Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce
Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce is a quick and easy homemade sauce for grilling or dipping. It’s thick and rich with tons of garlic, molasses and a tangy apple cider vinegar kick.
Homemade Barbecue Sauce is a great way to jazz up burgers, chicken, ribs, and pork chops on the grill. The possibilities are endless and this is one of our all- time favorite barbecue sauce recipes.
Ingredients for Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce:
- ketchup
- brown sugar
- molasses
- apple cider vinegar
- Worcestershire sauce
- liquid smoke
- fresh minced garlic
- dried onion flakes
- black pepper
- chili powder
- kosher salt
- dry mustard
- smoked paprika
How to Make Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce:
- In a heavy bottom sauce pan, add all of the ingredients.
- Whisk to combine.
- Cook over medium heat bringing mixture to a boil.
- Lower to simmer and cook 15 minutes. Mixture will continue to bubble, stir often.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 months.
Best Recipes for Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce:
Grilled BBQ Chicken is the most tender, juicy and delicious grilled chicken basted with our sweet and tangy bbq sauce for a family favorite meal that is literally finger-licking-good!
This recipe for Grilled BBQ Pork Chops is a classic dinner to make on the grill. Smoky pork chops glazed with barbecue sauce and topped with a grilled pineapple.
Cheddar Stuffed Meatloaf is an epic comfort food meal made on the grill. Ground beef stuffed with tons of cheddar cheese that gets so smoky and delicious on the grill. We finish it off with sweet bbq sauce for the best meatloaf you have ever tried.
Back before the days of blogging, we owned our own barbecue sauce business. We sold it to focus on other things but we still enjoy coming up with new flavor combinations for grilling.
This sweet and tangy sauce is our go- to sauce for classic meals on the grill. It’s really thick and hearty and coats the meat really well. Made with just a few pantry ingredients that you likely already have on hand and it comes together in about 20 minutes.
Our sauce recipe yields about 2 jars that will keep up to 3 months in the refrigerator but I am willing to guess that it won’t last that long.
If you like a spicy sauce, give our Dr Pepper Jalapeño BBQ Sauce a try. It’s great for ribs, chicken and burgers.
Give this Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce recipe a try, it is guaranteed to enhance everything that comes off of the grill. Plus it makes the most amazing Brisket sandwiches!
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Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup molasses
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a heavy saucepan and place over medium heat.
- Whisk to combine and stir frequently, bringing mixture to a boil.
- Lower to simmer and cook for about 15 minutes, continuing to stir often.
- Cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 months.
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Really great tangy and sweet BBQ sauce. Makes my St. Louis style ribs “Pop” with flavor.
Thanks for posting!!!
Smokinwilly!
Great sauce. Used on a pizza instead of tomato sauce. Amazing!
Absolutely amazing!! Definitely a keeper!! I’m looking for the next thing to try off of your site. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!
I made slow oven roasted pork chops bathed in this. It is the best and easiest ever. so so good!
I made slow roasted pork loin,sliced thin and used the sauce to baste the meat for bbq pork loin sub sandwiches.
That sounds wonderful!
Sounds amazing. Thanks for stopping by and letting us know that you tried the bbq sauce.
~ Milisa
I’ve made this bbq sauce several times. It’s definitely a winner with me!!
Hi Judy,
So glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for stopping by with your feedback.
~ Milisa
Instead of molasses, what else can I use in the cheddar meatloaf. I am loving all these recipes. Health is better so I am back cooking. My husband loves to grill. I will cut the recipe in half since it’s only two of us. (I see there’s another Judy commenting 👍)
Milisa
Omg. That’s me the other Judy. 😊😊.
Instead of molasses what else could I use? Do you think that using molasses would give it a much better taste?
I use honey instead of molasses it is great. I also let mine simmer for about an hour.
Hi Danielle,
That sounds delicious! Thanks for stopping by.
~ Milisa
Hi Judy,
We like the molasses flavor, you can use honey or more brown sugar if you don’t like molasses.
~ Milisa
Wow! Best bbq sauce I’ve ever made! Thank you for sharing your secrets.
Best bbq sauce ever!! I just made it again.