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Lemon BBQ Sauce
Lemons
This is one of my favorite lemon barbecue sauce recipes because it’s sweet. The brown sugar and molasses adds that nice sweet taste to make it a sweeter BBQ sauce. I’m very partial to sweeter tasting BBQ Sauces and the combination of the sweet and sour lemon flavors make this recipe one of my favorites.
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Combine all of the ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer the sauce over moderate heat until thickened, about 4 minutes. Let cool, then refrigerate
Lemon BBQ Sauce (with Tabasco)
Lemons
This Lemon based barbecue sauce includes that hot sauce, Tabasco! As you can see, very little Tabasco sauce was used. If you like yours really hot, don’t hesitate to add as much as you like.
- ½ cup Margarine
- 3 teaspoons Flour
- ⅓ cup Water
- ⅛ teaspoon Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Dried thyme
- 3 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ⅛ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- Melt margarine in a small sauce pan over low heat.
- Stir in flour and cook until bubbly.
- Remove from heat and gradually add water , lemon juice, sugar, salt, pepper, thyme and Tabasco sauce.
- Cook over moderate heat stirring constantly until slightly thickened. When cool homogenize in the blender.
- Makes about 1 cup. Use on grilled chicken or fish.
- NOTES: Add more Tabasco sauce if you prefer. Can be frozen. Just stir well when defrosted.
Lemon-Pepper BBQ Sauce
Lemons
This recipe takes into account the popular Lemon-Pepper flavoring. There’s plenty of other spices as well to give it a very robust taste. Since this recipe does include tomato sauce, it is a true BBQ sauce as several of the other sauces listed would be considered more of a lemon based marinade vs. a true barbecue sauce. As usual, this is great for chicken. Most lemon based sauces are.
- 1½ teaspoon Canola oil
- ¼ cup Chopped onion
- 1 Clove garlic, crushed
- 1 can (8-ounce) tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon Crushed dried basil
- 1 teaspoon Dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon Paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Coarse-grind black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon Ground allspice
- 1 Lemon, Grated zest of
- 2 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Cider vinegar
- Heat oil in small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and saute until tender. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomato sauce, brown sugar, basil, dry mustard, paprika, black and cayenne peppers, allspice, lemon zest, lemon juice and vinegar. Bring to simmer over low heat and cook, covered, 15 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Makes 1 cup, enough for 8 chicken breasts or legs with thighs.
Lemon Herb BBQ Sauce
lemon-herb chicken
This Lemon Herb BBQ Sauce Recipe includes some nice herbs you don’t see often in any barbecue sauce. Thyme and Marjoram add a wonderful herby flavor. This recipe does depart some from the typical BBQ sauces but if you are looking for great lemon based sauces to barbecue and marinade with, I didn’t want to leave this one out.
Goes Great with Chicken!
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon minced onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- ⅛ teaspoon dried marjoram
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Preheat grill for high heat.
- In a blender or food processor, blend the oil, lemon juice, onion, salt, thyme, marjoram, and garlic until thick and smooth.
- Coat the grill grate with aluminum foil. Poke holes in the foil and spray with cooking spray. Arrange chicken on grate, and cook 15 minutes, turning once and brushing constantly with the sauce, until juices run clear
Lemon BBQ Sauce Recipes
Lemons
Nothing but Lemon based BBQ Sauces!
This section is dedicated to every possible Lemon based barbecue sauce recipe possible.
From simple to complex, from mild to hot & spicy! If you like lemon style BBQ sauces, then this is YOUR section!
Pineapple BBQ Sauce Recipes
Pineapple BBQ Sauce
Looking for something completely different in a citrus based barbecue sauce? Well, we have something for you. Pineapple based BBQ Sauce Recipes of all kinds.
Pineapple really gives you a sweet taste but distinctly different from your basic fruit based sauces. If you like chunks of pineapple like I do, then feel free to add pineapple pieces(smaller is better) to these recipes to increase the real pineapple flavor in your version of these favorite Pineapple BBQ Sauce Recipes.
Orange BBQ Sauce Recipes
Oranges
If you want citrus based but looking for something not as tart as lemon or limes, then any of these Orange BBQ Sauce Recipes are perfect. Oranges give barbecue sauce a sweet as well as a citrus tangy flavor, completely different and distinct from the other citrus based sauces.
Citrus Based BBQ Sauce Recipes
Citrus
This section is dedicated to some of the favorite citrus based barbecue sauce recipes around. Orange based BBQ sauces are not unfamiliar but some of the Lemon and especially Lime based sauce recipes maybe something you have not tried before.
Most of the time these sauces are best on chicken and fish, and sometimes pork. We’ve searched the planet over for some very unique recipes for you to try so enjoy!
Orange BBQ Sauce Recipes
Lemon BBQ Sauce Recipes
Lime BBQ Sauce Recipes
Pineapple BBQ Sauce Recipes
Watermelon BBQ Sauce
Watermelon
Now this is something you won’t find anywhere on your grocery shelf. A Watermelon BBQ Sauce! I didn’t research to find out where this came from like some of the other recipes I have posted. My grandmother used to make watermelon jelly and she’s from the south in Tennessee so this might have been from that region in the south, I don’t know.
- 1 cup (225 ml) dark corn syrup
- ½ cup (125 ml) water
- ¼ cup (60 ml) ketchup
- ¼ cup (60 ml) distilled vinegar
- ¾ tsp (4 ml) crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp (2 ml) liquid smoke
- ¼ tsp (1 ml) black pepper
- 4 pounds baby back ribs
- Cut off the green skin and about half an inch of the hard white part, keeping the part of the watermelon that is lighter red to white.
- Stay away from the harder, white rind just inside the green skin.
- Put the rind into a food processor and puree for about only 10 seconds. Strain the liquid from the pulp and use one cup of pulp, measured after straining.
- Combine the pulp with remaining ingredients in a medium size saucepan over high heat.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for about 1 hour or until it is as thick as you like.
- Cut racks of ribs into plate size portions, 6 to 7 bones per rack.
- Brush ribs with the sauce and wrap each rack individually in aluminum foil. Save some sauce for later.
- Let ribs marinate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees (150 C.) F.
- Set the ribs with the seam of the foil facing up, into the oven.
- Bake for 2 to 21/2 hours or until tender.
- Remove ribs from foil, baste with sauce and grill over hot BBQ for 2 to 4 minutes per side, or until you see several spots of charred sauce.
- Serve with remaining sauce on the side.
Strawberry BBQ Sauce
Strawberries
Of all the fruits out there, Strawberry is probably my favorite. With all the other types of BBQ sauce out there, you don’t ever find a strawberry BBQ Sauce, so here’s your chance. Your certainly could use fresh strawberries but you’d want to add some sugar to make sure and bring out the flavor in the strawberries.
- 1 Clove garlic
- ¼ Cup chopped red or sweet white onion, chopped
- 1 Teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 Tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
- ¼ Cup strawberry jam
- 2 Tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ Cup ketchup
- Dash cayenne powder or Tabasco Sauce
- Freshly grated pepper (to taste)
- 2 Cup unsweetened strawberries (stems removed)
- Combine strawberries, garlic and onions in a blender. Add the remaining ingredients and continue to blend until smooth. Season to taste.
- Set aside a small amount for use as a dipping sauce when serving. Brush remaining sauce on meat, poultry or fish during last 10 minutes of grilling.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.You may use either fresh or frozen unsweetened strawberries for this recipe.
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