Name: BBQ Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: pinch ground allspice; ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons coconut aminos; 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste; 1 cup water; 1 tablespoon sunflower seed butter (no sugar added); ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; pinch ground cloves; 2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 teaspoons); 1 teaspoon chili powder; ¼ cup cider vinegar; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon dry mustard powder; ⅓ cup unsweetened apple sauce; 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce; 1 date, pit removed; 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Well Fed 2

By Melissa Joulwan

Published 2013

About

Any respectable BBQ sauce balances sweetness and spice with a touch of sour, all the better to enhance the meatiness of hunks of slow-smoked beef, pork, or chicken. The problem is that most recipes rely on various forms of sugar as their base: commercial ketchup (a.k.a., corn syrup), molasses, brown sugar, honey, and in one classic version, three cups of cola! In this sauce, a humbly-sweet, dried date, sugar-free apple sauce, and the natural sugars in tomato paste do the trick.