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Photo of The Best Homemade Honey Garlic Sauce by Belinda Carter McDowell

The Best Homemade Honey Garlic Sauce

Rated as 4.36 out of 5 Stars
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"This recipe has been used in our family for years. It's better than any store-bought sauce and so quick and easy to make! Have extra sauce on hand because people will want to use it as a dipping sauce too."
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Ingredients

18 m servings 43
Original recipe yields 16 servings (2 cups)

Directions

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  1. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in ketchup, honey, and soy sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors combine, about 5 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 43 calories; 0.9 9.2 0.3 0 226 Full nutrition

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Most helpful positive review

Made this today. Amazing. highly recommend. Not sure if people are messing up the recipe but I couldn't taste the ketchup at all. Used it on pork

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As BBQ sauce, it was fine. But it was NOTHING like honey garlic sauce. The tomatoes completely changed it.

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As BBQ sauce, it was fine. But it was NOTHING like honey garlic sauce. The tomatoes completely changed it.

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Made this today. Amazing. highly recommend. Not sure if people are messing up the recipe but I couldn't taste the ketchup at all. Used it on pork

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Definitely a 5star keeper! I'm looking forward to using it as a dip.

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I used 3/4C honey, and 1/2C ketchup so that the ketchup wasn’t overpowering. Tasted delicious on chicken thighs! I sliced bell pepper to put over the chicken and sauce while it cooked, and the f...

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I like my honey garlic sauce on the sweeter side. This recipe has mostly ketchup and it seems to take over the flavour. I had to add some extra honey and even a bit of brown sugar to help sweete...

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4.7.19 Needed a quick dipping sauce for some fried chicken strips, and thought this had potential. Honestly, it pretty much just tastes like sweet ketchup to me. I could taste the garlic whic...

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Total game changer! Added lemon juice and ginger to suit my taste. My lady told me that it was the best asian sauce that she's EVER had!

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I also added a little dash of fresh lemon juice and skipped the soy sauce. Absolutely delish!

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Amazing, this is now in my permanent recipes, you will not be disappointed.

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