North Carolina Vinegar Sauce

Name: North Carolina Vinegar Sauce
Yield: Makes about 2¼ cups
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons coarse salt; 1 tablespoon Tabasco or other hot sauce; 3 tablespoons ketchup; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 2 cups cider vinegar; 1 to 2 teaspoons black pepper; 1 to 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes, or more to taste

Preparation info

Makes about
2¼ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

While thin, clear, vinegary sauce sure doesn’t look like your typical American barbecue sauce, North Carolina pulled pork would be sorry stuff without it. Mix the sauce with shredded or chopped meats after they are cooked (you don’t really use it as a slather).

Ingredients

2 cups cider vinegar
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons

Americas
United States
North Carolina
Sauce
Vegan

Method

Combine all the ingredients in a nonreactive mixing bowl and whisk until the salt and brown sugar dissolve. Taste for seasoning, adding hot pepper flakes as necessary. Transfer the sauce to clean (or even sterile) jars and store in the refrigerator. It will keep for several months.