’s flavor when ready. It will help a lot to bring down the heat to a considerable low level.

Add other ingredients you have available and let the new mixture simmer for sometime. Remember to monitor the heat and keep it at a moderate level. It’s important for the sauce to receive a moderate level of heat continuously until it becomes thick and ready.  Stir the sauce occasionally until it’s finally ready to be served. This should take about 15 minutes.

If you want your sauce to be very hot, the Habanero BBQ sauce will be ideal for you.  Remember that this sauce may not be good for children because it’s too hot.  Combine it with Chicken or pork meat to enjoy this sauce properly.

Espresso BBQ Sauce

This is one of the easiest BBQ sauces to make. Even in its simplicity, it still tastes great.  If you love coffee flavor, this may be your best BBQ sauce ever. It’s also a very popular sauce among food enthusiasts who cherish the use of Espresso in the sauce.  Here are the ingredients required to make the sauce.

Ingredients

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• Ground fresh pepper
• ½ cup of espresso or
• strong coffee
• 1 tbsp grey salt
• 2 cups of honey
• Ketchup (2 cups)
• Soy sauce ( ½ cup)
• Cider Vinegar ( 1 cup)
• 4 tbsp olive oil

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Preparation

Pulverize garlic and press to remove the oil. Pour olive oil in a saucepan and heat slightly. Add other ingredients like ketchup, soy sauce, honey, and cider vinegar.

Stir properly while the mixture continues to heat at a considerable low heat. Add the espresso coffee as well as a nip of salt to taste. Finally, add black pepper to improve the spicy taste.

After stirring for about 7 minutes, your Espresso BBQ sauce should be ready to be served. You can preserve it in a refrigerator as it can maintain its taste for up to 10 days.

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The Espresso sauce does not require much in terms of spices and ingredients. That’s why it’s very easy to prepare. But remember though that the sauce’s vinegar taste is quite strong. So you may want to cut down on the Vinegar ingredient in case you don’t want too much of it.

Overall, Espresso BBQ works well on chicken, pork ribs, as well as pork tenderloin.

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Bacon Bourbon BBQ Sauce

This has a lot of variations, but the Bourbon Whiskey sauce is the absolute favorite for most people. Its unique taste and bacon flavor make it everyone’s favorite.  Unlike its espresso counterpart above, this sauce requires more ingredients and may take a little more time to prepare. But you will definitely not spend more than 20 minutes while preparing this sauce.  Wit a 5-star rating on most food sites, Bacon Bourbon sauce is certainly worth mentioning on this list. Let’s see the ingredients needed to make the sauce.

Ingredients

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• 5 strips of chopped bacon
• Kosher salt
• Groundnut mustard (1 teaspoon)
• 1 tbsp of ground mustard
• 1 ½ tbsp or regular or smoked paprika
• Chili powder (2 teaspoons)
• 2 tbsp of molasses
• 3 tbsps of bourbon
• Worcestershire sauce (1/4 cup)
• Packed brown sugar (1/2 cup)
• Ketchup (1 cup)
• 2 chopped or pressed garlic cloves
• ½ clove of finely cut onion

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Preparation

Use a saucepan to cook the diced bacon for about 8 minutes until its fat is rendered. Take out the bacon and allow the fat to drain by placing on paper towel.

Add diced onion to the fat and heat the mixture for about 4 minutes.

This is when you are going to add the smashed garlic into the sauce and boil for about 2 minutes. When boiling, keep the heat at a moderate level to allow heat to penetrate the garlic without burning it.

Add Chili powder, molasses, bourbon, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, Ketchup, and other ingredients you have for the sauce. Stir the mixture occasionally until it becomes thick.

You can serve with stick sandwich, grilled chicken, or baby back ribs.

If kept in the refrigerator, the bourbon BBQ sauce can last for more than 2 weeks.

Homemade Maple BBQ

The homemade maple BBQ sauce makes use of syrup as its sweetener. So, if you really like maple syrup, you will really enjoy the taste of this BBQ sauce.  Although honey also works fine with the sauce, most prefer syrup because of the unique taste it adds to the sauce. If you’re making use of syrup, make sure it’s the natural and original maple syrup and not a fake substitute.

People have different choices regarding how little or much they want pepper sauce. So, keep tasting as you add each quantity of pepper sauce to give you the perfect spice for you. Okay, let’s move on to the recipe proper.

Maple BBQ sauce ingredient

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• ¼ cup of natural maple syrup
• ½ cup of cider vinegar
• 6 oz (1 can) tomato paste
• 1/6 tsp of cayenne pepper (only for those who want it hot)
• 2 tsp liquid flavor (to give it a smoke flavor)
• Black pepper (1/2 teaspoons)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground onion
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ¼ cup of molasses

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Preparation

Take a small sauce and mix all the ingredients in the sauce. Simmer for a while over low heat. Stir occasionally to allow all ingredients to blend very well. While you are stirring, keep the heat on a medium scale to prevent burning. After cooking for about 7 minutes and the sauce becomes brownish, your sauce will be ready to be served.

