Sweet and Smokey BBQ Sauce - Sugar Free

Sweet and Smokey BBQ Sauce - Sugar Free

You don't realize how much sugar is in everything until you have committed to a sugar free diet.  Unless you are willing to buy a lot of your food online (at a premium price) or don't mind artificial sweeteners (yuck), you will likely have to make most of your convenience foods and condiments from scratch.  

This BBQ sauce has the same consistency of store-bought and is sweetened with a low glycemic, zero calorie sweetener.  You can also customize it to suit your tastes.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 red onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 roasted red pepper

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon mustard

2 cups chicken stock or broth

6 ounces tomato paste

1 tablespoon chipotle powder*

1 teaspoon sea salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon powdered munk fruit extract or stevia extract

Instructions:

In a large saucepan heat the butter, onion, and garlic until the onion is translucent.  Add the remaining ingredients and blend with an immersion blender or transfer to a blender or food processor.  Blend until smooth.  Return to the saucepan and simmer about 20 minutes, stirring frequently.  The sauce may splatter.  You can put a lid partly on the pan to catch the spatter, but the sauce needs to be able to reduce so give room for evaporation.

*Chipotle powder will make this sauce spicy.  You can use less if you would like it only slightly spicy.  If you would still like the smokey taste but no spice replace the chipotle powder with smoked paprika.  For no smoke or spice use paprika in place of chipotle powder.

This will store for a month a more in the refrigerator or for several months in the freezer.

Nutritional Information:

Per 2 tablespoon serving.  About 16 servings per recipe

Calories - 24     Fat - 1g     Protein - 1g     Net Carbs - 2.5g