✅ Diabetic-Friendly: Sugar replaced with Allulose/monk fruit blend
🧵 Ingredients
- 1 cup no-sugar-added tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons allulose/monk fruit sweetener
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (no sugar added)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
🧪 Full Nutrition (per serving)
🍳 Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk until the sweetener dissolves completely.
- Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low.
- Cook 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened to your liking.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Let cool, then bottle and refrigerate. Keeps 4-6 weeks.
🌍 Origin & History
Kansas City-style BBQ sauce was perfected in the 1920s by Henry Perry and later Arthur Bryant. Classic KC sauce packs 12-16g of sugar per serving. Our version delivers the same sticky-sweet-tangy profile using allulose and monk fruit, cutting sugar by 85%.
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