Clean Eating Barbecue Sauce – Paleo – Sugar Free – Gluten Free

This clean eating barbecue sauce has a spicy and smoky flavor that is perfect on so many cuts of meat. This easy recipe fits into a Paleo, gluten-free, Whole30 and sugar-free diet!  

I bought some beautiful spare ribs the other day but noticed every single jar of barbecue sauce that I had in my pantry (and there were a lot of them) had sugar in some form. It seems that everything has sugar in it now.

I’m trying to cut out sugar, so I often make healthier substitutes for foods that won’t fit into my current diet, while still leaving the great taste.

I tinkered with the recipe, tasting and testing until I came up with one that I like every bit as much as the store bought kind. In addition to being sugar-free, this recipe is quick and easy to make!

Ingredients for this clean BBQ sauce recipe 

Grilling recipes are popular in our house all year round, but the grill really gets a real workout in the summer months and a good BBQ sauce is a must.

This sauce gets a smoky flavor from cumin, and the red pepper gives it the heat that my husband loves. Since the sauce will not contain sugar, I added some full fat coconut milk to round out the taste and make it not so “vinegary” tasting.

• 14 ounce can of crushed tomatoes (check label to make sure they have no added sugar)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon of ground red pepper (optional or less if you don’t like too much heat!)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 tablespoons full fat coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon of yellow mustard
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• Cracked black pepper

How to make your own clean eating barbecue sauce

To make this clean BBQ sauce, dump all of the ingredients into a sauce pan and bring it to the boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

You’ll end up with a chunky sauce. When you’re done simmering it, give the sauce a quick whizz in the blender to get a smooth consistency.

The sauce is perfect on all kinds of meats for the BBQ. We are using it tonight on pork spare ribs, but steaks, any chops and burgers will be great with it too.

The sauce will keep in the fridge for quite a long time since there is a lot of vinegar in this recipe.

However if you don’t think you’ll use it all and want to save it for later, you can place the leftovers that into zip lock baggies and freeze them. When you are need of some sauce for a barbecue, just take the baggie out, defrost in the microwave and you are ready to go.

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