Homemade Chipotle Honey BBQ Sauce

Mason jar full of chipotle honey bbq sauce on a wooden block.

Homemade Chipotle Honey BBQ Sauce

Sip + Sanity | Linda Feller

Make Chipotle Honey BBQ Sauce your spicy-sweet summer grilling solution! It’s a great way to use up that half can of chipotle peppers that’s lurking in the back of your fridge.

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Sauce

American, Latin American

(makes about 2.5 cups)

60 kcal

Ingredients

6 tablespoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, you'll use a combo of peppers + sauce
6 tablespoon honey
6 ounce tomato paste
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoon brown sugar
½ cup stout beer, or water or low-sodium broth
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon liquid smoke, optional
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon black pepper
4 tablespoon unsalted butter

Instructions

Chop up as many chipotle peppers as you'd like to use in your sauce (I used 3) and measure them into a blender or mini food processor. (See notes about adjusting the level of spice.) Add enough adobo sauce to equal 6 tablespoons. Add 6 tablespoons of honey and blend these together until smooth. Pour this mixture into a saucepan.
Add the remaining ingredients (except the butter) to the saucepan and stir to combine. Heat the contents over medium-low heat. As soon as it begins to bubble, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
Turn off the burner and mix in the unsalted butter until it's melted and well incorporated.

Notes

You can adjust the spiciness to some degree by using more or less chipotle peppers. For less spice, chop and measure one pepper (about 1 tbsp), then make up the remaining amount with adobo sauce only. For more spice, increase the chopped pepper ratio. Not enough adobo sauce in your can? Substitute with ketchup, tomato puree or more tomato paste.

Nutrition

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