FAQ: How To Make Barbecue Sauce Without Ketchup?

What can I use instead of ketchup in BBQ sauce?

Some BBQ sauce recipes use ketchup but we prefer using tomato paste and tomato sauce. No need to worry about the ketchup quality, if it’s gluten free, or has high fructose corn syrup. Plus canned tomato paste and tomato sauce are much cheaper than a bottle of good ketchup.

What can I substitute for barbecue sauce?

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Does all BBQ Sauce have ketchup?

Most barbecue sauce is made with ketchup or tomato sauce, although the Carolina-style mustard sauce and Alabama white sauce doesn’t contain any tomatoes at all. Other popular ingredients are vinegar, molasses, brown sugar, salt and pepper, spices, and sometimes Worcestershire or yellow mustard.

How do you make BBQ sauce not taste like ketchup?

But the ketchup must be offset by enough other ingredients that the resulting sauce does not taste merely like vaguely spicy ketchup. The most important of these are apple cider vinegar (neither as sharp as white vinegar nor as snooty as balsamic or sherry vinegar) and some kind of sweetener.

What is the substitution for 1 cup of ketchup?

Catsup 1 cup 1 cup tomato sauce plus 1/2 cup sugar and 2 Tbsp vinegar (for use in cooking).

How do I substitute ketchup for tomato sauce?

Luckily, there are viable alternatives.

1. Ketchup can be used as a substitute for tomato sauce but only when it’s not the main ingredient.
2. To use this substitution, use 1/2 to 3/4 cup of tomato paste mixed with 1/2 to 1/4 cup of water for every 1 cup of sauce that would be used in the recipe.

How do you make your own barbecue sauce?

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup ketchup.
2. 2 Tbsp. brown sugar.
3. 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce.
4. 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar.
5. Hot sauce or cayenne to taste.
6. 1 tsp. granulated garlic.
7. Dash of mustard powder.
8. 1 tsp. salt.

Can you use white sugar instead of brown sugar in BBQ sauce?

White sugar lacks the same rich flavor that brown sugar adds, but depending on the type of recipe, you may not notice much flavor change at all.

What can I substitute for ketchup?

Best ketchup substitute

• ¼ cup tomato paste.
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar.
• ½ tablespoon honey.
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt.
• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika (or sweet paprika)
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder.

What gives BBQ sauce its flavor?

Tangy starts with the acid component in tomato, which is the base for many barbecue sauces. But tangy and sour flavors can be boosted by using different types of vinegar, lemon, grapefruit juice, mustard, pickle juice, tamarind paste (which also adds a touch of sweetness), or even beer.

What makes a BBQ sauce a BBQ sauce?

Ingredients vary, but most include vinegar, tomato paste, or mayonnaise (or a combination) as a base, as well as liquid smoke, onion powder, spices such as mustard and black pepper, and sweeteners such as sugar or molasses.

How do you reduce the taste of ketchup?

“To reduce the sweetness, add vinegar or lemon juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, while heating the sauce,” Richards notes. One way to tone down spiciness without adding sugar is to add coconut milk. The tomato flavor of some sauces can be too intense. Add cooked mushrooms to a tomato sauce to calm down this flavor.

What makes great BBQ?

What makes good BBQ? I consider successful barbecue to be the combination of seven basic characteristics happening at once: tenderness, juiciness, smokiness, proper fat rendering, enhanced rub, good exterior bark, all with a firm texture.