Nightshade-free BBQ Sauce

My husband asked me to come up with a barbecue sauce recipe that I could eat because he wanted Pork BBQ. So, I got right to it. It’s hard to find store-bought sauces of any kind that are AIP compliant. Homemade tastes better anyway.

I had a lot of fun making this barbecue sauce because I had no idea how it was going to turn out. I made a list of ingredients I thought would be good first. Then, I started adding a little of each ingredient until I got the perfect amount of everything for the taste I was looking for. It was a little bit of this and a little bit of that until I ended up with a full pot of delicious barbecue sauce.

Don’t get scared of the sweet potato. My husband thought I was crazy when he saw me put a sweet potato in it. I know it’s different, but trust me, it works. It gives the sauce a little bit of sweetness and thickens it up to just the right consistency. I bake the sweet potato and then let it cool while I’m doing other things.

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Then, add the onions and garlic. Cook until the onions are caramelized. Next, add the balsamic vinegar to deglaze the pan so you can get all of the flavor in the sauce. Now your sweet potato should be cool enough to peel. Add the onion mixture, peeled sweet potato, cherry juice and water to a blender and puree until smooth. Return this mixture to the saucepan and add the rest of the ingredients. Cook on medium-low for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

You can store this barbecue sauce in a mason jar in the refrigerator for a few weeks. We use it on all kinds of things. Hamburgers, Pork BBQ, meatloaf…my husband even puts it on his broccoli.

I’d love to hear what you think after you make this sauce! What did you use it for?

This recipe was shared on the Phoenix Helix Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable #264.

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4.24 from 13 votes

BBQ Sauce

This BBQ sauce is amazing and nightshade-free!  It is a staple in my fridge!

Course condiment

Cuisine American

Keyword AIP BBQ sauce, AIP condiment, BBQ sauce, Paleo BBQ sauce, Paleo condiment

Author Jacqueline Martin

Ingredients

• 1 Sweet potato Baked and peeled
• 1/2 Tbsp Olive oil Extra virgin
• 1 Onion Diced
• 3 Cloves Garlic Minced
• 2 Tbsp Tart cherry juice concentrate
• 1/4 Cup Water
• 3 Tbsp Molasses
• 3/4 Cup Apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp Coconut aminos
• 4 Tsp Smoked salt
• 1/2 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 Tsp Wasabi powder
• 3/4 Cup Honey

Instructions

• Heat olive oil in medium saucepan over medium-low heat.  Add onions and garlic.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until onions are carmelized.
• Add balsamic vinegar to deglaze.
• Add onion mixture, sweet potato, cherry juice and water to high speed blender and purée until smooth.
• Return mixture to saucepan and add remaining ingredients.
• Cook on medium-low for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Enjoy now or store in mason jar in refrigerator.

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