Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce

This Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce is a sweet and tangy mustard barbecue sauce that is made with Whole30 and Paleo ingredients. This delicious and healthy barbecue sauce can be made at home in just 30 minutes and enjoyed for many meals.

Mustard barbecue sauces are my favorite!!

Confession time: before I went to college I had no idea there were different styles of barbecue sauce. Since then, I have lived in both Nashville and Atlanta and had my fill of barbecue and the accompanying sauces.

I never really liked the super sweet and sticky bbq sauce that I grew up with but fell in LOVE with Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce. It has a mustard base so it is super tangy, but still sweet enough. I wanted to make a delicious Whole30 barbecue sauce so I sweetened this one naturally with 100% pineapple juice.

What kitchen tools will I need to make this Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce?

• Measuring spoons and measuring cups
• Liquid measuring cup
• Mixing bowls
• Sauce pan
• Whisk
• Wooden mixing spoon

What ingredients will I need to make this golden BBQ sauce?

You will be amazed at how easy it is to make this Whole30 friendly mustard barbecue sauce at home with just a few simple ingredients.

• Yellow mustard
• Tomato paste
• Apple cider vinegar
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Black pepper
• Smoked paprika
• Cayenne pepper
• Water
• Pineapple juice
• Arrowroot starch

Let’s make some Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce!

Step 1: Mix the ingredients.

First, combine tomato paste, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper in a small mixing bowl. Then, add 1/2 cup water to the mixture and mix again.

Step 2: Reduce pineapple juice to a syrup.

Next, pour pineapple juice into a sauce pan. Bring the juice to a boil and then immediately reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 16 minutes stirring frequently until a syrup-like mixture remains.

Step 3: Simmer and thicken the sauce.

Then, pour the sauce into the pan with the pineapple syrup. Simmer for an additional 5 minutes then while mixing pour in the arrowroot starch slurry. Allow the sauce to cook for an additional minute and thicken.

Step 4: Enjoy!

Finally, remove the sauce from the heat. Allow to cool and then pour into an airtight container like a wide mouth mason jar and store in the refrigerator.

How long will this healthy homemade BBQ sauce keep in the fridge?

Once prepared, you should store this sauce in the refrigerator in an airtight container. It will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!

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