This spicy pineapple bbq sauce is everything you need for your summer cookouts. They pair perfectly with ribs, burgers and as a sauce for fries.
Recipe video:
About two years ago, I took up the challenge of making my own bbq sauce. After successfully putting together a recipe that I love, I decided to experiment with the recipe and I came up with this spicy pineapple bbq sauce.
I love how this sauce is the perfect blend between sweet, tangy and spicy. The sweetness comes from the sugar and pineapple juice. Although, the pineapple juice brings a hint of sweetness it also introduces the tanginess along with the lime juice. And finally, the spiciness comes from the scotch bonnet pepper.
The blend of flavors (sweet, tangy and spicy) made this bbq sauce the best one I have ever made up to this day.
I have nothing against buying bbq sauce in stores but you need to give the homemade version a try. Although, the store brought ones are convenient they are filled with unnecessary ingredients.
At least in this homemade version you can control the ingredients you put into it. You can always customize your sauce, the flavors of barbecue sauces are endless.
TIPS & TRICKS:
- Pineapple: the easiest way to make this sauce is to use pineapple juice, but if you want to go the extra mile and use pineapple chunks but you must blend the mixture to ensure its smoothness.
- Scotch bonnet pepper: if you can’t get your hands on this type of pepper then you can also use habanero pepper or even jalapeños.
- Seasonings: I didn’t use too much in this recipe, I used paprika, ground cayenne, ground garlic powder, salt and black pepper. I kept it simple because I didn’t want to overpower the pineapple and pepper.
This can be refrigerated for 1-2 weeks.
I hope you enjoy this recipe.
Now, let’s get into it.
Spicy Pineapple BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups Ketchup
- 1 cup Pineapple juice
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- 1/2 tsp Ground cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 Scotch bonnet pepper slice in two
- Juice of 1 lime
Instructions
- In a sauce pan over medium-low heat, pour in all the ingredients including the pepper.
- Stir everything together and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes or until the sauce has thicken.
- Remove from the heat once the sauce has thicken.
- Remove the pepper. If you want to ensure a spicy bbq sauce then I highly recommend finely chopping the peppers and leave it stay in the sauce.
- Pour the sauce into a jar and let it cool completely before refrigerating or using.
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