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Keto BBQ sauce

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  • Author: Elizabeth Farr
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 3 cups 1x
  • Diet: Gluten-Free, Keto, Paleo

Description

With just 1.5 net carbs in a serving, you can easily add this sauce to your dinner without going over your carb count for the day on a keto diet.  That’s good news when you want to add big flavor to your food while still staying low carb!

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon bacon fat or olive oil
  • 1 shallot or small onion
  • 1 dried ancho chile
  • 1 dried guajillo chile
  • 1 teaspoon Hungarian sweet paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 six-ounce can tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/3 cup pitted dried prunes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Saute: Chop up the shallot and saute it in bacon fat or olive oil until translucent.
  2. Grind: Take out the seeds in the ancho and guajillo chiles and grind them in a small coffee grinder

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  3. Toast: Toast the chile powder, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder in the onion for about a minute.
  4. Caramelize: Add in the tomato paste, stirring for about a minute to develop some more flavor in the paste.
  5. Mix everything else: Add in the mustard, Worcestershire, vinegar, and prunes and 3 full cans of water (use the tomato paste can to measure). Mix everything together into a thin sauce and bring it to a boil. Taste it and add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Reduce it to the lowest setting on your stove, stirring it occasionally for about 30 minutes.
  6. Whiz: Use an immersion blender

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     to blend up the sauce. After 30 minutes it should be thick enough to sit on a spoon but fall off easily. Be sure that all the prunes are smooth. Taste the sauce for salt. Pack it up in a Mason jar, and fridge it until you need it.  You can use the sauce immediately in a recipe, or keep it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

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Notes

    1. Sweeter: If you want a sweeter BBQ sauce, you can add 1/4 cup of honey. This will up the carb count, but you’ll still be paleo. Since you typically don’t have huge quantities of BBQ sauce at a time, this isn’t a huge difference. If you want extra flavor, use homemade hot honey.

    1. Spicy: I’ve also kept the spices here pretty mild using smoky ancho chiles and sweet and smoky guajillo chiles. If you want something hotter, sub out a chile de arbol for the guajillo and maybe add in a little cayenne.

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Jam
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American

Find it online: https://bakingwithtradition.com/keto-bbq-sauce/