Barbecuing this weekend? Reduce the sugar in your sauce by using Kidsweet™!
Barbecue Sauce
Barbecue sauce, whether for dipping or for making up a mean batch of pulled pork is a sweet favorite. This recipe isn't sugar free, but it's seriously reduced sugar. A commercial barbecue sauce will run about 12g of sugar per 2Tbsp serving and many of the homemade recipes online start with ketchup (essentially a sugar sauce) and then have you add cups more sugar! Kidsweet™ Barbecue Sauce starts with plain tomato paste and has 2.5g of sugar per 2Tbsp serving. And let's not kid ourselves – who is going to use only 2Tbsp of barbecue sauce? Don't forget to make a batch of Kidsweet™ cole slaw, which goes great with everything barbecue.
Ingredients
- 12 oz can of tomato paste
- 1/4 c molasses
- 1/4 c Kidsweet™
- 1 c water
- 1/2 c apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 t liquid smoke
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 t white pepper
- 2 t ground mustard
- 2 t paprika
- 1/2 t ground toasted cumin
- 1 t onion powder
Instructions
- add everything but the powders to the pot and heat on medium-high.
- mix the powders together, then stir.
- simmer (covered!) for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent serious burning (some browning of the tomatoes is desired). Watch out, this sauce likes to spit.
- makes 2c of sauce, about right for a 6lb. picnic shoulder.