Simple and easy homemade gluten free BBQ sauce recipe that you can prepare at home with 5 ingredients within 5 minutes using pantry staples. I am super excited to make this barbecue sauce from scratch to drizzle on ribs, chicken wings, and other roasted and grilled side dishes. No cooking, just mix the ingredients and it's ready!
Sweet, spicy, sour, and a little fruity BBQ flavored sauce is the best dip to serve as a side and nobody will judge you made at home.
Are you excited to make your own homemade gluten-free barbeque sauce?
I never thought of combining the ingredients from pantry staples to make this sauce which is almost near to the taste of store-bought flavor. Quickly make it with baked chicken, salmon, roasted veggies, burgers, and fries.
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What is Gluten Free BBQ Sauce?
Most of the commercially available bbq sauces are with gluten that works as a stabilizer or thickening agent. Gluten is the form of protein that mostly exists in grains like wheat, barley, rye, soy sauce, and bourbon. If you are allergic to celiac disease or have any discomfort or sensation from gluten food, then you must find Gluten free options.
Gluten-free bbq sauce is without stabilizers or coloring agents that makes safest to consume.
It's easy to prepare gluten free barbecue sauce at home using a handful of ingredients from the pantry. Just mix it and voila! you will get your homemade version that can comfortably be used for 1 month.
Before making this sauce, it was easy to buy the sauce from grocery stores as many brands are making gluten free barbecue sauce which is affordable and economical but ranges in different flavors. After making this recipe within a few minutes with fewer ingredients I was convinced to use my own as I can play with flavor according to my choice. In my DIY sauces, this one is 100% vegan, gluten free and dairy free sauce recipe. Best to try with hot honey chicken tenders.
Why Do I Love This Recipe
- Minimal Ingredients used.
- Take few minutes to prepare
- Multi purpose and serve with several recipes.
- Anyone can make!
- No cooking process.
- Pair up well with baked meat.
- Customize the flavor with your taste.
- I like spicy sauce so sometimes add red pepper flakes.
Ingredients & Substitutions
Gluten-Free Tomato Ketchup: It's easy to prepare homemade gluten free ketchup. Although I used store bought verifying the gluten free tag. Don't use it, If the ketchup contains distilled vinegar, stabilizing agents or other glutenous compounds. Ketchup is naturally comes with gluten free!
Worcestershire Sauce: Used the gf version. Make sure the sauce should not contain barley malt vinegar. In USA, Lea & Perrins is certified gluten-free! In UK, or Canada it comes with malt vinegar so check the label to verify. The best substitute is gluten-free tamari soy sauce.
Smoked Paprika: It's naturally gluten free. Used to season the sauce.
Onion Powder: It will add a specific flavor of onion enhance the pungent taste.
Honey: Add sweetness to the sauce also helps to form an adhesive glaze to improve the thickness, consistency, smoothness, and bolder effect. Healthy substitute for brown sugar.
How To Make Gluten Free BBQ Sauce
It's easy to make this sauce. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk it well to make one tone sauce.
Tips & Variations
- In homemade barbeque sauce, you can easily play with taste and consistency by changing the quantity of ingredients.
- Worcestershire sauce is packed with umami flavor so you can easily neutralize by adding ketchup as per your taste.
- To add sourness in sauce, add balsamic vinegar but it's all optional.
- Turn it to vegan; replace honey with white sugar. Worcestershire sauce is not vegan because of anchovies so replace it with vegan brand.
- Liquid smoke (gluten free) can be used to add a professional touch in barbeque sauce recipe. This is also optional. There are few brands in US easily available to use.
- BBQ sauce is little tangy in flavor so you can play with the spiciness with smoke paprika.
- Never use water or any other thickening agent only play with ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.
- In homemade, you can play with flavor! make it without or without garlic.
How to Store
It's easy to store this gluten free bbq sauce in airtight glass container in refrigerator for a month.
Take out from dry spoon!
Only scoop out as much as you need. Discard the used or leftover once stored.
How To Use Gluten Free Barbecue Sauce
Here are different ways to use this gluten free sauce in your recipes to enhance the taste.
- Serve as a dipping sauce with fries, corns, chickpeas or other vegan and gluten free snacks and appetizers.
- Drizzle over oven baked chicken breast, tandoori chicken or chicken wings or tenders. I love to drizzle the sauce over pizza makes it scrumptious.
- Best substitute of creamy nachos cheese sauce.
- Use as spread in your burger and sandwiches.
Q & A
Yes, it's gluten free! try this homemade gluten free bbq sauce recipe or simply use the store bought version.
Yes, you can! if using then skip paprika.
It's amazing to say 'No difference'. You will get the similar taste if using the recipe with same quantity of ingredients.
More Gluten Free Recipes: Baba Ganoush without Tahini, Sautéed Chickpeas, Honey Butter Skillet Corn, and Chickpea Biryani
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5-Minute Gluten Free BBQ Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Tomato Ketcup
- 1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoon Honey
- ⅓ teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- ⅓ teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 pinch Salt optional
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Whisk well to form a one tone color of sauce.
- Store in an airtight glass container for a month in a refrigerator
Notes
- Gluten-Free Tomato Ketchup: It's easy to prepare homemade gluten-free ketchup. Although I used store-bought verifying the gluten-free tag. Don't use it, If the ketchup contains distilled vinegar, stabilizing agents, or other glutenous compounds. Ketchup is naturally comes with gluten-free!
- Worcestershire Sauce: Used the gf version. Make sure the sauce should not contain barley malt vinegar. In the USA, Lea & Perrins is certified gluten-free! In the UK, or Canada it comes with malt vinegar so check the label to verify. The best substitute is gluten-free tamari soy sauce.
- Smoked Paprika: It's naturally gluten-free. Used to season the sauce.
- Onion Powder: It will add a specific flavor of onion to enhance the pungent taste.
- Honey: Add sweetness to the sauce also helps to form an adhesive glaze to improve the thickness, consistency, smoothness, and bolder effect. Healthy substitute for brown sugar.
- All the ingredients used in this recipe are gluten-free. If using store-bought ingredients, check to verify the gluten-free label.
- If making vegan, replace honey with white sugar. Also, use the vegan version of ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.
- In homemade barbeque sauce, you can easily play with taste and consistency by changing the quantity of ingredients.
- Worcestershire sauce is packed with umami flavor so you can easily neutralize it by adding ketchup as per your taste.
- To add sourness in sauce, add balsamic vinegar but it's all optional.
- Turn it to vegan; replace honey with white sugar. Worcestershire sauce is not vegan because of anchovies so replace it with a vegan brand.
- Liquid smoke (gluten-free) can be used to add a professional touch to a barbeque sauce recipe. This is also optional. There are few brands in the US easily available to use.
- BBQ sauce is a little tangy in flavor so you can play with the spiciness with smoked paprika.
- Never use water or any other thickening agent only play with ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.
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Do you make your own gluten-free bbq sauce? if not try this and you will get the same taste.