Name: Whole30 + Keto BBQ Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cups balsamic vinegar; 1/2 cup water; (1) 6-ounce can tomato paste; 1/4 cup (or more to taste of monk fruit (for Whole30 substitute 8 pitted medjool dates); 2 tablespoons dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons coconut aminos; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Whole30 + Keto BBQ Sauce

balsamic vinegar

water

tomato paste

(or more

dijon mustard

coconut aminos

garlic powder

onion powder

salt

pepper

Heat a sauce pan over medium low heat. Add all ingredients, stir to combine, and bring to a low simmer for 5 minutes. You don&#8217;t want it to boil, just get warmed through. Heating will allow the flavors to marry (and soften the dates if making with dates).

Transfer the BBQ sauce to a blender, and blend on high speed for 2 minutes. (Careful blending warm liquids in blenders! I love my Vitamix, it can blend hot liquid without issue.)

I like my bbq sauce thick so it really sticks to the meat I grill. If you like yours thinner, add water and blend until desired consistency is reached.

Store in an airtight container or wide mouth pint mason jar. Will keep in the fridge for at least 3 months, or frozen for 1 year.

BEST BBQ SAUCE EVER!!!! My husband didn't believe me when I told him this was Whole30. Thank you thank you thank you!

I tried this with a reduced amount of dates (less than half!)
Not because I wanted to, but because I was out! 
Even having some dates rather than none, It still ended up a really tangy bbq sauce - It was tasty,  but VERY tangy
 I ended up sweetening it up with some apple after I blended it, I had unsweetened apple sauce on hand so adding that in worked like a charm -
You gotta have a little bit of sweetness! 

In addition to all of that I added some heat to my sauce as well, some smoked paprika and cayenne pepper gave it a spicy smokey boldness -yum!

I am excited to be trying this recipe again - this time with the correct amount of dates

I was out of dates so I subbed in raisins and it turned out great!  Everyone loves it!

Is it possible to make it sweeter with more dates? Like a lot more? I find it really tangy- but was expecting really sweet. Thanks :)

Made this twice now. Love it and I’m not doing whole 30. Just conscious of my sugar intake. And my family likes it too.

Love this sauce.  I cut the vinegar to a half cup and reduced the mustard to two teaspoons.  Added two more dates and a 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.  Delicious!

Absolutely LOVE this BBQ sauce! My husband was also very impressed! We’ve been eating it on pulled pork, rostisserie chicken, and ribs all week! I wanted to add a little spice to it, so I added some red pepper flakes!

This is the BEST BBQ sauce I’ve ever tried!!  So easy to make and my husband didn’t care one bit that it was Whole30 and Keto-friendly. I tend to like savory more than sweet so didn’t even add the sweetener. It was amazing!  Definitely going to keep making this one!!  

This recipe was easy and delicious.  I'm going to make more and give it away  as gifts.  I did make a couple of small changes.  I added a 1/4  tsp. of pepperflakes  and a 1/4 tsp. of liquid smoke. This recipe is also a great use for those dried out dates.  They moistened  up when cooked  and  blended well.

Made this to put on ribs and it was really tasty! I was a bit hesitant about the large amount of vinegar but it really complemented the recipe. This is my go-to recipe for Paleo BBQ sauce!

Also forgot to mention that I didnt have dates or monkfruit so I sweetened to taste with maple syrup.

This is awesome to be paired with my wild game Whole30 meatloaf that I make of the grill! Thanks so much! I am always looking for cleaner options of regular foods! 

Never knew it was so easy!!! You make everything approachable!! I love a thick sticky sweet BBQ sauce and haven't found any bottled keto sauce I loved! This was perfect!

Awful recipe that doesn’t work. It has about 10x as much vinegar as it should, wasted good ingredients on something inedible.

Doesn’t work, way too much vinegar, ick

I gave up on bbq sauce years ago, because of he amount of sugar in it! I was constantly scraping it off my ribs.. or chops, or meatloaf.... I'm starting another round of Whole 30 on Monday... and its almost summer.. I bookmarked your bbq sauce recipe a few months ago, and this morning decided to make it up in preparation of my start.  OMG!!!! So good!!! Thank you, thank you THANK YOU!!!

Added minced caramelized red onion and grainy mustard. So good. 

I made this yesterday. Was light on tomato paste, so I added a little of my homemade, sugar-free ketchup, and that worked just fine. Actually, I'm obsessed. I love this stuff. I made the keto instant pot ribs, ate them, went to the store and bought more ribs (and of course more tomato paste). We're going to shred for salads and tacos and more. Such a good sauce. I just can't get over it.

Hi Natalie, I have made this many times with the dates and it turns out perfectly. Today, I tried the monk fruit instead of the dates and it is too thin and liquid-y. I added some arrowroot to thicken it which worked but I think the results (taste and texture) are much better with the dates. I use in for your instant pot ribs recipe which also turns out perfectly. Thank you.

Wow...yum! Never knew I could make homemade bbq sauce this easily and it legit tastes better than the store bought kind!

I used brown sugar instead of monk fruit since that’s all I had. I whisked the ingredients on the stovetop and didn’t need to use a blender at all! You’ve done it again. 

I LOVE THIS RECIPE!!!! Even my friends who are BBQ snobs cannot believe this is PALEO!!! Just made a double batch because i love it so much. A perfect balance of sweet, and a bit of a natural spicy kick. I generally do not add any water, because I like the bbq sauce to stick to meats for grilling.  Smoked some pork ribs in the Traeger.....A-MA-ZING!!!

Not my first whole 30 but my first time trying this recipe AND IT IS THE BEST!!!  I am a saucy loving girl and this recipe DID NOT DISAPPOINT!  I couldn't even contemplate my instant pot pulled pork without bbq sauce and have just started the September Whole30. No feeling left out at supper tonight! Thank you so much for this! I may have bought my last bottle of KC Masterpiece!

It was good but the balsamic vinegar was a little too strong.  I had to add some maple sugar with the 8 dates to tone it down. Next time I’ll cut back on the vinegar - other than that it was so easy to make.

This is fantastic BBQ sauce and immediately became a staple in our house. 
Because we like our sauce nice and tangy/tart i leave out the sweetener. 
Give this recipe a go.  It is super easy to make and yummy on wings, ribs, chicken - everything!!

A little too sweet for my taste but overall very, very good! I would just use 5-6 dates next time instead of 8!

I have to be honest, I have not had much luck with W30 BBQ sauces. They usually turn out tasting like spicey tomato paste  But I made this BBQ sauce tonight and OMGGGGG it is soooo good!! I won’t buy another store bought sauce again. I made the recipe as is and to me it was the perfect tangy sweet, but my Mom who has a major sweet tooth thought it was too tangy so I had a few more dates and some pineapple juice for her and it was even better! I had to stop myself from just eating it with a spoon! 

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Easy Whole30 BBQ Sauce – a homemade Tessemae’s BBQ sauce copycat recipe. Ready in 10 minutes! 7 ingredients, sweetened naturally with dates, so no sugar!

Whole30 + Keto BBQ Sauce

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 10 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $13.66 /serving

Author : Tastes Lovely

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