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Diabetic-Friendly Sugar-Free BBQ Sauce
Beef · Beef

Diabetic-Friendly Sugar-Free BBQ Sauce

Modified from Original Source for diabetic-friendly eating
Default: 🩸 Diabetic-Friendly | 🥑 Low-Carb / Keto ⚙️ Change
Keto-Adapted — This recipe is naturally compatible with your dietary preferences! No swaps needed.
14
Prep (min)
31
Cook (min)
0h 45m
Total Time
40
Servings
23.2
Cal/serving
0.8g
Protein/srv
2.3g
Sugar/srv

🧵 Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 cup minced onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 beef bouillon cubes
  • 0.5 cup hot water
  • 3 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 1 cup granular sucrolose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
  • 0.75 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 0.75 cup Dijon mustard
  • 3 tablespoons hickory-flavored liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste

🧪 Full Nutrition (per serving)

23.2
Calories
0.8g
Protein
4.2g
Carbs
0.8g
Fiber
2.3g
Sugar
0.6g
Fat
0.1g
Sat Fat
272.5mg
Sodium

🌍 Origin & History

A truly sugar-free BBQ sauce is harder than it sounds. Most 'low sugar' sauces replace sugar with artificial sweeteners that leave a bitter aftertaste. Our version uses allulose, a rare sugar found naturally in figs and raisins that tastes identical to sugar but doesn't spike blood glucose. This sauce is thick, sweet, tangy, and completely diabetic-friendly.

🥗 Diabetic-Friendly Pairings

Cauliflower mash, steamed broccoli, garden salad with vinaigrette

🧐 Why This Recipe Works for Diabetics

Quantities adjusted ~10% for diabetic macros

Standard 10% reduction applied.

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