Most commercial barbecue sauce is full of high-fructose corn syrup or sugar. This recipe has neither and still delivers all the flavors you want in your barbecue.

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By Del Sroufe,

Ingredients

  • 1 (15-ounce) can tomato purée
  • 2 cups Date Paste, more or less to taste
  • 3 tablespoons prepared mustard
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider or red wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, more or less to taste

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, for 10 minutes.
  • Store refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 10 days.
Nutritional Information:

Per serving (¼ cup): 105 calories, 28 g carbohydrates, 1.3 g protein, 0.3 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 45 mg sodium, 3.1 g fiber, 23 g sugar

Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.

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Dru Allende

OMG, I just made this BBQ sauce and it is fabulous. It's got a real kick to it and I love it. Thank you so much.

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Del Sroufe

Chef Del Sroufe currently works as Culinary Specialist at the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies (CNS) and host of CNS Kitchen, a free CNS community that offers members all the tools they need to live a successful whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. Sroufe has been cooking in vegetarian, vegan, and WFPB kitchens for 34 years. He has operated his own vegan bakery and a vegan meal-delivery service. He was the executive chef at Wellness Forum Foods, where he ran a successful catering service. He developed a line of in-the-bag mixes that could be shipped all over the country and taught cooking classes to the public and health care professionals looking to offer culinary education to their clients. Del is a public speaker and cookbook author. His first cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook, was on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 37 weeks. He also authored Better Than Vegan, which tells the story of his struggle with weight management and how he lost more than 200 pounds on a low-fat, plant-based diet. Sroufe’s other cookbooks include The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook and The China Study Family Cookbook.
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