Low Carb Dr Pepper Barbecue Sauce

This low-carb Dr Pepper barbecue sauce is sweet, smoky, and spicy with real Texas barbecue flavor. It’s easy to make in just a couple of minutes in the blender and goes well with brisket, chicken, or anything else you’d like to put barbecue sauce on.

For this recipe you will need: tomato paste, Diet Dr. Pepper, water, vinegar, salt, smoked paprika, chipotle powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and Stevia.

I love barbecue, which shouldn’t be a total surprise considering that I am from Texas, right? Every Sunday, and I mean every Sunday, we stop at a little place between church and our house and pick up Sunday dinner.

I appreciate it because it means I can relax and forget about cooking for a day but it also means I almost always fall off the low-carb wagon because good barbecue sauce is high in carbs.

All of my kids are going to be home for Christmas. With four in the military it takes a major act of God for this to happen — it will be the first Christmas we’ve all been together in about 10 years. It’s the first chance, and probably the last, to get the family pictures I want complete with in-laws and grandkids. You can’t even imagine how excited I am… but it also means I really want to stick to my low -carb lifestyle so I look OK in the pictures. Falling off the low-carb wagon even for one day is just not in the cards.

So while everyone was eating their barbecue yesterday and I was picking at the naked brisket on my plate I started thinking about my recipe for Dr Pepper barbecue sauce and I realized I could make a low-carb version without much trouble. Believe it or not in about five minutes I had exactly what I wanted. It was tangy, spicy, and sweet with a good, thick consistency and just under 1-1/2 carbs per tablespoon.

I think I can live with that.

This is a “raw” sauce – you don’t have to cook it. If you’d like a thicker texture you can simmer it for awhile and that will make the flavors meld a little more and give it a slightly different flavor. Brush it on chicken before you grill it, too. I made southwestern mashed cauliflower to go with it and it was not only delicious — I wasn’t hungry for the rest of the day, either.

This recipe makes about a cup and a half, or about 24 tablespoons. I usually only need a tablespoon but even if you use two it’s still under 3 grams of carbs. Make sure you are using a sugar-free tomato paste like Hunt’s, though. Some of them have added sugar.

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Low-Carb Dr Pepper Barbecue Sauce

Sweet, smoky, and spicy BBQ sauce made with Diet Dr Pepper is delicious over beef, chicken, or pork. It’s super easy to make and has just 1.4 carbs per tablespoon!

Course Sauce

Cuisine American – low -carb

Keyword BBQ Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Calories 280kcal

Author Marye Audet

Ingredients

• 1 6- ounce can tomato paste make sure it doesn’t contain sugar
• 1 cup diet Dr Pepper
• 1/3 cup of water or more
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon chipotle
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• Stevia to taste

Instructions

• Open the tomato paste and put into a blender.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Blend until smooth.
• If the mixture is too thick add a little water.

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2796mg | Potassium: 2052mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 3540IU | Vitamin C: 44mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 6mg

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