Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce
This BBQ season, whip up this great rich and tangy recipe for Carolina mustard BBQ sauce, featuring a vingar and mustard base, with plenty of spice added.
Servings: 12
Calories: 48kcal
Ingredients
Slurry
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water, room temperature
Sauce
- ½ cup mustard
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon liquid smoke
- 6 dashes hot sauce of your choice, more or less depending on your desired level of heat
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch and water for slurry. Set it aside.
- In a medium bowl, add all the ingredients except for the slurry.
- Whisk until the ingredients are well combined.
- Using a rubber spatula, pour the mixture into a small saucepan.
- Whisk often while simmering on low heat for 3 minutes (or just until it starts to bubble). Do not overheat or boil.
- Add your slurry mix to the sauce and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow the sauce to cool. Once cool to the touch, pour into a jar or container with a sealed lid.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- To serve, warm it up in a small pot and get eating!
Notes
- A slurry is used to thicken sauces and soups, and it is perfect for thickening up this delicious sauce recipe.
- This golden sauce can be used once cooled; however, the best results occur the next day when the flavors have had time to enhance.
Nutrition
Calories: 48kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg