Honey BBQ sauce is a versatile and flavorful sauce that can be used on a variety of dishes, from chicken and ribs to burgers and tofu. It's sweet, tangy, and smoky, with a perfect balance of flavors. Whether you're a backyard barbecue enthusiast or a weeknight dinner cook, this article will provide you with the best honey BBQ sauce recipe to suit your needs. From classic to spicy, and everything in between, you're sure to find a recipe that will tantalize your taste buds and make your next meal a memorable one.
Here are our top 20 tried and tested recipes!
HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Honey BBQ sauce that tastes very close to the BBW sauce. Tastes great on chicken, beef, pork, or anything else.
Provided by ews3942
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes BBQ Sauce Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Stir ketchup, honey, vinegar, and molasses together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth; add liquid smoke, salt, black pepper, paprika, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Stir the seasonings into the ketchup mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 64.9 calories, Carbohydrate 16.5 g, Fat 0.4 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 242.6 mg, Sugar 15 g
BEER BRINED BABY BACK RIBS WITH HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Great ribs recipe. The brine keeps the meat moist and juicy. The sauce is quite tasty as well! Recipe adapted from "Simply Perfect Grilling". Make the sauce ahead of time to save time and effort before cooking!
Provided by PalatablePastime
Categories Pork
Time 8h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Prepare your ribs by rinsing them off and removing the membrane on the back (slide a sharp knife under there to loosen it, then grab it with something dry like a paper towel and pull it off).
- You may cut your ribs into sections before brining, if desired.
- Mix together beer, salt, brown sugar, celery seed, cayenne pepper, black pepper and liquid smoke in a saucepan.
- Heat over low heat, stirring gently until all the salt dissolves; allow to cool.
- Place rib sections in a large ziplock or resealable bag and pour the cooled brine over; squeeze out as much air as possible and seal the bag.
- Allow the ribs to brine in this mixture, for 6 hours or overnight, rotating bag occasionally.
- Prior to cooking, remove ribs from brine and pat dry; discard used brine.
- Using a drip pan, prepare a grill for indirect cooking.
- Place the ribs over the drip pan and grill using indirect medium heat (test by placing your hand over the heat- you should be able to keep it there for about 3 seconds).
- Cover grill and cook for 1 1/2- 1 3/4 hours or until the ribs are tender, and the meat has pulled back from the edges of the bone slightly.
- Add additional coals during cooking if needed.
- Baste with honey bbq sauce during the last minutes of cooking, allowing the sauce to set.
- To make the sauce, cook onion and garlic in oil in a small saucepan until the onions become tender.
- Add the chili sauce, beer, honey, Worcestershire sauce and mustard to the pan, stirring to mix well.
- Bring sauce to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until it is as thick as you like it.
- Use sauce on ribs as a baste; sauce can be prepared ahead.
BBQ ONION STEAKS WITH HONEY-MUSTARD SAUCE
Provided by Rick Browne
Categories Mustard Onion Side Vegetarian Low Cal Summer Grill/Barbecue Honey Bon Appétit Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk oil and butter in small bowl. Whisk mustard and next 3 ingredients in another small bowl.
- Run 2 thin metal skewers or soaked bamboo skewers parallel through each onion slice, placing skewers about 1 1/2 inches apart to keep slice intact. Trim ends of bamboo skewers. Brush both sides of onion slices with oil mixture. Place onions on grill and cook until beginning to char, turning and brushing often with oil mixture, about 11 minutes. Brush top side of onions with mustard mixture and cook until mixture begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Turn onions; brush with mustard mixture and grill until beginning to caramelize, about 1 minute longer. Transfer onions to plate. Brush with mustard mixture.
SMOKEY BONES HONEY MUSTARD BBQ SAUCE
ok so its not smokey bones but that is the closest thing i can describe to what this taste like...it is the best! awesome on pulled pork
Provided by jessica schneider
Categories Dips
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. mix all in med pan and bring to rolling boil till begins to thicken
HONEY GARLIC BBQ SAUCE II
This is my favorite homemade BBQ sauce. It uses a whole bulb of garlic, and lots of honey.
Provided by Christian Strub
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes BBQ Sauce Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield 32
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large saucepan over medium low heat, mix together ketchup, garlic, 1 cup of water, hot sauce, honey, molasses, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, Cajun seasoning, paprika, red pepper, white pepper and black pepper. Allow the mixture to simmer approximately 30 minutes.
- In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1 tablespoon of water. Adjust amount of water as needed to fully dissolve cornstarch. Stir into the sauce mixture. Continue simmering approximately 15 minutes.
- Stir butter into the sauce mixture. Continue simmering mixture approximately 15 more minutes, or until butter is melted and the sauce has begun to thicken. Serve over meats prepared as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 61.3 calories, Carbohydrate 9.1 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 384.4 mg, Sugar 7.2 g
CAROLINA HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Make and share this Carolina Honey BBQ Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mysterygirl
Categories Sauces
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium/high heat.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes or until mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat and serve with your favorite meat or seafood.
SPICE RUBBED GRILLED AMERICAN BISON SHORT RIBS WITH ORANGE HONEY CHIPOTLE BBQ SAUCE
Provided by Bobby Flay
Categories main-dish
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Combine the ancho, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, 2 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in small bowl. Sprinkle both sides of the ribs with salt and pepper, and then rub the spice mix onto the top of the ribs. Put on a baking sheet lined with aluminum or parchment. Let the ribs sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Heat a charcoal or gas grill to high for direct grilling. Brush the ribs on both sides with oil and grill, spice-side down, until golden brown and slightly charred, about 4 minutes. Flip and grill another 4 minutes. Brush with some of the Orange Honey Chipotle BBQ Sauce during the last minute of grilling. Remove to a platter and brush with more of the sauce.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the orange juice and zest and cook until slightly reduced.
- Add the ketchup, honey, vinegar, chipotle puree, soy sauce, ancho powder and salt, and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally and simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
HONEY BOURBON GLAZED SMOKED SPARERIBS, WITH BEER BACON BBQ SAUCE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREEN CHILI MAC 'N' CHEESE
Steps:
- For the honey bourbon glaze: Pour the bourbon into a saucepan over low heat; ignite bourbon to burn off the alcohol for about 5 minutes. Add the honey and brown sugar and whisk to thicken. Simmer for another 3 minutes, then remove from heat. Pour glaze into a small bowl and set aside.
- For the beer bacon bbq sauce: Heat a large pot on high heat, then add the butter and let it melt for 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add the onions and garlic. Saute until translucent. Add the beer and bacon and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Add the apple cider vinegar and reduce by a quarter, then add ketchup, molasses, granulated sugar, brisket drippings, chili powder, Worcestershire, salt and pepper and cook on low heat for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool for 10 minutes, then puree in a blender until smooth, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- For the ribs: Whisk together the salt, pepper, chile powder and garlic powder in a small bowl. Drizzle a little canola oil over the ribs, front and back, then rub the oil in. Holding your hand high, season both sides of the ribs with rub. Be sure to get an even coating on both sides, along with the sides of the ribs.
- Soak 5 to 6 paper towels with canola oil, then open the smoker lid and place soaked paper towels in the smoker with 1 chunk hickory, 2 small chunks apple wood and a few handfuls charcoal. Light the paper towels. Let the coals burn down for 20 to 30 minutes. Add a couple more chunks hickory, apple and charcoal, then let smoker come up to 250 degrees F. Place a small pan of water on smoker rack, then place ribs in smoker. Let cook 30 to 40 minutes.
- Add another chunk of each wood and more charcoal; repeat this process every 30 to 45 minutes. At 2 hours into the cooking process, spritz ribs with apple cider vinegar, then spritz every 30 minutes until the third hour of cooking. At the third hour, wrap the ribs in foil and place back on the smoker. At the 4 1/2-hour mark, take the ribs out of foil and glaze with the honey bourbon. Let glaze set in for 20 to 30 minutes in the smoker meat-side up. Let ribs rest for 10 to 15 minutes, then slice. Drizzle ribs with Beer Bacon BBQ sauce and toss. Garnish the ribs with sliced scallions.
