Homemade BBQ Sauce for Less than .50 Cents

I love BBQ Chicken.  Chop it up on salads, make BBQ chicken sandwiches, make BBQ chicken Kebobs, make….okay you get the idea!  The other day on Pinterest, I ran across a recipe for Homemade BBQ sauce that tastes pretty much like the “Sweet Baby Rays” BBQ sauce.  The cool thing you can make it at home with stuff you might already have.

After making it, I realized how cheap it was to make.  Since I just grabbed a bunch of bottles of ketchup for a steal at Kmart….well this seemed like a sweet deal for all the BBQ-ing we will be doing.

Make this for less than .50 cents for a  8 1/2 ounce jar!

Fun 2B Frugal BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups ketchup
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice or you can sub apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon worchestire sauce
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 cold water mixed with 1 tablespoon corn starch (optional)

1. Combine all the ingredients together except the water and corn starch mixture in a medium size sauce pot. Bring to a boil and reduce and simmer for five minutes or until all the sugar has dissolved. If you like a thicker BBQ Sauce add the water and corn starch mixture. Simmer until desired thickness is reached, but watch closely. It thickens really fast! Serve immediately or cover and store in fridge.

You can store this is a bottle or in a canning jar.  It also make a awesome gift!