Here are 3 easy homemade barbecue sauce recipes that are tasty and quick and easy to make. One is my grandmother’s barbecue sauce recipe, The others are recipes I use when making brisket or bbq little smokies. They’re all tasty recipes great for when you don’t have any barbecue sauce on hand or if you like a cheaper homemade option that you can modify to your own taste!
All 3 of these barbecue sauce recipes in this post are from volume 1 of or Dining On A Dime Cookbook.
Easy Homemade 3 Ingredient Barbecue Sauce Recipe
This easy homemade barbecue sauce uses just 3 ingredients that you probably already have on hand. It’s just as tasty as the store-bought barbecue sauces. Make it if you don’t have any barbecue sauce on hand or if you just want to save a little money making your own!
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
Ingredients
1 cup grape jelly
garlic or garlic powder (to taste)
1 cup ketchup
Instructions
Mix all of the barbecue sauce ingredients together in a bowl or container.
Serve with barbecue beef sandwiches, slow cooked roast, ribs, chicken wings and more! Makes 2 cups.
Notes
Store this homemade barbecue sauce in the refrigerator in a sealed jar or another container.
If you use fresh garlic, it will last a week in the fridge.
If you use garlic powder, it will last 3 weeks. It might possibly last longer, but I’d stick with 3 weeks to be safe.
Grandma’s Barbecue Sauce Recipe
- Yield: 3 cups 1x
Ingredients
2 cups ketchup
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 Tbsp. onion, finely chopped or 1/2 tsp. onion salt
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 Tbsp. liquid smoke
Instructions
- Mix all of the barbecue sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Place in a jar and store in the refrigerator. Makes 3 cups.
Hickory Barbecue Sauce Recipe
- Yield: 3 1/2 cups 1x
Ingredients
1 (20 oz.) bottle ketchup
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. onion powder
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1–4 tsp. liquid smoke (to taste)
1 Tbsp. brown sugar, packed
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Blend all of the barbecue sauce ingredients in a blender until smooth.
- Store in the refrigerator.
Use on anything you want a barbecue flavor. Makes 3 1/2 cups.
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This barbecue sauce sounds so good! I love that it uses fresh grape jelly and of course bourbon is always a nice addition!
I make this all the time. My daughter just came up for Christmas dinner and said my grandson told her to get recipe. She gave him store brand BBQ sauce and he asked what it was. Lol. Recipe was sent to her.
By the way it’s also the only one I eat!