Steve Harvey Homemade BBQ Sauce
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Steve Harvey shares his easy homemade Southern BBQ sauce recipe.
This Southern soul food BBQ sauce is perfect for slathering your favorite meats for Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, or any other holiday.
You’ll have enough leftover sauce to store in a mason jar and share!
I admit it! I don’t take client appointments or coaching calls until after I start the day with The Steve Harvey Morning Show and the show’s popular segment, The Strawberry Letter.
How do you make Steve Harvey’s homemade BBQ sauce?
The Steve Harvey Morning Show has been part of my wake-up ritual for over a decade. It’s like a favorite podcast, but in reality, it’s a syndicated radio show with a cast of six funny personalities, including that of Steve Harvey!
I set my calendar link not to schedule appointments until after I’ve laughed out-loud at Shirley Strawberry’s write-in advice column called The Strawberry Letter. You can probably guess that I’m also extremely annoyed when someone calls me while Shirley’s reading the letter!
The Strawberry Letter
You should hear the types of things listeners write in about for advice. From family secrets to dating a man older than their father. A sister and brother finding out they’re dating the same man. A wife finding secret photos of her husband’s foot fetish, and this week there was even a part two of a previous letter— meaning the person wrote back in again for a sequel!
Who even needs Bravo and The Real Housewives?
Well, never mind that question because, on Thursdays, Carla Ferrell on TSHMS does her reality TV segment, which recaps popular reality shows, including The Real Housewives Of Atlanta!
The Mister told me that The Strawberry Letter is on podcast now. He listens to the podcast show, and he can rewind the knee-slapping hilarious parts of the letters! I’m still old-school and like to listen to the segment live.
That’s right, y’all— Steve Harvey gave me the secret recipe to his homemade BBQ sauce!
I also like to listen to Steve’s Closing Remarks. In this segment, Steve shares motivational advice to close out the show.
With the start of Memorial Day weekend, Steve shared his BBQ rib sauce Southern recipe instead of his usual spiritual guidance.
That’s right, y’all— Steve Harvey gave me the secret recipe to his homemade BBQ sauce!
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Well, technically, he gave it to the world, but I was the one who feverishly typed it in my phone and texted the recipe to myself. Then I placed an Instacart order right away to get the ingredients. After that, I shared the recipe on Pinterest so you can make the recipe in time for Memorial Day, too!
So it was like he told me exclusively since I did all the heavy lifting for everyone!
Make air fryer chicken drumsticks and add Steve Harvey’s homemade BBQ sauce!
How do you make Steve Harvey’s homemade BBQ sauce?
This recipe makes enough of Steve Harvey’s BBQ sauce for a whole chicken or whole rack of ribs, plus enough leftovers to fill a mason jar and share!
Place all the ingredients in a stockpot on the stove or in an Instant Pot to slow cook.
Check out the detailed instructions below for both cooking methods of Steve Harvey’s BBQ sauce.
Ingredients
- ½ a cup of apple cider vinegar
- 6 tablespoons of garlic powder
- 7 tablespoons of pure cane sugar
- 1 bottle of Rufus Teague Honey Sweet BBQ Sauce
- 1 bottle of Rufus Teague Touch O’ Heat BBQ Sauce
Stovetop instructions for Steve Harvey’s Southern BBQ sauce recipe
- Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) in a large pot on the stove on warm.
- Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
- Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes and cover with a lid.
- This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
- Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You’ll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
- Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
- Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
- Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!
Instant Pot instructions for Steve Harvey’s Southern BBQ
- Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) inside the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
- Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
- Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Close the Instant Pot lid and turn on the ‘slow cook’ setting for one hour.
- This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
- Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You’ll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
- Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
- Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
- Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!
Pro tip:
Steve also recommends his favorite Big Green Egg for BBQ on the grill!
How long does BBQ sauce last in the refrigerator?
Like most condiments, barbecue sauce can last up to nine months in the refrigerator.
BBQ/barbeque sauce that’s opened and stored in the pantry is good for about a month.
To get more out of your sauce, it’s best to store it in the refrigerator.
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This recipe appeared first on ShaundaNecole.com on May 23, 2020.
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Equipment
- Instant Pot multi-cooker, Crock Pot or stockpot
Ingredients
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- 6 tablespoons garlic powder
- 7 tablespoons pure cane sugar
- 15.25 oz BBQ sauce Rufus Teague Honey Sweet BBQ Sauce
- 15.25 oz BBQ sauce Rufus Teague Touch O’ Heat BBQ Sauce
Instructions
Stovetop Instructions
- Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) in a large pot on the stove on warm.
- Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
- Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes and cover with a lid.
- This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
- Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You'll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
- Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
- Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
- Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!
Instant Pot Instructions
- Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) inside the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
- Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
- Stir to combine the ingredients.
- Close the Instant Pot lid and turn on the 'slow cook' setting for one hour.
- This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
- Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You'll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
- Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
- Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
- Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!
Video
Notes
- Steve also recommends his favorite Big Green Egg for BBQ on the grill!
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