Eastern North Carolina Barbecue Sauce

This recipe is initially from the original contributor's friend and brother, Chip Crumpler.

Ingredients

• ¾ gallons apple cider vinegar
• ⅛ cup salt
• ¼ cup ground black pepper
• ¼ cup red pepper flakes
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 cups honey

Steps

1. Start with apple cider vinegar in saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add salt, ground black pepper, crushed red pepper, molasses, and honey.
3. Let mixture heat up, but not quite boil.
4. Mix well.
5. Return sauce to the jug that the vinegar came in to cool.

More recipes with vinegar, red pepper flakes, molasses or honey

Adapted from “Eastern North Carolina Barbecue Sauce” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.