- For the Southwestern Green Chili Mac 'n' Cheese: Meanwhile, heat four cups half-and-half to a gentle boil in a medium-large saucepot. Add the garlic, chipotle sauce, cumin, seafood seasoning and thyme, then add the American cheese, whisking until smooth and melted. Fold in the pasta and green chiles and heat through until lightly bubbly. Add the shredded jack, Cheddar and Gouda. If the pasta is too thick, add in another cup or two of half-and-half to smooth it out. Season to taste with salt and fresh ground pepper. Garnish with toasted buttered breadcrumbs and a sprinkle of Korean chile flakes.
- If you prefer baked mac 'n' cheese, place pasta into a casserole dish, sprinkle a handful of extra Cheddar and jack cheeses on top and bake at 350 degrees F until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
SMOKED WHOLE CHICKEN WITH HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Steps:
- For the BBQ seasoning: Combine the brown sugar, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, ground mustard and cayenne in a small bowl.
- Preheat your smoker or grill to 275 degrees F.
- If using a charcoal or gas grill, prepare for two-zone cooking with heat or coals on one side of the grill and none on the other. If using a gas grill, prepare your smoking pouches by tearing off 2 large pieces of heavy-duty aluminum foil and layering them flat on your work surface. Place two cups of dry wood chips on the center of your foil. Fold up each long side and crimp to secure. Then roll up the ends to make a sealed wood chip pouch. Poke holes in the top of your pouch to allow the heat from the fire to singe the wood chips inside the pouch and make some gorgeous smoke that will be released through the holes and add a delicious smoke flavor to your food. Repeat this process so you have a total of 3 pouches.
- Combine the softened butter and the BBQ seasoning in a small bowl. Use your fingers to loosen the skin of the chicken and spread the seasoned butter up under the skin. Spread any remaining butter on top of the chicken skin.
- Use butcher twine to tie the legs together and tuck the wing tips behind the shoulder joint. Place your chicken directly on the grill grates over indirect heat on your smoker or grill. Add the wood of your choice; I recommend apple, cherry, maple, or pecan. If using a grill, place the smoking pouch on the direct heat. Close the lid and smoke for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, replacing the smoking pouch as necessary. Breasts should be about 160 to 165 degrees F. The thighs should be about 170 to 175 degrees F. If needed, rotate the chicken once during smoking.
- While your chicken is smoking, prepare your BBQ sauce. Combine the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, honey, salt, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and black pepper in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring sauce to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove sauce from heat and allow to cool.
- Baste the chicken with the honey BBQ sauce during the last 30 minutes of cooking (this is optional). Once the chicken has reached the correct internal temperature, remove it from the grill, rest for 10 minutes, slice, and serve.
HONEY GARLIC BBQ SAUCE
Make and share this Honey Garlic BBQ Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Chippie1
Categories Sauces
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large saucepan over medium low heat, mix together ketchup, garlic, 1 cup of water, hot sauce, honey, molasses, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, Cajun seasoning, paprika, red pepper, white pepper and black pepper.
- Allow the mixture to simmer approximately 30 minutes.
- In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1 tablespoon of water.
- Adjust amount of water as needed to fully dissolve cornstarch.
- Stir into the sauce mixture.
- Continue simmering approximately 15 minutes.
- Stir butter into the sauce mixture.
- Continue simmering mixture approximately 15 more minutes, or until butter is melted and the sauce has begun to thicken.
- Serve over meats prepared as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 480.1, Fat 23.5, SaturatedFat 14.7, Cholesterol 61, Sodium 2416.1, Carbohydrate 71, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 57.4, Protein 3.6
HOT HONEY WHISKEY BBQ WING SAUCE
This is a great sauce to toss your wings in. Be aware that this sauce has a lot of heat, but the honey takes some of the edge off. This is easily my favorite wing sauce recipe. Toss wings in sauce or brush on after cooking.
