Chipotle BBQ Sauce

Name: Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 g) ketchup; ½ cup (115 g) brown sugar; ½ cup (170 g) honey; ¼ cup (36 g) chipotles in adobo sauce; 3 teaspoons (44 ml) apple cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) water; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon) kosher salt,

Preparation info

Makes about
2½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Epic BBQ Sandwiches

By Brad Prose

Published 2026

About

If there’s one chili pepper that belongs with barbecue, it’s the smoky, fruity chipotle. This spicy sauce uses just a few ingredients, letting the sweetness from honey and brown sugar balance out the tang. Want more heat? Just add more chipotles!

Ingredients

1 cup (240 g) ketchup
½ cup (115 g

Sauce
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

Combine the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a low boil over medium heat, stirring to mix everything together. Reduce the heat to low and let the sauce simmer for 5 to 6 minutes. Use an immersion blender to blitz the sauce (or carefully pour it into a blender) before straining it through a fine sieve.
Once cool, store in an airtight glass jar. This sauce