Homemade Root Beer Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Summer is just around the corner and that means family get-togethers and barbecues. This homemade Root Beer Barbecue Sauce recipe is a perfect addition to any summer cookout.  Simple and inexpensive to make with loads of flavor. This free printable turns it into a fabulous gift for Father’s Day, birthdays, or a housewarming tucked into a basket of BBQ goodies.

Homemade Root Beer Barbecue Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups root beer
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1  15 oz. can diced tomatoes
• ½ tsp. Cumin
• 1/2-1 tsp. Cayenne pepper
• 1 small or medium onion, diced.
• 2 Tbsp. canola or vegetable oil

Directions:

Pour oil into saucepan over medium-high heat.

Saute until onions start to become translucent.

Add all remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 45 minutes.

Let sauce cool completely, or blend half at a time, leaving a steam escape or you will have a mess!

Use a blender or an immersion blender to puree ingredients.

Simmer for an additional hour.

Cool sauce completely.

Pour into a pint sized mason jar.

Keep refrigerated for up to a month.

Homemade Root Beer Barbecue Sauce Recipe

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Homemade Root Beer Barbecue Sauce Recipe

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

2 hours

Total time

2 hours 10 mins

 

Tasty homemade barbecue sauce with a kick of root beer flavor. Keep refrigerated for up to a month.

Author: Janel at A Mom's Take

Recipe type: Sides

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups root beer
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
• ½ tsp. Cumin
• ½-1 tsp. Cayenne pepper
• 1 small or medium onion, diced.
• 2 Tbsp. canola or vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Pour oil into saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Saute until onions start to become translucent.
3. Add all remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 45 minutes.
4. Let sauce cool completely, then blend in a blender or an immersion blender to puree ingredients.
5. Simmer for an additional hour.
6. Cool sauce completely.
7. Pour into a pint sized mason jar.

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Decorate your jar by printing out the printable label on card stock. Print the label at 3 ½ x 5 photo size to perfectly fit a pint jar. Right click on the image below to save it or click to view the image full page and save it from there.

I used kraft paper for an aged look and cut around label and simply taped it to the front of jar. Finish by wrapping some twine or raffia around a few times before tying it off.

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