Provided by Eric
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Wing Sauce Recipes
Time 10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine ketchup, honey, mustard, vinegar, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, chile-garlic sauce, hot pepper sauce, whiskey, and garlic in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium-high heat until sauce begins to bubble, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 117 calories, Carbohydrate 25.2 g, Fat 1.3 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 0.2 g, Sodium 866.7 mg, Sugar 21.4 g
HONEY GARLIC BBQ SAUCE
Awesome with veggies! To keep this sauce vegetarian, use vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, as the normal sauce contains anchovies.
Provided by KRISTAB
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes BBQ Sauce Recipes
Time 15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Dissolve vegetable bouillon in boiling water.
- In a large saucepan over medium heat combine vegetable broth, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, onion flakes, salt, sugar, cayenne pepper, oil, lemon, honey and garlic. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 60.5 calories, Carbohydrate 10.3 g, Fat 2.4 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 458.4 mg, Sugar 9.2 g
AWESOME HONEY BACON BOURBON BBQ SAUCE
On New Year's Eve I always serve my smoked pork ribs, slathered in my homemade BBQ sauce. This is a kickin' sauce that really delivers a lot of flavor, and can stand up to the rigors of a slow cooker without breaking down. I have clients that will never use any other BBQ sauce, and so I usually make this sauce by the...
Provided by Andy Anderson !
Categories Other Sauces
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. Gather your dry ingredients.
- 2. Gather your sauce ingredients.
- 3. Rough chop the bacon, onion, & the garlic.
- 4. Chef's Note: What's a rough chop. A rough chop is when the veggies need to be cut up but they are not a part of the presentation of the dish.
- 5. Chef's Note: Take a nice big swig of the bourbon... just to make sure it's fresh.
- 6. Place a skillet over medium heat, and then add the bacon.
- 7. Cook, stirring regularly, until the bacon begins to brown, but not burn, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- 8. Add the onion and garlic to the skillet.
- 9. Continue to cook and stir, until the onions have softened, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- 10. Add all of the dry ingredients.
- 11. Chef's Note: The cayenne sends this sauce into the hot category. You can cut that down to a small pinch, or leave it out altogether. When I leave it out, I usually add a bit of cumin as a substitute.
- 12. Stir until they are combined into the bacon/onion mixture.
- 13. Chef's Note: Take another swig of the bourbon... just to make sure it's still fresh.
- 14. Deglaze the pan with a generous splash of bourbon (a nice large shot).
- 15. Immediately take the pan off heat.
- 16. Add the contents of the pan to a blender or stand mixer.
- 17. Add the coffee, espresso, ketchup, honey, and soy sauce.
- 18. Chef's Note: When I talk about using ketchup in this recipe, I would really hope you choose a homemade variety. Otherwise you are making a condiment out of a condiment. Besides, store-bought ketchup has things in it, other than ketchup. Go homemade... if you can. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/other-sauce-spread/versatile-homemade-ketchup.html?r=1
- 19. Blend until completely smooth.
- 20. Store in a glass airtight container, and refrigerate until ready to use. Enjoy.
- 21. Keep the faith, and keep drinking... err cooking.
BELIZE HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Great way to spice up chicken!
Provided by jaqpink
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes BBQ Sauce Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 64
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Blend tomato sauce, onion, habanero peppers, garlic, and cilantro in a blender until smooth. Add tomato paste, ketchup, honey, brown sugar, and white vinegar; blend again.
- Transfer sauce to a saucepan; cook over medium heat until thick, 30 to 35 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 42.1 calories, Carbohydrate 10.8 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 0.6 g, Sodium 136.6 mg, Sugar 9.8 g
SMOKEY HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Make and share this Smokey Honey BBQ Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Lacy S.
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 25m
Yield 3 cups, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and heat to blend together.
- If you want to thicken the sauce add some corn starch disolved in water and return to a boil.
HONEY MAPLE BBQ SAUCE
I want to thank Dana R.'s hubby for inspiring me to get outside of my comfort zone when making BBQ Sauce. This is a very delicious sauce, although high in sugar, I did try to reduce it where ever possible.
Provided by Lynn Socko
Categories Other Sauces
Time 2h5m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- 1. Finely dice onion and garlic. Saute in olive oil until tender. Add all other ingredients except Smokehouse Maple seasoning.
- 2. Simmer on very low for about 2 hrs. Add Smokehouse Maple seasoning (3Tbsp) about 30 min before end of cooking time.
- 3. This is another AWESOME sauce that is a must try!!! https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/other-sauce-spread/blackbears-grillin-sauce.html?p=1
KFC HONEY BBQ SAUCE
This is a copycat recipe from copyKat.com that I found. My wife says it's her favorite BBQ sauce now. We make this, use what we want the first time, and put it back in the bottle for storage.
Provided by TrinkDawg
Categories Sauces
Time 25m
Yield 1 bottle
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place all ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Heat over medium to medium low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
- Let cool to desired temperature.
BBQ ONION STEAKS WITH HONEY-MUSTARD SAUCE
Sounds like a yummy side for steaks. From Bon Appetit, July 2006.
Provided by Vicki Butts (lazyme)
Categories Vegetables
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk oil and butter in small bowl. Whisk mustard and next 3 ingredients in another small bowl.
- 2. Run 2 thin metal skewers or soaked bamboo skewers parallel through each onion slice, placing skewers about 1 1/2 inches apart to keep slice intact. Trim ends of bamboo skewers. Brush both sides of onion slices with oil mixture. Place onions on grill and cook until beginning to char, turning and brushing often with oil mixture, about 11 minutes. Brush top side of onions with mustard mixture and cook until mixture begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Turn onions; brush with mustard mixture and grill until beginning to caramelize, about 1 minute longer. Transfer onions to plate. Brush with mustard mixture.
KFC CLONE HONEY BBQ SAUCE RECIPE - (4.2/5)
Provided by craftsks1
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Directions: 1 Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir ingredients until well combined. 2 Bring to a boil; reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes. 3 Bottle and store in the refrigerator. This will keep for a good while, but probably won't last. Nutritional Facts for Kfc Clone Honey BBQ Sauce Serving Size: 1 (560 g) Servings Per Recipe: 1 Amount Per Serving% Daily ValueCalories 410.0 Calories from Fat 649%Total Fat 0.6 g1%Saturated Fat 0.1 g0%Cholesterol 0.0 mg0%Sodium 2275.5 mg94%Total Carbohydrate 105.5 g35%Dietary Fiber 0.7 g2%Sugars 92.9 g371%Protein 2.9 g5%
SPECIAL HONEY BBQ SAUCE
This is a sweet BBQ sauce. Try it on any meat or poultry.
Provided by Jorge Diaz
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes BBQ Sauce Recipes
Time 15m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a medium, nonporous bowl, combine the garlic, shallot, honey, barbecue sauce and cilantro. Mix well and pour onto meat or poultry. Discard any leftover sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 80.2 calories, Carbohydrate 20.3 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.1 g, Sodium 350.5 mg, Sugar 16.9 g
Tips:
- For a thicker sauce, reduce the amount of apple cider vinegar or water.
- If you want a sweeter sauce, add more honey or brown sugar.
- For a spicier sauce, add more cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes.
- To make a smoky sauce, add a teaspoon of smoked paprika or liquid smoke.
- You can use your favorite barbecue sauce as a base for this recipe.
Conclusion:
Honey BBQ sauce is a versatile and delicious condiment that can be used on a variety of foods. It's perfect for chicken, pork, beef, and fish. You can also use it as a dipping sauce for vegetables or fries. No matter how you use it, honey BBQ sauce is sure to please everyone at your table.
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