North Carolina BBQ Sauce

There are actually two popular North Carolina BBQ sauce recipes. Both are vinegar-based recipes but in Western North Carolina they like to add tomato ketchup to their BBQ sauce.

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Western Carolina BBQ Sauce Recipe

3 cups apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup red pepper flakes
1/4 cup ground black pepper
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup honey

In a saucepan, stir together the vinegar, red pepper flakes, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil. Stir in the ketchup and honey; reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.

This sauce is not only great on pulled pork sandwiches but is also good on pork spare ribs.

Eastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce

This is the BBQ sauce of eastern North Carolina. The barbecue sauce is vinegar based with no ketchup. It's very tangy, very thin, and wonderful on pulled pork sandwiches. It is also great for barbecuing chicken.

1 gallon white vinegar
1 1/3 cups cayenne pepper
1 1/8 cups ground black pepper
3/4 cup mustard powder
1/2 cup salt
3 lemons
2 (10 fluid ounce) bottles Worcestershire sauce

Combine the vinegar, cayenne pepper, black pepper, mustard powder, salt, lemons, and Worcestershire sauce in a large pot. Bring the Barbecue Sauce to a boil and then turn the heat to low and simmer for at least 30 minutes.

You can't go wrong with whichever Carolina bbq sauce recipe you choose. You'll be a hit at the next pig pickin' with North Carolina BBQ sauce.