Yeast Free Barbecue Sauce – Candida Diet Recipe

So creating a yeast free barbecue sauce proved to be pretty difficult.  I looked at many different recipes for homemade barbecue sauce and even inspected some of the store bought options for inspiration but all required or contained honey, sugar and/or corn syrup.  One thing that I have discovered while adapting meals to be yeast free is that some ingredients, whether they be in a recipe or in a canned or boxed meal, really aren’t all that necessary.  This however does not hold true barbecue sauce.  I have found that a sweetener is an essential ingredient for a good barbecue sauce.   I knew early on in the process of creating a candida diet friendly barbecue sauce that I could not expect it to taste the way the store bought ones did, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking about Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce and wanted to create something that tasted just like it. 

I of course could not create Sweet Baby Ray’s but I did come up with something that worked for my family, even my picky children.  My first attempt fell short of what I would call barbecue sauce.  I created some kind of tomato ginger marinade by accident and used it to cook chicken.  The general consensus at the table was that it did not taste like barbecue chicken but it was good in its own right.  If I can remember how I made it I will make it again and share the recipe here on Yeast Free Living.  On my second attempt I just decided to experiment with tomato paste, water, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, stevia and a few spices to see if I could create an acceptable sauce that could pass for barbecue sauce.  I once again used the sauce for chicken but this time it did taste more like barbecue sauce.  The consistency of the sauce is a little different than traditional barbecue sauce but it did the job well.   My oldest daughter commented that it tasted just like barbecue sauce.  I struggled with the decision of whether or not to use apple cider vinegar in this recipe but in the end I believe that vinegar is another one of those ingredients crucial to the taste of barbecue sauce.  Apple cider vinegar seems to be tolerated by many on the candida diet but not all.  I wish I could of left it out of this recipe to be safe but I just couldn’t.  While this recipe may not be a fix for everyone, I hope that this helps some of you out there to put barbecue back on the menu.   

Yeast Free Barbecue Sauce Ingredients
1 – 6 ounce can of tomato paste (without citric acid)
Approximately 2.5 cups of water 
2 teaspoons onion powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper 
1  teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoon garlic powder
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice  
4 packets of Sweet Leaf Stevia

Yeast Free Barbecue Sauce Directions
In a large mixing bowl add tomato paste
Slowly stir in water until sauce reaches desired consistency (I like thinner sauce so it will pour like traditional barbecue sauce)
Add all other ingredients and stir thoroughly
Taste and add additional spices to tweak according to your taste
Use immediately or place in a sealed container and refrigerate for later use (not too much later as it contains no preservatives like the store bought brands that last forever)