Smoky Bourbon BBQ Sauce

5 / 5 (5 reviews)

Smoky Bourbon BBQ Sauce is tangy, with smoky flavors, spicy and sweet! An easy, quick and totally mouthwatering BBQ sauce recipe for all your saucin' needs. This recipe is vegetarian and vegan.

By: Traci York (via Vanillaandbean)
Original Publish: Jun 6, 2019
Last Updated: Mar 1, 2026
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Yields: 1, 1 3/4 Cups

Nutrition Facts

1379 kcalCalories
3 gProtein
294 gCarbs
3 gFat
Finished Smoky Bourbon BBQ Sauce

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Chef's Notes

Notes*1 C (158g) Coconut Sugar may be used instead of brown sugar in this recipe. However, the sauce will not be quite as thick, and it's a little less sweet.
**Find Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce in the Mexican ingredient section. It comes in a 7oz can. The leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freezer for up to several months. 
***My homemade sauce contains bourbon. Opt to use what best fits your diet/needs whether a traditional bourbon/whiskey or a sorghum based whiskey. You can add more apple juice instead of bourbon or leave it out all together if needed.
Recipe Adapted From Jamie Oliver's BBQ Sauce

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Lin ★ 5.0/5

This barbecue sauce is the best that I have ever made. I make it again and again and it is so good with the Black-eyed pea stuffed collard greens. Making it tonight - yet again. Thaks so much for these wonderful recipes.

Lucky girl ★ 5.0/5

My husband and I, both, liked this sauce very much!! Yummy!

David Carter ★ 5.0/5

This is a great tasting bbq sauce I substituted my favorite hot sauce for the Adobe and Texas pete cooked it down till it was much thicker that the recipe called for.
The Bette bourbon you use the better your sauce will be I used Buffalo Trace it was great this sauce is worth you trying out

Kimberly Scott ★ 5.0/5

Excellent excellent Barbecue sauce. My guy and I were in awwwwwwww.

Sheri ★ 5.0/5

Fellow Texan here! I have a 4lb beef brisket that I'm going to cook in the crockpot. Blasphemous, I know but unfortunately we need a new smoker. Should I cook the sauce first or can I put all sauce ingredients in the crockpot & mix together? Can't wait to try this!!!

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