Sweet & Tangy Keto BBQ Sauce
23
servings2
minutes10
minutes16
kcal7
grams2
grams0.1
grams.1
gramsI’m a really big fan of Jeff Phillips over at smoking-meat.com. If you’re a fan of barbecue, I encourage you to visit his website. For this sauce, I modified one of Jeff’s recipes to make it low-carb. This sauce is great as is, but it is easily modifiable based on your personal preferences. If you like a sweeter sauce, add another tablespoon of sweetener. If you prefer a tangier sauce, add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. If you like your sauce spicier, add another teaspoon of hot sauce or chili powder.
Ingredients
1 bottle (13 oz) Heinz no sugar added ketchup
1/2 cup sugar free “maple” syrup
3 TBS Worcestershire sauce
2 TBS lemon juice
1/2 cup Sukrin Gold or Swerve brown sugar substitute
2 cloves of garlic, finely minced
1 tsp Tabasco or Lousiana hot sauce
1 TB coarse ground black pepper
Directions
- Add all ingredients in a medium saucepan and whisk together over medium heat.
- Once the sauce comes to a simmer (occasional bubbles breaking the surface), continue to stir/whisk for another five minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool before transferring to a mason jar or squeeze bottle. If using a squeeze bottle, you may want to use a funnel to cut down on the likelihood of spillage.
- Use as you would any other BBQ sauce.
Recipe Video
notes:
- Macros are based on a serving size of 2 tablespoons
- When I originally recorded this video, I used the Log Cabin syrup, then I realized that it used Sorbitol as the sweetener, which is very high on the glycemic scale. Now I use the ChocZero syrup.
I don’t see the macros for fat and protein up top, although it does show 2 net carbs per serving which is most important. Delicious Steve!
Carb Manager listed both protein and fat as zero. Apparently this recipe card template reads a zero as a null value, so I updated it with .1g for each. Thanks for the catch.
Making this now. Added a little red pepper flakes and about an eyeballed 1/4 tsp liquid smoke. Winner!!
(May even double as a good sauce for General Tso’s Chicken!)
Thanks Steve! And may God bless your efforts with all this keto help!!
Hey Steve,
Hope you get this message…didn’t know where to put it.
Have you tried any of the bottled bbq sauces? Woodman’s has that G Hughes stuff, but it was so coyingly sweet, I’ve been working my way through 1 bottle…I use it as the sweetener element in my own recipe (or in yours, for instance.)
BUT G Hughes makes a sugar-free steak sauce. That is something I would never buy, but I got it for $1. I am stunned…that is the biggest marketing mistake I have ever seen. It is SWEET & thick like KC-style bbq but it is way less sweet than their bbq sauces, so perfect! Almost still too sweet, but I add a dash of vinegar & cayenne. It has all elements of a KC-style bbq sauce, nothing like an a-1 steak sauce (who wants sweet with steak?) It’s dirty keto like all the others, like Heinz Sug-Free Ketchup, with sucralose & quite a few other things. I have nothing to do with them….but I think this is worth knowing about. BTW…it’s 1 carb per 1 T, very strong, goes a long way! .
Other dirty things to try:
SoLo Carb Bread, rye is our fave by far, from Milwaukee, sold at Woodman’s and I think Sendik’s (and Amazon)
A huge treat, and AWESOME: Temptations Bread, Lo-Carb/Hi-Fiber Whole Grain. Best grilled cheese ever. I only eat this with OMAD, but it does not kick me out of ketosis. Tested it twice and I make sure to weigh the bread slices, cuz it’s a round loaf. At Woodman’s, but from Chicago.
I keep these breads in freezer and make a great sandwich 1x a week.
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, not sure if you’re interested in this type of “tip”.
Thanks Mary! Another shocker: Walden Farm pancake syrup is really good and thick. Everything else I’ve tried from Walden Farms is awful.
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I made this to go along with your crispy chicken tenders. It is awesome! I used RxSugar organic maple flavor syrup though (I got it from publix, in the diabetic section. It tastes like real maple syrup, and no after taste!). Organic allulose, organic maple flavor and organic caramel color. Only question, how long does it last in the fridge?
Hi Steve, I just loved your recipe! Thank you so much for sharing it. I’m planning to cook this for my family. However, I have a question: Can I use the Liquid Smoke in this recipe as recommended in this recipe [https://iketomom.com/keto-bbq-sauce/]?
Please let me know. Thank you, and I’m looking forward to your response!
I don’t see why you couldn’t. I don’t add it because I’m typically smoking whatever I would add this sauce to. But if you don’t have a smoker, liquid smoke is a nice way to get that flavor in your sauce.