Almost every barbeque sauce recipe has sugar as a basic ingredient. So is it possible to create a tasty barbeque sauce without sugar? When checking recipes, make sure that it doesn't have ketchup in it. Ketchup is loaded with sugar, so that barbeque sauce recipe would not be very sugar-free!
Here are two recipes to try. The first one uses natural sugars.
Sugar-Free Barbeque Sauce Recipe #1
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon of tomato puree
- 3 tablespoons of cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- pinch of chili powder
- pinch of cinnamon
- pinch of paprika
- salt and pepper all to taste.
Put the onions in a non stick pan with just a little bit of water (maybe 1 tbsp.). Cook the onions very gently for 1-2 hours, just until the onion starts to brown. Don't let the onions burn--we are trying to caramelize the onion to bring out its natural sugars. This is the ingredient that adds the sweetness to the tomato barbeque sauce.
The second recipe uses an artificial sweetener from a diet soft drink.
Sugar-Free Barbeque Sauce Recipe #2
- 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon onion salt
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- A pinch of cayenne pepper
- 4 tablespoons tomato puree
- 1 cup sugar-free cola
Simply mix these ingredients together. The sweetness comes from the diet-cola.
See what you think and let me know. Both of these recipes are great tasting. Use them as the basis for creating your own sugar-free barbeque sauce recipe.
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