RECIPE | East Carolina-Style Vinegar Based Barbecue Sauce
I LOVE PULLED PORK. I mean, it’s a staple in the south and a staple in our household. It’s the best. But, I had never ventured to make my own barbecue sauce… and honestly, I have NO IDEA why. I mean, it’s SO EASY, and so delicious! Why hadn’t I attempted to make it earlier?!
I love barbecue and pulled pork (we make it all the time) and I was so tired of so many barbecue sauces containing terrible ingredients… so I played around and came up with this recipe and we LOVE IT in our house. It’s seriously so easy to make and so yummy. It’s perfect for pork, but it’s also awesome on chicken, steak, and veggies!
RECIPE | East Carolina-Style Vinegar Based Barbecue Sauce
A quick and easy vinegar-based East Carolina style barbecue sauce.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 1 jar of sauce
Ingredients
- 3 cups apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 5 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes. you can adjust depending upon how spicy you want it
Instructions
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Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and then pour into a sealable container. I prefer a large mason jar. Let sit AT LEAST 20 minutes before serving... it will get spicier as it sits.
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Make sure to keep it in the refrigerator and this sauce will keep for months.
What about you? Have you made your own barbecue sauce? What’s your favorite?
Making homemade BBQ sauce is always a good idea, I love a good plate of BBQ! Xo, Stephanie
I found an amazing shirt on Pinterest. It’s the outline of NC, and the state is divided in two. The western half says mustard, and the eastern side says vinegar.
There a few people from my hometown with famous barbecue sauce recipes. BBQ is a big deal where I’m from so I’ve grown up loving this stuff. I could (and do) drink it!
I’m definitely going to be making this soon! I need to add some north carolina back into my life because I miss it so much!
Paige
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My husband hates anything with red pepper flakes (once I accidentally
emptied a whole bottle of it in a dish and he jokes that he’s still trying to
put the fire out in his mouth! haha). But I showed him this recipe and he can’t
wait to try it! I will definitely be making this, this weekend. thanks for sharing!
Don’t know how you feel about butter, but next time try warming the sauce up before serving just enough to melt some butter into your sauce. I too just made eastern NC BBQ sauce for the first time not long ago