Easy Kansas City BBQ Sauce Recipe
An Easy Kansas City style BBQ sauce recipe with sweet and heat.
Servings: 3 cups
Cost: $10.00
Equipment
- Immersion Blender
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, diced
- 2 cups ketchup
- ¼ cup blackstrap molasses
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ⅓ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat a 3 ½ quart sauce pot over medium heat. Add olive oil.
- Next add onions and sautee for 5 - 6 minutes, stirring often, or until translucent and soft, but not caramelized. Add garlic and stir for another minute.
- Add ketchup, molasses, apple cider vinegar, water, and tomato paste and bring to a simmer. Should take about 5 minutes to come to a simmer.
- When the liquids are simmering, add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Using a hand immersion blender, blend the ingredients to grind up the onion and garlic.
- Bring back to a simmer and cover for another 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and then using a funnel, pour the sauce into a mason jar.
Nutrition
Calories: 446kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 2377mg | Potassium: 1235mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 83g | Vitamin A: 1966IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 3mg