If you are making a medium or large quantity, store the rest in a freezer. This keeps it fresh still tasty for two weeks. You can serve the sauce with pork sandwiches. You can also combine it with chicken or beef (roasted)

Maple is a very popular homemade sauce that’s one of the easiest to make.  Some of the ingredients are optional and you can substitute different ingredients for other ones, depending on your preference.

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Most people normally make use of ketchup as the flavoring ingredient when preparing maple BBQ, but we are going to use another ingredient here (we might add a little quantity of ketchup to give it that slight taste.    If you’ve not really seen how tomato paste/sauce will taste here, you may want to change your mind and continue with tomato paste onwards. The sauce with tomato paste extrudes a unique tomato flavor you will just love.

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Carolina Style BBQ sauce

Carolina BBQ sauce is tangy, sweet, and gives a bit of a lingering kick when you add it with some hotter ingredients. The sauce is made with common ingredients like other BBQ sauces, but it takes are unique and different. Sometimes tomato base is added to give it a sweet flavoring taste.  It doesn’t require many ingredients and should be ready in 20 minutes.

Earthy paprika, garlic, and sautéed onions add more layers of flavor to the sauce as its dry heat cooking method improves its rich taste. If you love your sauces to be hot and kicking, you can include chipotle pepper powder or cayenne pepper. This works well and ads to the spicy taste of the BBQ sauce.  The chipotle provides a smoke flavor, although most people would prefer to cook without the chipotle.

Ingredients

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• Orange juice (3/4 cup)
• Tomato paste (3/4 cup)
• Chipotle pepper powder (1/4 teaspoon)
• Kosha salt (1 teaspoon)
• Paprika (1 tablespoon)
• Maple syrup (1/4 cup)
• Dijon mustard (1 tablespoon)
• Worcestershire sauce (1/4 cup)
• Apple cider vinegar (1/4 cup)
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon minced jalapenos
• ½ cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

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Preparation

Heat the oil using a small or medium saucepan. Add sauté and onion and stir occasionally for about 5 minutes.

Add the properly chopped jalapenos and cook for about 2 minutes. Then add the chopped garlic before staring. At this stage, keep the heating temperature at a moderate level.

Add the remaining ingredients such as orange juice, tomato paste, chipotle powder, salt, paprika, syrup, maple, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar. While maintaining a relatively moderate heat, allow the mixture to simmer for about 25 minutes.

Use a mesh strainer to strain the sauce and let the heat dissipate and cool. Once it’s come to normal temperature, you can serve your sauce with chicken or smoked pork.

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• If you love your sauce to be spicier, you can add the more chipotle powder to the mixture
• With this recipe and its ingredients, you will be able to make 1 cup of BBQ sauce
• You can increase the smoky flavor by adding more smoked paprika
• If you don’t have chipotle powder, chili powder and cayenne pepper are good substitutes

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Remember that acids like lemon juice and vinegar are very aromatic and evaporate quickly with high heat. So you need to taste the sauce every few minutes as the sauce thickens and acids cook-off. This will help you know exactly when to add more spicy ingredients or when to stop adding.

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Memphis-Style Homemade BBQ Sauce

This is also very easy to prepare and adds a lot of spice to the overall flavor of the sauce. It’s certainly one of the most versatile sauces anyone can prepare, as it can be used to eat any type of barbeque. The good thing about this sauce is you don’t need a lot of ingredients to get it ready. Just the basic thing for a BBQ sauce and your tomato puree is enough. It yields about 1 cup of sauce. You will spend 10 minutes for preparation, and cook the cause for 20 minutes. In total, your sweet-savory sauce should be ready after 30 minutes

Ingredients

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• A ¼ pint or 150ml water
• Worcestershire sauce (2 tablespoons
• A teaspoon of mustard powder
• brown sugar (2 tablespoons)
• wine vinegar (2 tablespoons)
• Tomato puree (1 tablespoon)
• 1 minced onion
• 2 tablespoons or 50ml oil

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Preparation

Place a medium-size saucepan on the fire and pour oil into it. Once the oil is moderately heat, add the minced onion and allow it to fry doe about 3 minutes. When the onions become translucent, add the tomato puree and stir continuously for about 20 seconds. Allow the mixture to simmer for about 5 minutes before adding other ingredients.

It’s vital that you stir the tomato properly before adding other ingredients to prevent any red lump on the BBQ sauce.

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This sauce does not contain any allergens. Although Worcestershire contains gluten, this particular one used here is gluten-free. If you are allergic to gluten, you can buy a Worcestershire and still enjoy your favorite sauce flavor.

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So you have it – the Award winning BBQ Sauce Recipes to enjoy your favorite smoked meals. These sauces are incredibly tasty and bring out a lot of natural flavors for your BBQ meals. If you want to garnish your smoked meals with the best flavor sauce out there, you now have a lot of options. So, in case you’re looking for some motivation to make some great sauces for you and your household, we hope these best BBQ sauces will provide enough inspiration.

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