Farmhouse BBQ Sauce

Homemade bbq sauce tastes great with several of our favorite meals! Since it only takes 20 minutes to make, we love keeping a jar of vinegar-based Farmhouse BBQ Sauce in our refrigerator.

Vinegar BBQ Sauce

Sweet and tangy with a little bit of kick, this red Farmhouse BBQ Sauce recipe is VERY easy to make at home! With only six simple ingredients and 15 minutes, you can have a batch of homemade sauce.

This vinegar based bbq sauce seems to go better with red meat or darker cuts of chicken or turkey. Having a little fat in the meat pairs well with a drizzle of this sauce.

A small saucepan will quickly make a small batch of sauce that will feed 6 – 10 people. This Farmhouse BBQ Sauce recipe can easily be doubled for a bigger batch. Just be ready to stir frequently to prevent burning.

BBQ sauce is one of the featured ingredients on a Pulled Pork Slider or BBQ Kielbasa Sandwich. And a light drizzle adds another delicious layer of flavor to many of our lunchmeat sliders like Turkey, Bacon, Cheddar Sliders.

Ground beef can taste so much better with a little tang from this sauce. Mushroom Swiss Burger Sliders. I’m a big fan of replacing ketchup with this bbq sauce in our Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaves.

While it’s most common for us to serve BBQ sauce on a sandwich or with a pile of meat don’t discount how much flavor this sauce adds to a Loaded Baked Potato Bar, Loaded Waffle Fries or Pulled Pork Quesadillas.

Homemade BBQ Sauce

I like how easy it is to customize this recipe. Brown sugar can be added to make a sweeter sauce with a darker, deeper red color. Just 1/4 cup of sugar will make a big change in the meal.

My husband likes the heat from a few red pepper flakes. When you take a sample the sauce seems like it will be hot, but a little bit of heat from red pepper compliments meat when just a little sauce is drizzled on. Meat will noticeably tone down the heat in sauce.

This sauce is made without mustard but certainly reminds me of a Carolina style sauce that is vinegar and mustard-based. It’s a sauce that is made more for drizzling on meat than fully dunking meat into.

With the biggest proportion of the sauce being vinegar-based this sauce is fairly thin. It is definitely thinner than ketchup because vinegar is thinner than ketchup. While stirring often and cooking the sauce longer will help it thicken a little bit know that it is still intended to be a thin sauce.

Another sauce we like to make at home is our Homemade Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce. When we have the time homemade sauce adds a special touch to so many meals.

Farmhouse BBQ Sauce Recipe

In a small or medium saucepan mix all ingredients together and stir well.

Turn burner to medium heat and stir often until mixture begins to simmer. Once mixture is simmering turn down to low heat and stir frequently for 10 – 15 minutes. Sauce should thicken a bit to desired consistency.

Tips for Making BBQ Sauce

• Mixture begins as 1 1/4 cups and is about 1 cup of barbecue sauce after it finishes simmering
• White vinegar is the best value and works fine, other clear vinegar like cider vinegar can be substituted if necessary
• Store extra in a mason jar with a screw-on lid
• Red pepper flakes are optional and create a hotter, spicier sauce
• Brown sugar can be added to sweeten the sauce, mustard can also be added if desired
• Recipe can easily be double or tripled in a medium sized sauce pan

Other Delicious Farmhouse Favorite Recipes:

• Cream Cheese & Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers – more cream cheese makes it a dip and more meat makes a great main dish
• Kielbasa & Sauerkraut – an easy meal to enjoy on New Year’s Day and all year around
• Cream Puff Cake – Tastes like a cream puff, but easier to make and in cake form
• Cinnamon Cream Cheese Bars – A must make easy dessert for any occasion
• Instant Pot Chicken & Bacon Carbonara – Inspired by the Olive Garden classic, but easy to make at home
• This Crock Pot Marinara Sauce is another homemade sauce that caught my eye