Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce
This punchy Carolina mustard BBQ sauce blends tangy mustard, sweet honey, smoky chipotle, and garlic for a bold, layered flavor. Just toss everything into a food processor, let it rest, and you’ve got golden BBQ magic that’s freezer-friendly and deeply craveable.
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Equipment
- Food Processor or Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow mustard
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Put 2 garlic cloves and 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce into a food processor. Blend for 30 seconds to chop.
- Add 1 cup yellow mustard, ¼ cup honey, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ cup apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon ketchup, 2 teaspoons Worcestershire, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper into the food processor.
- Blend for 60 seconds until everything is well mixed and incorporated.
- Pour into a container and allow the flavors to marry for 2-4 hours or overnight
Notes
Make this sauce at least a few hours before you plan to serve it so that the ingredients can marry together. After you first blend the sauce and taste it, you might not be impressed with the flavor. If you give it time to come together, you’ll get the full spectrum of flavor. So if you can, give it time.
If after time, it still isn’t balanced, you can add honey to sweeten it or more mustard or apple cider vinegar to make it more tangy.
You can either add it on cold or warm it a bit before saucing your food. Gently warm the sauce in a pot on the stove. Or in the microwave in 20 second intervals.
Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce come in a can and I never need to use all of them in one week. Put one and some of the sauce in an ice cube tray and freeze them. All you’ll have to do is thaw one next time you make this mustard BBQ sauce. You will save money this way.
Measure everything in a ¼ measuring cup. You’ll save yourself the dishes. I like to measure the apple cider vinegar then do the honey. It won’t stick into the measuring cup as badly that way.
Nutrition
Calories: 350kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 1820mg | Potassium: 392mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 134IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 3mg
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 350kcal